What does restitution mean?

These are the measures aimed at restoring the rights of the victims, as far as possible, to the situation they were in prior to the occurrence of the violations. These include: land restitution, return or relocation actions, housing restitution, restitution of work skills, or restitution [...].

What is return and relocation?

Return is the process by which the State ensures that the victims of forced displacement, either individually or with their families, return to the place where they lived before the events in order to settle there permanently. On the other hand, relocation is the process by which the victims are granted [....]

What is meant by measures of satisfaction?

These are measures of a symbolic nature that seek to generate well-being for the victims and contribute to the mitigation of their pain, such as the recognition of their status as victims, acts of forgiveness and acknowledgement of responsibilities, activities to recover historical memory, commemorative acts, clarification of the [...]

What is compensation?

It is the economic compensation for the damages suffered as a result of the victimising event. In addition, although the money received by the victims will be allocated as each one decides, they can voluntarily receive state support for the appropriate investment of the resources.

How much money does the compensation amount to?

Depends on the victimising event suffered and how many events have been committed against each victim, with the maximum compensation being 40 minimum wages. Homicide Up to forty (40) smlmv Enforced disappearance Up to forty (40) smlmv Kidnapping Up to forty (40) smlmv Injuries that cause permanent disability Up to forty (40) smlmv Injuries that do not cause permanent disability [...].

What does rehabilitation involve?

As stated in article 135 of Law 1448 of 2011, rehabilitation implies a "set of strategies, plans, programmes and actions of a legal, medical, psychological and social nature, aimed at restoring the physical and psychosocial conditions of the victims" in order to rebuild their individual, family and community life plans.

What are the guarantees of non-repetition?

They are all those actions that aim to prevent new victimisation from occurring, such as, for example, social education in human rights, reforms to legislation that allows for the occurrence of human rights violations, the investigation and punishment of officials who have been involved in the victimising events, reconciliation programmes [...].