On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the Catholic Church, along with 40 to 50 members of the Security...
Category: 2017
Hope for Peace Continues to Build
Just one week in September 2017, Colombia had a visit from Pope Francis with a strong message for peace and...
Parliamentary Delegation to Colombia August 2017
The Delegation consisted of two meembers of the Dáil (Irish Parliament): Fiona O’Loughlin TD, and Senator Catherine Noone, and one...
Human Rights Defenders’ Security Deteriorates
Two environmental human rights defenders were shot in Cajamarca, Tolima on Friday 28 July 2017. The two environmental defenders working...
UN Security Council Establish Second UN Mission to Colombia
Today, 10 July 2017, the United Nations Security Council approved a second United Nations (UN) Mission in Colombia via Resolution...
Human Rights Essential Component for UN Security Council Political Mission
ABColombia welcomes the end of the process of the Laying Down of Arms by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
Supreme Court frees Indigenous Leader Feliciano Valencia
ABColombia welcomes the decision by Colombia’s Supreme Court to acquit prominent Colombian indigenous leader Feliciano Valencia after he was arrested...
Freedom for David Ravelo amidst Surge in Threats against Human Rights Defenders
Judicial attacks against Human Rights Defenders continue in Colombia despite the signing of a Peace Accord with the FARC...
FARC Finalise Laying Down of Arms
On 26 June 2017 the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP guerrilla completed the third phase in the process of...