Newsletter No. 12 of the IPC Human Rights Observatory presents five texts, the first of which analyzes the phenomenon of urban violence in the Aburrá Valley between 2003 and 2009; the next three emphasize issues affecting the child and youth population, such as access to the right to education, forced recruitment in Bajo Cauca Antioqueño, and youth memory of the armed conflict; finally, the last text presents a reflection on the expectations and challenges of the project to create a victims' law in Colombia.

conflicto armado, Educación, Reclutamiento forzado, Valle de Aburrá, Violencia urbana