{"id":30160,"date":"2022-07-18T09:29:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icip.cat\/la-comissio-de-la-veritat-de-colombia-presenta-linforme-final-a-les-victimes-exiliades-a-catalunya\/"},"modified":"2022-07-18T09:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:53:51","slug":"the-truth-commission-of-colombia-presents-its-final-report-to-exiled-victims-in-catalonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icip.cat\/en\/the-truth-commission-of-colombia-presents-its-final-report-to-exiled-victims-in-catalonia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth Commission of Colombia presents its final report to exiled victims in Catalonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The final report of the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition of Colombia was presented at the Parliament of Catalonia on 12 July. It was a very emotional event, featuring victims of the Colombian conflict living in exile in Catalonia and followed by nearly 250 attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event, organized by ICIP in its capacity as Technical Secretariat of the Truth Commission in Europe, opened with music by Colombian singer-songwriter Marta G\u00f3mez<\/strong> and the opening remarks of the president of the Parliament, Laura Borr\u00e0s<\/strong>, who highlighted \u201cthe commitment of the Parliament and the whole of Catalan society to the cause of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ICIP director Kristian Herbolzheimer<\/strong> then called attention to the three years of collective work of the Truth Commission and ICIP, which now comes to an end with the presentation of the final report: \u201cAfter decades of armed conflict, Colombia is now paradoxically the leading international model for peacebuilding, while in Europe, we are once again amid polarization, bloc confrontation and war,\u201d he pointed out. The ICIP director also urged Catalan institutions and associations to maintain a strong commitment to the victims and to peace in Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Recognition for victims of the conflict<\/strong>licte<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The institutional ceremony was conceived as recognition of victims of the Colombian conflict exiled in Catalonia and all the people who have worked for years to build peace in Colombia. That is why the highlight was a conversation between Marta Liliana Ram\u00edrez<\/strong>, a victim of the conflict living in Catalonia who contributed her testimony to the Commission, and Helga Flamtermesky<\/strong>, an interviewer in the process of taking testimonies and member of the Catalonia Node in Support of the Commission. During the conversation, Marta Liliana Ram\u00edrez, mother of a disappeared person, explained that giving testimony to the Truth Commission and feeling listened to has given her dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The event also featured the participation of two members of the Truth Commission, Carlos Mart\u00edn Beristain<\/strong> and Alejandro Valencia<\/strong>, who presented the main conclusions and recommendations of the final report, placing special emphasis on the chapter on exile: \u201cExile is oblivion; it is the consequence of many forms of violence. And the report is a recognition of these ignored and invisible stories,\u201d said Beristain. The final report includes a series of recommendations to ensure a \u201cmore complete peace,\u201d including reparation and dignification of the victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After their speeches, the two commissioners symbolically presented the report to Marta Liliana Ram\u00edrez and Dorys Ardila<\/strong>, a committee member for the follow-up of the Commission\u2019s recommendations, who received it on behalf of all the victims in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The documentary \u201cPara volverte a ver,\u201d produced by ICIP and Mandorla Films, was screened during the event. The film narrates the contribution of the Colombian diaspora in Europe to the Commission\u2019s work. The documentary features four stories of life in exile, and two of its protagonists, Yanira Restrepo<\/strong> and Juana S\u00e1nchez-Ortega<\/strong>, were also present at the ceremony in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ceremony ended with a performance by the musical trio Ensamble Ocasa which was met with big applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This event received support from Taula Catalana per la Pau i els Drets Humans a Col\u00f2mbia, the Catalonia Node and the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The final report features 30,000 testimonies of the armed conflict<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Truth Commission of Colombia began its mandate in November 2018 to clarify the patterns and causes of human rights violations during the Colombian conflict, promoting the recognition of victims and contributing to coexistence. The mandate will end this summer by disseminating the report in July and August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final report covers the events that took place in Colombia from 1958 to 2016 and are the result of a process of investigation and analysis based on a broad and pluralistic listening process that included victims, perpetrators, state security forces, businesspeople, ex-presidents, and other actors and sectors of civil society directly or indirectly related to the Colombian armed conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commission has collected over 30,000 testimonies of the conflict, of which 2,000 are from exiles living in 24 different countries, including 800 in Europe and one hundred in Catalonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Colombian armed conflict left a toll of nine million victims, of whom half a million were killed and 100,000 disappeared. During the decades of conflict, one million people were forced to leave the country in search of protection. Exile is almost always the last resort after other acts of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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