Phase IV of ProFis to Support Transitional Justice in Colombia aims for entities to organize the criminal prosecution of emblematic cases in a more efficient and inclusive way, and ensure the facilitation of legal truth for the construction of Historical Memory. This program focuses on three main outcomes: Outcome A: Training of Public Prosecutor’s Officers working in Transitional Justice cases in the implementation of resolutions, guidelines and legal provisions regarding violence based on gender and ethnic minorities. Outcome B: Improve the instruments and mechanisms for articulation and cooperation between the Office of the Prosecutor and Defensoria regarding the protection measures Read more [...]

The objective of the project is to support the Colombian Office of the Public Prosecutor to effectively implement the Justice and Peace Law taking into account international doctrines, jurisprudence and lessons learned from comparable transitional justice processes in other countries. Special attention needs to be paid to the victims, especially women and minorities, such as the indigenous population and Afro-Colombians. One of the results expected is to facilitate the participation of the victims into the process of implementation through the following activities: Increase the number of sentences regarding vulnerable population. Develop a coherent approach to the trials against guerrilla members Read more [...]

Provision of technical assistance and consultancy services for the Programme Management Unit (PMU) and beneficiary institutions to carry out the project ‘Institutional Strengthening for Assistance to Victims’. The objective of this project is to contribute to the strengthening of the rule of law and to combating impunity, in order that victims of human rights violations and breaches of international human rights may claim their rights to truth, justice and reparation, and to achieve the following results: victims of conflict participate in and have access to the judicial and administrative means to obtain truth, justice and reparation of their rights; State Read more [...]

This initiative aims at evaluating two similar projects to fight sexual violence. The first one “Joint project for preventing and reducing sexual violence against women, men, youngsters and kids” started in 2005 in 3 provinces (Equateur, Maniema and the Eastern Province), lasted for 4 years (2005-2008) and was funded by the Belgian Cooperation. The second one, of the same duration, was initiated in 2006 by the Canadian Cooperation (ACDI) and included 2 provinces (North and South Kivu). The objective of these joint projects is to contribute to the prevention and reduction of sexual violence as well as to facilitate the Read more [...]