Yuri Romero Picón
yuri.romero@uan.edu.co
Universidad Antonio Nariño y Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Yuri Chávez Plazas
ychavezp@unicolmayor.edu.co
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Colombia

Abstract:

Violence in Colombia has been studied from different perspective, taking as a point of confluence the impact on life and dignity of human beings. Although the presence of minors was evident in the country’s civil wars of the 19th century and the period of violence during the middle of the 20th century, today the Colombian people do not want to see another generation of young people lose their infancy to the war. This article offers a look at this issue and suggest a path of attention to those minors separated from the conflict, through initiatives of investigation and social services of Universities.

Keywords: armed conflict, children’s rights, attention, psychosocial.

Keywords plus: armed conflicto, children’s rights, children and war.