President Duque signed the International Treaty on the protection of the Environment- Escazú – in December 2019. This was in...
Category: Civil Society
UN & OAS Experts condemn repressive measures by Colombian Police
17 May 2021 In response to the excessive use of force by the police against the demonstrators in the National...
Ensuring civil society’s right to participation: Letter to the United Nations
On 30 April 2020, the Civil Society Organisations who are members of the Latin American and Caribbean Group at the...
Peaceful Social Protest is essential for Democracy
On 21 November 2019, Colombian citizens, trade unions, students, indigenous groups, peace activists, women’s rights, environmental and other civil society...
Response to letter sent to Foreign Secretary: Concerns about death threats against Colombia Human Rights Defenders
On 30 July 2019, 24 UK Members of Parliament sent a letter of concern to Dominic Raab, the Secretary of...
“The peace process is an objective that everyone shares”: Security Council visit to Colombia
From 11 to 14 July 2019, the 15 members[1] of the UN Security Council made a four-day visit to Colombia...
British MPs ask UK Government to make joint Human Rights Statement with Colombia President Duque
On 14th June, ahead of Colombia President Ivan Duque’s visit to the UK, members of the UK Parliament sent a...
Colombian Human Rights Defenders continue to be killed at an alarming rate
On average, in the first three weeks of January 2019, one Human Rights Defender (HRD) was killed every three days...
2018 Delegation
Vichada: meeting with the: Sikuani, Sikuani-Cubeo, Puinave, Piapoco, Piaroa, Sáliba, Amorua, Curripacos, Tuparro Indigenous Peoples.
