Spanish Abstract: Este articulo introduce el concepto de violencia socioeconomica, que se refiere a mecanismos de regulacion de conflictos distributivos y practicas gubernamentales que eliminan las condiciones base para la reproduccion de la vida. Se identifican tres expresiones clave de la violencia socioeconomica: el despojo, la inseguridad economica y la no generacion de oportunidades. El articulo insiste en el efecto desproporcionado que dichas expresiones de violencia socioeconomica tienen sobre la poblacion desplazada; tambien defiende la necesidad de una agenda minima que erradique la violencia como logica reguladora de los conflictos distributivos y que sirva de base para la construccion de paz con justicia social en Colombia.English Abstract: This article introduces the concept of socioeconomic violence — a mechanism used to regulate distributive conflicts and governmental practices — that simultaneously eliminates the basic conditions for the reproduction of life. There are three key expressions of socioeconomic violence: dispossession, economic vulnerability and lack of opportunities. The article contends that these expressions of socioeconomic violence have had a disproportionate effect on persons living in a situation of forced displacement. It argues that it is necessary to develop an agenda that as a minimum suspends violence as a means of regulating distribution conflicts and establishes a framework for building peace with social justice in Colombia.