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Psychology and Human Rights in Colombia: Contributions to Peacebuilding

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This chapter describes and reviews a set of contributions that have explored the consequences of the social and armed conflict on victims of human rights violations. The context of the social and armed conflict in Colombia has been a scenario that has exponentially triggered repeated human rights violations. This chapter proposes a research and intervention model with a multidimensional analysis perspective that allows us to demonstrate the role of psychosocial processes such as forgiveness, reconciliation, transitional justice mechanisms (such as truth commissions or JEP in Colombia—Special Justice for Peace) in the restoration of human rights at the individual, community, and social levels. The work of psychology is key to promoting human rights and seeking ways to contribute to sustainable peace.

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López-López, W., Correa-Chica, A., Caicedo-Moreno, A., Castro-Abril, P., Buitrago-Panader, C.F. (2022). Psychology and Human Rights in Colombia: Contributions to Peacebuilding. In: Lira, E., Cornejo, M., Morales, G. (eds) Human Rights Violations in Latin America. Peace Psychology Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97542-5_18

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