Luz Marina Bernal

Luz Marina Bernal Parra (born 1960) is a Colombian peace and human rights activist, a founding member of the group (). She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 and has been a champion of the struggle of women whose children were kidnapped and murdered by members of the Colombian Army to the south of Bogotá, who passed them off as guerrillas – the so-called "false positives". She managed to get Álvaro Uribe, the President of Colombia, to retract statements insulting the memory of the young people of Soacha, presented as guerrillas killed in combat during his democratic security policy. A judgment of reparation was handed down in 2014.

After a decade working as a defender of human rights, in March 2018 she stood for election to the Senate as part of . Provided by Wikipedia