The following research article is the result of the project Relevance of the legal framework for the victims in Colombia in light of transitional and restorative justice where a conflict, war and victim analysis has been made through a cross-discipline approach within the context of political conflict. It makes a historical revision of how people have tried to regulate war and how it has been tried to be justified. It additionally studies victims' circumstances in the context of transitional

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... restorative justice. Besides, it analyzes some international laws that have contributed to humanizing conflicts, and explores models of transitional and restorative justice that turn around the victim assailant relationship, contributing to the acknowledgement of the victim's rights in a country like Colombia, where not until recent times, either conflict or victims' existence were recognized