Two environmental human rights defenders were shot in Cajamarca, Tolima on Friday 28 July 2017. The two environmental defenders working...
Category: Human Rights
05.07201729/01/2019
Human Rights Essential Component for UN Security Council Political Mission
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Human Rights, News, PeaceTags Peace Accord, Political Mission, UN Security Council
ABColombia welcomes the end of the process of the Laying Down of Arms by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
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...
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...
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...
08.11201522/07/2019
Zenú Indigenous Peoples from the Alto San Jorge Resguardo Cordorba
By ABColombiaIn Emblematic Cases, Human Rights, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Extractives, HRDs, Indigenous, Land, Paramilitaries, Zenu
The Zenú Resguardo of Alto San Jorge in Cordorba consists of 47 communities numbering 19,022 people distributed in three areas:...
01.09201529/01/2019
UK National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and gender equality
By ABColombiaIn Briefings, Extractives, Human Rights, News, Women
September 2015 Why the UK National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights must integrate and prioritise gender equality and...