Program of humanitarian attention to the demobilised: FARC Operation Christmas

This paper demonstrates how Colombia successfully demobilised members of the oldest guerrilla group in the world, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), which commits a terrorist act on average once every three days.

Program of Humanitarian Attention to the Demobilised: FARC Operation Christmas

Principal Authors: Mihir Warty and Jane Dorsett, Lowe and Partners; Marialejandra Urbina and Juan Pablo García, Lowe-SSP3

1. Introduction

This entry is about Colombia's 60 years of struggle against the oldest guerrilla group in the world, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC. 8,000 guerrillas are in action, committing a terrorist act on average once every three days.

We were asked to create an idea to demobilise them. To invite them to recover their life, their freedom.

Delivering demobilisation messages to the guerrillas is a very...

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