Over the last several years, while attention was turned to tackling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health, the economy, and society as a whole, the humanitarian consequences of conflict and violence in Colombia worsened. According to the figures, the effects of armed conflict and violence were higher in 2021 than at any other time in the past five years.

In this week’s episode of Humanity in War, podcast host Elizabeth Rushing spoke with Mariana Chacon Lozano, ICRC’s Legal Adviser in Bogota, to discuss the humanitarian context, IHL and policy challenges, and progress in the country.

Read the accompanying blog post here: https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2023/03/09/international-humanitarian-law-and-policy-in-colombia-progress-and-challenges/