Colombia: Land Reform Critical to Lasting Peace in Colombia, Says UN

Apr 15, 2016 | teleSUR
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The Colombia office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the U.N. Agency for Refugees reiterated its support Thursday for the Victims and Land Restitution law passed in 2011, which has been questioned recently for its alleged ineffectiveness. In a joint statement, the two agencies stressed that “full reparation to a universe of about seven million victims” of the armed conflict, “with 80 percent of them being displaced people” is a “huge challenge,” which the Colombian State assumed when it enacted the Victims and Land Restitution law four years ago.