Protocol and Model of Comprehensive Healthcare for Victims of Sexual Violence

This document serves as a protocol and model for comprehensive health care for victims of sexual violence. It establishes care and protection plans for victims of sexual violence, including children and adolescents.

• The document notes that the armed conflict in Colombia has deepened the discrimination and violence that have affected women, girls and children, as well as the indigenous and Afro-descendant population. It also notes that the survey on the prevalence of sexual violence in the context of the armed conflict (2001-2009), published by OXFAM in 2010, found that 17.58% of women (a total of 489,687 women) were direct victims of sexual violence in those 9 years.
• Among its important definitions are: sexual violence (it presents sexual violence in the armed conflict as a subtype); sexual violence in the context of the Colombian armed conflict; violent carnal access/violent sexual intercourse with a protected person (crimes that occur in the context of the armed conflict); violent sexual acts with a protected person (on occasion and in the course of the armed conflict); torture of a protected person (on occasion and in the course of the armed conflict) and other forms of sexual violence described in the Colombian armed conflict.
• The document indicates that in cases of sexual exploitation, human trafficking and sexual violence in the context of the internal armed conflict, health personnel and institutions need to develop specifics for their detection and comprehensive management, as well as accompaniment by professionals with expertise in psychosocial intervention.