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- Title
Las mujeres indígenas, víctimas invisibles del conflicto armado en Colombia. La violencia sexual, estrategia de guerra.
- Abstract
This report, given to Mrs. Margot Wallström. Special Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations for Sexual violence in conflicts, when she visited Bogota on May 16, 2012, offers a gen eral context of theprecarious situation of the indigenous peoples of Colombia due to the armed conflict and to the presence of armed forces in territories when major development projects are carried out. A series of emblematic cases of sexual violence and women's human rights violations is narrated, and the conditions of impunity an lack of attention on the part of the justice system. Finally, some recommendations are made about ways in which the Special Representative should demand the protection of the rights of indigenous women on the part of the Colombian government.
- Publication
La Manzana de la discordia, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
0123-0778
- Publication type
Article