La justiciabilidad de los derechos de las víctimas de minas antipersonal

Abstract

The severity of internal armed conflict in Colombia has jeopardized the fulfillment of the rights of victims to violations caused by the use of antipersonnel mines (MAP ) Unexploded Ordnance (UXO ) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs ) by part of the armed groups. In this vein, and in order to hear the voices of the victims of the conflict, the Colombian government enacted the 1448, 2011, regulations that is still in foreclosure and enshrines many questions still dissatisfied, however incorporates a interesting bet for the visibility of a historically marginalized sectors, which demand different treatment and transformer from damage suffered and the constant threat of their rights. This paper develops a qualitative study that seeks to interpret from the characterization made four adult residents civilian casualties in the cities of Villavicencio and San José del Guaviare , the conceptual framework and through the development of both interviews victims and public officials and nongovernmental organizations, development of guides to observation and petition rights to access information. The research confirms the ignorance of the victims of their rights, lack of coordination between national entities and territorial over the application of Law 1448 of 2011 and the role of NGOs and the key role of NGOs in accompanying victims to demand for their rights.