Colombia: rights office condemns fresh civilian deaths in conf

12 September 2005
In its http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?460 latest condemnation of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1182 "grave breaches of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1565 international human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1460 rights" in Colombia's http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?501 decades-old civil war, the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1218 local United Nations human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?721 rights office has deplored the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?377 killing of three civilians, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?580 two of them young girls, and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1120 the wounding of 26 others http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1113 during fighting last http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1034 week.
The Colombia office of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?711 the UH High Commissioner for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1375 Human Rights (OHCR) noted that http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?875 the leftist Revolutionary http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?871 Armed Forces of Colombia http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1430 Popular Army (FARC-EP) and the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1507 Central Bolivar Bloc of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1235 rightist Colombian http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1630 Self-Defence Units (AUC) were http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?810 in the southern Putumayo http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1151 region where the incident http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?434 occurred.
"In http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1281 condemning these acts of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1209 violence, the Office stresses http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?453 that international norms on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1251 the general protection of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1336 civilian population must be http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?692 observed by all those who http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?951 participate directly in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1621 hostilities within an internal http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1341 armed conflict," the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?796 Office said in a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?851 statement.
Hundreds of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?759 thousands of people are http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?467 estimated to have been killed http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1571 and millions displaced in four http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?901 decades of fighting in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1584 Latin American country between http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?400 leftist guerrillas, Government forces and right-wing paramilitaries, and UN offices have frequently issued appeals to prevent violence against and the displacement of civilians.