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This is a list of notable guerrilla movements. It gives their English name, common acronym, and main country of operation.
This is a list of active rebel groups around the world. A "rebel group" is defined here as a polity that uses armed conflict in opposition to established government (or governments) for reasons such as to seek political change or to establish, maintain, or to gain independence.
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- Methodology
- Abuses by Armed Groups
- Venezuelan Exiles in Arauca
- Protection and Accountability in Colombia
- Protection and Accountability in Venezuela
- The Context in Which Armed Groups Operate
- Applicable International Law
- Acknowledgments
To the Administration of President Iván Duque of Colombia:
To prevent abuses, protect people at risk, and support accountability: 1. Include in the policy for the Strategic Zones of Comprehensive Intervention in Arauca a rights-respecting strategy for security forces to protect locals from armed groups, and a plan to remove landmines, starting with the villages covered by the policy. 2. Provide greater support to ensure security and protection for prosecutors and investigators in Arauca. 3. Strengthen the National Protection Unit in Arauca with more...
To the Colombian Attorney General’s Office:
1. Increase the number of prosecutors and investigators working in Arauca on cases related to the armed conflict, including homicides, sexual violence, child recruitment, extortion, and threats against human rights defenders and local officials. 2. Increase the number of prosecutors and investigators in Arauca working on corruption and collusion between local governments and armed groups. 3. Ensure protection for all prosecutors and investigators in Arauca and provide them with adequate resou...
To UN Agencies:
1. Design and implement plans that include programs to prevent the recruitment of Colombian and Venezuelan children in Arauca and Apure. 2. Seek support from international donors to address the needs of the civilian population of Arauca and Apure through a comprehensive plan to provide support to individuals affected by the armed conflict, with a focus on populations at high risk for abuse or exploitation, including—but not limited to—Venezuelans displaced outside their country.
In researching this report Human Rights Watch carried out interviews with more than 105 people. Interviewees included residents of Arauca and Apure, Venezuelan refugees, Colombians who had returned to their country from Venezuela (often called “returnees” in Colombia), human rights officials, judicial officials, human rights activists, victims of a...
Armed groups enjoy significant power and exercise tight control over the population in Arauca and Apure. Members the groups operating there have committed numerous abuses—including unlawful killings, kidnappings, sexual violence, child recruitment, and forced labor—to assert and maintain this control. They have carried out abuses on both the Colomb...
Venezuelan Forced Migration to Colombia
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) more than 4.7 million Venezuelans have fled their country in recent years. By official counts, as of October 2019, roughly 1.6 million Venezuelans lived in Colombia.The number may be much higher, given that many use the more than 300 irregular crossings along Colombia’s border. The Colombian government has adopted a series of measures to provide arriving Venezuelans access to health care for urgent needs and to enroll Vene...
Venezuelan Forced Migration to Arauca
Roughly 44,000 Venezuelans currently live in Arauca province; the vast majority crossed the border since 2015.Poverty and lack of access to basic services make many of them vulnerable to abuse, while their lack of familiarity with rules imposed by armed groups is often the direct cause of being victimized. Hundreds of Venezuelans also transit through the province every day, many of them walking to other parts of Colombia.One humanitarian actor reported that they had given aid to over 7,000 Ve...
Accountability
Authorities in Arauca fail to provide justice for victims of abuses committed by armed groups. Their failure to do so, coupled with more general policing failures, also contributes to the perception among some residents of Arauca that armed groups are more “effective” than the government in solving problems among residents. The Attorney General’s Office reported to Human Rights Watch that, as of September 2019, it was investigating 422 cases of murder committed in Arauca since January 2017. P...
Security Response and Abuses by Security Forces
The Colombian Army and National Police have failed to adequately protect residents in Arauca and ensure security in the province. Under Colombian law, the responsibility to protect the population rests primarily with the police, while the armed forces are largely charged with combating armed groups. The XVIII Brigade of Colombia’s Army and the Quirón Task Force—a unit charged with combating the ELN and the FARC dissident group—operate in the province. Yet many soldiers are not tasked with pro...
Protection of People at Risk
Community leaders and human rights defenders have been targets of both the ELN and the FARC dissident group in Arauca. Many officials and community leaders have some sort of protection scheme provided by Colombia’s National Protection Unit (Unidad Nacional de Protección, UNP). These can include bulletproof vests, cellphones, vehicles, and, in extreme cases, bodyguards. In Arauca, the protection schemes themselves have been targeted by armed groups. Between August 2018 and December 2019, armed...
Complicity of Venezuelan Authorities in Armed Group Abuses
The ELN and the FARC dissident group appear to feel safer and more open to operate in Venezuela than they do in Colombia. The ELN and the FARC dissident group maintain camps in Apure, multiple credible sources told Human Rights Watch.And, as shown above, both armed groups often take their victims to Venezuela or summon them to meetings there. Many sources told Human Rights Watch that government security forces and local authorities in Venezuela tolerated and at times colluded with armed group...
Accountability
Unlike in Colombia, where a body of relevant data is publicly available and authorities generally respond to requests for information, Human Rights Watch is unable to closely assess what measures, if any, Venezuelan authorities are taking to provide justice for victims of abuses by armed groups in Apure state. Government data is not available and, as noted above, Venezuelan authorities have not responded to our requests for information on investigations and prosecutions. There are indications...
Arauca Provinceand ApureState
A 420-kilometer international border separates Colombia’s Arauca province from Venezuela’s Apure state. A river for most of its length, the border is extremely porous, enabling irregular migration as well as abuses because the perpetrators can cross the border without being questioned.While there is one official border crossing to Venezuela from Arauca—the José Antonio Páez bridge in Arauca City—there are more than 50 informal points to cross the border. Arauca is home to about 240,000 people...
Armed Conflicts and Violence in Arauca and Apure
Two armed groups operate in Arauca: the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Martín Villa 10th Front FARC dissident group. These two groups, as well as the FPLN, operate in Apure. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported in December 2018 that the conflict between the ELN and the Colombian government is a non-international armed conflict under international humanitarian law. The ICRC has not made a public determination as to whether the FARC dissident group operating in A...
Colombia and Venezuela are parties to core international human rights treaties that protect the rights to life, to physical integrity, to liberty, and to be free from forced labor, among others. Governments are obligated to effectively protect these rights, including by taking adequate preventive measures to protect individuals against reasonably f...
This report was researched and written by research staff from the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. It was reviewed and edited by Tamara Taraciuk Broner, acting Americas deputy director, who also participated in the field research; José Miguel Vivanco, Americas executive director; Bill Frelick, Refugee Program director, Margaret Knox, senior...
Feb 6, 2022 · Colombian authorities have accused a few groups of triggering the recent clashes in the northeastern state of Arauca: The National Liberation Army – the largest leftist guerrilla group...
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Jun 11, 2021 · In recent weeks, fighting has broken out between Venezuelan forces and guerrilla fighters from neighboring Colombia. The fighters have long used Venezuela as a base, but Venezuela is now pushing...
