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Victims Participation Roundtables Guide - Colombia

Through a 2011 law, the government established the Unit for the Care and Reparation of Victims (Unidad para la Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas, Victims Unit), charged with supporting victims to participate in policy design and implementation, and for helping establish democratically-structured “Victims Participation Roundtables” (mesas de participación efectiva de víctimas, VPRs) in each of Colombia’s 1,122 municipalities and 32 provinces to work with authorities to address victims’ grievances. These victims include those who experienced torture, kidnapping, displacement, sexual violence, murder of a family member, or other serious crimes. As marginalized populations are often disproportionately affected by violent conflict, the VPRs reserve seats for vulnerable groups such as women, Afro-Colombians, indigenous peoples and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals. The VPRs also provide a mechanism for victims to have a voice in public policies regarding issues that impact them, such as reparations and land rights.

NDI and partner organizations also developed a manual to guide VPRs to effectively monitor, evaluate and conduct oversight of public policies related to the Victims Law. Other international organizations, government institutions and VPRs around the country have used this manual.

NDI Poll: Most Georgians Continue to Support Nato and EU Membership; Majority Remains Politically Undecided

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Results of November 2015 Public Opinion Poll in Georgia

Moldovans' Public Perceptions of Politics and Government: Results of NDI's November 2015 Public Opinion Research

Moldovans are increasingly frustrated and cynical, according to a nationwide NDI survey released this week. Since NDI’s last poll in March 2015, there is a large jump in the number who believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, with the deteriorating economic situation and corruption cited as the top concerns. All current party and government leaders have net negative ratings.

Women’s Parliamentary Caucuses in East Africa Formally Establish a Regional Women’s Caucus on the Eve of the African Union’s Year of Women Empowerment and Development

NAIROBI, KENYA – Legislators from women’s parliamentary caucuses in Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, and Uganda today formally established a regional coalition to be known as the Women’s Parliamentary Association (WPA) in the East Africa-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region.