COLOMBIA: Forced Displacement and Gender Justice in Colombia: Between Disproportional Effects of Violence and Historical Injustice

Sunday, July 8, 2012
Author: 
Donny Meertens
Americas
South America
Colombia

This paper examines the relationship between forced displacement and transitional justice in Colombia from a gender perspective. The text focuses on three main themes: first, the gendered impacts of forced displacement; second, the ways that official policy, as it has evolved from providing humanitarian assistance to seeking durable solutions, has dealt with the gender dimensions of displacement, and the role that the Colombian Constitutional Court has played in this process; and third, the gendered dimensions of the (incomplete and debated) process of transition—from the Justice and Peace Law of 2005 to Law 1448 of 2011 on Victims and Land Restitution. Finally, the conclusion brings these two processes together in an examination of what gender justice should look like for displaced women, particularly in the critical area of policies for land restitution.

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COLOMBIA: Forced Displacement and Gender Justice in Colombia: Between Disproportional Effects of Violence and Historical Injustice