The newly appointed chief commander of the Colombian Army has unveiled a raft of new measures he says are intended to strengthen respect for human rights in his country.
The announcement comes in the wake of criticism of the ‘widespread and systematic’ killings of civilians by the military, made by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International and by the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights.
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