“Our dream is the demilitarization of our territories, so they are peace territories, as they were years ago. There we...
Category: Human Rights
UN Annual Report on Human Rights in Colombia
ABColombia welcomes the annual report on 26 February 2020 of the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human...
Written evidence from ABColombia to the Foreign Affairs Committee
This written evidence focuses on human rights defenders and draws examples of work undertaken by the FCO in relation to...
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...
Statement by INGOs in Colombia on the Right to Freedom of Speech and Assembly
International civil society organisations (CSOs) urge the Colombian government to guarantee the legitimate right to freedom of assembly and peaceful...
Open Letter to the President of the Republic of Colombia regarding the imminent risk of a new massacre in the municipality of Bojayá.
Letter in Spanish (orginal) 17 November 2019 Dear President Iván Duque Márque, On 21 April 2004, the ethnic-territorial organisations of...
Chocó a Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis
Download Briefing in PDF here ABColombia along with other International organisations and intergovernmental agencies in Colombia express grave concerns regarding...
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...
Concerns about death threats against Colombia Human Rights Defenders: Letter sent to Irish Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister
Letter of concern to Minister Simon Coveney on the situation of risk for the Comision Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP) in Colombia
ABColombia signs further open letter to mining companies at Cerrejon and Colombian Government
On 14 August 2019, ABColombia signed another joint open letter written by London Mining Network. This letter is following up...