Armed Conflict Reparations to Journalists in Colombia: Individual and Collective Tensions

In 2011 Colombia’s government officially recognized journalist as a victim group. The purpose of this research is to analyse the tensions of the collective reparation process to journalist. Transitional Justice as a political project gave a better knowledge to claim accountability and reconciliation, although it is a challenge in both theory and practice. Concepts of recognition, civic trust and solidarity are useful, especially in the context of ongoing conflict. They indicate not just the limits of the legal approach but – more importantly – how is this approach embedded in the specific social context.