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

Youth recruitment in Colombia is driven by a fractioning criminal underworld. A new study has revealed how Colombia’s armed groups have changed tactics around child recruitment. The study, jointly ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

In 2024, Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office registered 282 cases of forced recruitment of minors, highlighting a serious violation ...

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 ...

Following over 50 years of armed conflict, which continues in some regions, Colombia has the largest number of displaced people in the world, an alarming 7.3 million. The number of families and ...