ABColombia welcomes the decision by Colombia’s Supreme Court to acquit prominent Colombian indigenous leader Feliciano Valencia after he was arrested...
Category: News
30.06201729/01/2019
Freedom for David Ravelo amidst Surge in Threats against Human Rights Defenders
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Human Rights, NewsTags Civil Society, HRDs, Human Rights, Paramilitaries, Peace Accord, Rule of Law
Judicial attacks against Human Rights Defenders continue in Colombia despite the signing of a Peace Accord with the FARC...
27.05201729/01/2019
Government draft bill could conflict with Peace Accord
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Land, News, Peace, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, Land, Women
Summary: Joint letter calls government draft bill ‘unconstitutional’ and in violation of the Peace Accord, saying it threatens indigenous,...
24.02201729/01/2019
National Security Guarantees Commission
By Louise WinstanleyIn 2017, Human Rights, News, Peace, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags HRDs, Paramilitaries, Peace Accord, Protection, Security
On 24 February 2017 the National Security Guarantees Commission was inaugurated. This is an important first step in the...
03.02201729/01/2019
Church denounces State Abandonment in Cordoba and Urabá
By ABColombiaIn 2017, News, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags conflict, Peace Accord, Peace in Colombia, Uraba
The Bishop of Apartadó and the Catholic Church denounced the increase in killings of social leaders and political activists in...
31.08201629/01/2019
Mecanismos de Autoprotección: Comunidades Rurales y Defensores de Derechos Humanos en Colombia
By ABColombiaIn Español, Human Rights, News, Publicaciones en EspañolTags Afro-Colombian, Choco, Communities, Community Leaders, Environment, FARC, HRDs, Human Rights, Indigenous, Social Leaders, Vulnerable Communities
31.08201629/01/2019
28.05201629/01/2019
04.02201629/01/2019
Robbery of sensitive human rights information
Despite the Welcome gains in the Peace Talks in Havana there is a deterioration in the protection of the...
31.10201529/01/2019