According to the Victims Unit, almost 190,000 people are currently included in the List of Victims of the crime of enforced disappearance.
The National Army, through the Chief of Staff for Planning and Policies, the Comprehensive Legal Department and the Family and Wellbeing Directorate, has been working to remember its military victims of the crime of forced disappearance.
The Institution pays tribute to this universe of military victims and their families in the framework of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations by Resolution A/RES/65/209 of December 21, 2010.
In Colombia, there is a total of almost 190,000 cases before the Unit for Comprehensive Care and Reparation for Victims (UARIV); more than 3,500 correspond to military and their families who have been included in the Registry of victims.
The Institution, through the Family and Wellbeing Directorate (DIFAB), reports to date 113 cases of military reported missing, identified due to the armed conflict, only 5 cases have been resolved and the their relatives have received their remains.
Today, we continue to support the search and finding of 108 military, including 5 civilians in the service of the military forces, 2 officers, 22 non-commissioned officers and 79 soldiers, numbers that may increase at the time it was possible to identify the circumstances of mode, time and place of their disappearance.
The National Army reiterates its commitment to the protection of the human rights of civilians and their comrades, making efforts in conjunction with other governmental and non-governmental institutions, to find the missing men and women, as well as establish the circumstances in which they were victims of this crime. Their sacrifice and dedication will never be forgotten.
Source: Press - National Army
