Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion
Ms Michelle Foley:
The demobilisation of FARC is one of the elements of the peace accord that was strongly implemented in the beginning. This left a vacuum in the territories that were controlled by FARC. Other paramilitary and criminal groups have grown and expanded into those territories. That vacuum was foreseeable. When the demobilisation happened, FARC was controlling these areas. Now they are controlled by other criminal entities.