Unidad para las Víctimas

What Unidad para las Víctimas does

Unidad para las Víctimas (legal name: Unidad para la Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas) is a Colombian Special Administrative Unit established by Article 166 of Law 1448 of 2011, the Ley de Víctimas y Restitución de Tierras. The entity is mandated as the sole national coordinator for comprehensive attention, humanitarian assistance, and integral reparation of victims of Colombia's armed conflict, serving individuals and communities affected by displacement, homicide, forced disappearance, kidnapping, sexual violence, child recruitment, landmines, and other conflict-related violations. As of August 2023, the Registro Único de Víctimas (RUV) had recorded over 9.5 million historically registered victims and 7.5 million subjects of care and/or reparation. The entity also operates specialized pathways for confined communities (658 communities confined between 2016 and February 2023) and ethnic communities (over 19.17% of conflict victims). All services are provided free of charge.

The entity's technology stack centers on the Datos Paz data platform, which aggregates and visualizes victim and territorial data through the RUV, the Red Nacional de Información (RNI), the Geoportal, and multiple interactive visors including IGED (effective enjoyment of rights indicators), SSV (vulnerability overcoming measurement), and MITI (territorial intervention model). Additional products include the Herramienta de Seguimiento a la Situación en Territorio (HSST) for territorial risk analysis, the Unidad en Línea digital citizen service platform, and the Toma de Declaración en Línea online declaration system. The entity coordinates the SNARIV system integrating 24 national and territorial government entities, with structured inter-institutional collaborations with the Defensoría del Pueblo, Ministerio del Interior, Ministerio de Defensa, Ministerio TIC, and Departamento para la Prosperidad Social.

The entity's business model is entirely non-commercial: it is funded through annual national budget allocations and operates as a public administrative unit adscriped to the Departamento para la Prosperidad Social. Revenue is not generated from users; all services are constitutionally free. The entity manages three operational funds as wholly-owned vehicles: the Fondo para la Reparación a las Víctimas (asset administration for reparations), the Fondo de Educación Superior para Víctimas (higher education support), and Unidos Podemos Reparar a las Víctimas (alternative financing including social seal and public-private alliances). Distribution combines physical Points of Attention and Regional Centers across Colombia with digital channels including a national toll-free line, web/app self-service, chat, SMS, and video call. The entity employs 1,001–5,000 staff and operates a Bogotá headquarters and a Medellín regional office.

Name

Unidad para las Víctimas

Legal name

Unidad para la Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas

Website

https://unidadvictimas.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Unidad para las Víctimas is a Colombian government entity established in 2011 that coordinates the registration, humanitarian assistance, and comprehensive reparation of victims of Colombia's armed conflict, serving over 9.5 million registered individuals through the RUV system and the SNARIV inter-agency network, with all services provided free of charge.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Victim Assistance and Reparation Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Transitional Justice, Accountability & Reparations (BPADAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Victim Services & Witness Assistance (Justice System) (BPAIAFAJ), Safeguarding, Accountability & Compliance (ESG, Gender/GBV, Do No Harm) (BPADAEAM)

Keywords

• Victim assistance services
• Humanitarian aid programs
• Conflict reparations
• Victim registry
• Peacebuilding data

Headquarters

HQ city

San Cayetano

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Unidad para las Víctimas is a Colombian Special Administrative Unit that registers victims of the armed conflict in the Registro Único de Víctimas (RUV), delivers humanitarian aid, and coordinates individual and collective reparation measures including indemnification, restitution, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition. It also operates the Datos Paz data observatory and digital tools that track victimization patterns and measure reparation outcomes across the national SNARIV system.

Product overview

Unidad para las Víctimas operates a unified platform portfolio centered on Datos Paz, a data intelligence platform that aggregates and visualizes information about victims of Colombia's armed conflict. The core ecosystem includes the Registro Único de Víctimas (RUV) for victim registration, multiple specialized visors (SSV for vulnerability measurement, IGED for rights indicators, MITI for territorial intervention), a Geoportal for spatial analysis, and online service applications like Unidad en Línea and Toma de Declaración en Línea. The SNARIV system coordinates inter-institutional efforts across the national victim assistance network. All offerings are government-provided free services focused on documentation, data visualization, and citizen service delivery rather than commercial product features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Datos Paz Data and analytics platform providing tools, reports, dashboards, infographics, and publications on victimization patterns, peacebuilding, and reparation outcomes for citizens, researchers, and partner entities.
• Registro Único de Víctimas (RUV) National victim registry system that records and tracks victims of the armed conflict, enabling coordination of assistance, attention, and integral reparation across the SNARIV network.
• Geoportal Geographic information system for spatial visualization of victims, territories, and conflict dynamics across Colombia.
• Visor IGED (Indicadores de Goce Efectivo de Derechos) Dashboard reporting indicators of effective enjoyment of rights for victims across twelve dimensions including housing, education, indemnification, justice, rehabilitation, and non-repetition.
• Visor MITI (Modelo de Intervención Territorial Integral) Territorial intervention dashboard that shows context and needs of territories in humanitarian attention, reparation, and state offerings, enabling planning and targeting exercises by partner entities.
• Visor SSV (Situación de Vulnerabilidad) Vulnerability measurement dashboard for forced displacement victims, filtering by rights, department, municipality, and differential approach variables.
• Unidad en Línea Web-based citizen service application allowing victims and citizens to access procedures, file requests, and consult information about RUV records and available services online.
• Toma de Declaración en Línea Online system allowing victims to file their victimization statements digitally, eliminating barriers for communities with limited in-person access.
• SNARIV (Sistema Nacional de Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas) National system coordinating 24 government entities for victim assistance and comprehensive reparation, with a dedicated inter-institutional management and participation portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• 67,144 unique victims were included in the RUV for forced displacement in the first semester of 2022 alone.
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor, supporting and core.

• DIAN (Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales de Colombia)minorOthersThe Dian donated goods to the Unidad para las Víctimas that became the subject of a financial audit by the Contraloría. The audit identified irregularities of $33,009 million related to these donated goods lacking proper delivery documentation, physical location records, and accounting entries.
• Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (MinTIC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinTIC provides accessibility tools (Jaws and Magic software) for visually impaired Colombians (over 1.2 million people) through the ConVertic project. These tools are made available through the Unidad para las Víctimas accessibility portal.
• Federación Nacional de Sordos de Colombia (FENASCOL)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Centro de Relevo (Relay Center), funded by MinTIC and designed and operated since 2001 through an association agreement with FENASCOL, provides ICT-based communication services for deaf people in Colombia. Available through the Unidad para las Víctimas accessibility page.
• Defensoría del PueblocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly warnings (Alertas Tempranas) issued by the Defensoría del Pueblo are used as a key input in the analysis of territorial dynamics and risk factors, feeding into the HSST tool for monitoring and intervention planning.
• Sistema Nacional de Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas (SNARIV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Unidad para las Víctimas serves as the coordinating entity for the SNARIV, which integrates 24 national and territorial government entities for the comprehensive attention and reparation of victims. This includes articulation with DPS, MinInterior, Mindefensa, Prosperidad Social, and other agencies.
• Ministerio del InteriorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with the Unidad para las Víctimas in developing inter-institutional resolutions for specialized care routes, particularly for cases of confinement, and in addressing victims in the exterior through international alliances.
• Ministerio de DefensasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks with the Unidad para las Víctimas in the development of inter-institutional resolutions for specialized attention to confinement cases, providing security interventions in affected territories.
• Departamento para la Prosperidad SocialsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on inter-institutional responses to confinement cases and participates in the design of comprehensive stabilization and economic recovery strategies for affected communities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UnidadVictimas
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/UPARIV
• Facebookfacebook.com/unidadvictimas
• Instagraminstagram.com/unidadvictimas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unidad-para-las-victimas

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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