![]() The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, which had recently stepped up recruitment, was well known for its sophisticated methods of recruiting children, including peer-to-peer recruitment and other village-surveying techniques used to identify potential recruits, she said. Indeed, while the State had recently taken important policy and legal steps, the protection of children overall remained inadequate, she said. Ms. Kemper said the report was the first to describe gaps in the Colombian Government’s strategy to protect children. The launch was sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Canada. Accompanying her were Eva Smets, Director of Watchlist Nathalia Salamanca Sarmiento, researcher at the Colombian non-governmental coalition against the involvement of boys, girls and youth in Colombia’s armed conflict (COALICO) and Christian Salazar, Deputy Director of the Programme Division at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). ![]() “Risks for children in Colombia’s war zones are increasing,” said Yvonne Kemper, Reports Officer for the organization Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, as she introduced the report, No One to Trust: Children and Armed Conflict in Colombia. ![]() ![]() Press Conference on New Report by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflictĭespite revamped policies to protect Colombian children from recruitment as into armed forces, efforts in that regard remained insufficient, experts said today at a Headquarters press conference to launch a new report on the issue. ![]()
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