Maiming the People

Guerrilla Use of Antipersonnel Landmines and other Indiscriminate Weapons in Colombia

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• Summary and Recommendations

• Recommendations

• To the FARC-EP, ELN, and other irregular armed groups in Colombia

• To the Colombian Government

• To International Donors, Institutions, and Parties to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty

• To States, Institutions, and Individuals Involved in Brokering Peace Negotiations between the Colombian Government and Armed Groups

• Landmines’ Impact on Civilians in Colombia

• The Smallest Survivors

• More Than Physical Injuries

• Mines and Other Abuses

• Other Indiscriminate Weapons: Gas Cylinder Bombs

• Causes of Increased Landmine Use

• Victim Assistance: Theory and Practice

• Colombian Legislation

• Lump-sum payments

• Medical care

• Transportation to a medical facility

• Housing

• Education

• Poor Enforcement

• Insufficient assistance

• Short deadlines and insufficient awareness of landmine survivors’ rights

• Reform proposals

• International Assistance

• Legal Standards

• Standards Applicable to Colombia’s Guerrillas

• Colombia’s Obligations to Survivors

• International Actors’ Obligations to Mine Survivors

• Acknowledgments

 

July 2007   Volume 19, No. 1(B)