According to the Colombian Ombudsman's Office, 409 children and teenagers were recruited by armed groups in 2024.

In this investigation about the recruitment of minors in Colombia by criminal groups and insurgents, InSight Crime interviewed dozens of former child soldiers, community leaders, activisits and ...

Colombia's child welfare agency (ICBF) has documented 1,166 cases of child recruitment since 2016, but Crisis Group said in the report that figure was also likely an undercount. The ICBF said in ...

committed during Colombia’s armed conflict. “Macro-case” 07 before the JEP is focused on child recruitment and involves 9,854 victims, including 8,903 who belong to five indigenous ...

Colombia’s family welfare institute (ICBF ... The ICBF report indicated that the practice of child recruitment is particularly problematic in areas where multiple groups vie for control over territory ...

As the armed groups have sought foot soldiers to advance their quest for territory, the rate of child recruitment in Colombia has reached its highest point in more than a decade. Between 2021 and 2024 ...

On December 31, 2024, the United Nations warned that armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed conflict purposes, including in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the ...

LUIS ACOSTA / AFP The tribunal set up to mete out justice for the worst crimes committed during Colombia's civil war issued its first-ever indictments for child soldier recruitment against former ...