Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) December 2020 report states that of the 1,323 killings of...
Category: Human Rights
Human Rights Day: remembering those seeking to defend and protect the right to sustainable peace
On Human Rights Day 2020, ABColombia pays tribute to the immense courage, expertise and determination of Colombian Human Rights Defenders...
International Civil Society Organisations Reject Stigmatising Claims against the Humanitarian Caravan to Cañyón del Micay in Argelia, Cauca department
5 November 2020 The international civil society organisations signed onto this statement denounce and warn of the life-threatening risks against...
Illegal Surveillance of Colombian Human Rights Defenders
Letter to Colombian Government from International NGOs and Legal Organisations on alleged illegal surveillance by the Colombian Military ABColombia joined...
Linea Negra Decreto 1500
After years of consultation by the four Indigenous Peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Kogui, Arhuaco, Kankuamo and...
COVID-19 and Human Rights in Colombia
“It is not a time to neglect human rights; it is a time when, more than ever, human rights are...
Declaration of Support to the OHCHR in Colombia
WE FULLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (OHCHR) IN COLOMBIA...
In the International Women’s Day ABColombia say #IStandWith Emilse Paz
“Our dream is the demilitarization of our territories, so they are peace territories, as they were years ago. There we...
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...