International Civil Society Organisations signatories of this statement issue an urgent alert regarding worrying situation facing communities in Sur de...
Letters of Concern
Llamamiento urgente por la protección de la vida e integridad de lascomunidades y liderazgos sociales del sur de Bolívar
Las Organizaciones Internacionales de la Sociedad Civil firmantes de esta declaración emiten una alerta urgente sobre la preocupante situación que...
International Organisations call on UN Security Council to consult with Civil Society Organisations during its visit to Colombia
Oidhaco, a network of European civil society organisations and other International Organisations, welcome the visit of the Security Council to...
Urgent Action to protect the environment and the Paimadó community
ABColombia expresses its profound concern regarding the situation in Paimadó, Chocó, Colombia. Our partners inform us that an illegal mining...
“Colombia is a human rights priority for the UK”
Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State for Overseas Territories of the UK SPANISH The ELN, or National Liberation Army, is Colombia’s...
Public Statement: Urgent call to protect people not linked to the armed conflict in Colombia
ABColombia joins international civil society organisations (CSOs) to alert about the recent acts of violence and threats suffered in various...
Open Letter: European Commission must uphold Corporate Transparency in the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
ABColombia, 15 individuals, and other 180 global, regional and national signatory organisations have made an urgent appeal to Mairead McGuinness,...
Public Statement: Express of concern about recent threats and intimidation toward lawyer Yessika Hoyos Morales, member of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (Cajar)
ABColombia joins the undersigned organisations to express our concern about death threats and intimidation toward Ms Yessika Hoyos Morales, a...
Organizaciones internacionales de la Sociedad civil reconocen y respaldan la presencia en Colombia de la Oficina de la Alta Comisionada de Naciones Unidas para los derechos Humanos.
Para las organizaciones Internacionales de la sociedad civil que suscriben este comunicado, la presencia en Colombia de la Oficina de...
Comunicado Público: Organizaciones y ONG internacionales alertan sobre grave crisis humanitaria sostenida en el departamento del Chocó
Bogotá, mayo 3 de 2022. Las Organizaciones de la sociedad civil y ONGs internacionales que suscriben el presente comunicado saludan...
Public Statement: UK and Irish Parliamentary Delegation to Colombia Express Profound Concerns for the Rights of the Wayuu Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian Communities in La Guajira, Colombia.
Public Statement: International organisations from the civil society reject the assassination of Thuthenas (consejero) Miller Correa.
See ABColombia’s Policy Briefing report HERE
House of Lords Debate on Colombia and the Democratic Clause in the FTA
On 12 July 2021, a Colombia human rights question was asked by Lord Browne of Ladyton in the House of Lords, sparking...
ABColombia profound concerns regarding Cerrejon’s lack of compliance with Court Rulings.
ABColombia and CINEP’s reply (7 August 2020) to letter from Cerrejon’s letter (5 June 2020). This letter outlines our grave...
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...
Illegal spying scandal:Public Statement
On 1 May 2020, an important political news magazine Semana, in an article called “Las carpetas secretas” (The Secret Files),...
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...
Letter to President Ivan Duque: COVID-19 and the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis
ABColombia wrote the following letter to President Ivan Duque on 31 March 2020. You will find a copy of the...
The Protection of People in the midst of conflict is an ethical and political imperative that is a commitment of our humanity
The International Civil Society Organisations signing this statement urge the armed actors in Colombia to guarantee the lives of the...
International Civil Society Organisations in Alert for Assassinated Social Leaders and Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Colombia
As International Organisation we express our profound concern regarding the severe deterioration of the armed conflict in Colombia, which has...
Threats against human rights defender Luz Marina Arteaga
Subject: Protection scheme for human rights defender Luz Marina Arteaga in the town of “El Porvenir”, department of Meta The...
Letter of Concern to Colombian Government: Forced Eviction of El Rocío
On 27 August 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Colombian president Ivan Duque and other key figures in the...
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...
Concerns about death threats against Colombia Human Rights Defenders: MPs send letter to UK Foreign Secretary
On 30 July 2019, 24 UK Members of Parliament sent a letter of concern to Dominic Raab, the Secretary of...
ABColombia signs open letter to mining companies at Cerrejon, Colombia
The following open letter was sent on Monday 8 July 2019 to Cerrejon Coal and its multinational corporate owners. Coal...
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...
International organisations reject violent attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and Indigenous leaders
Brussels/London, 13 May 2019. ABColombia, alongside more than 25 European and international organisations and networks, signed a public statement rejecting...
Threats against Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in La Guajira, Colombia
On 29 April 2019, Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu received death threats from a group identifying itself as Águilas Negras – Bloque...
Security of Zenu Indigenous Leader: ABColombia sends letter to National Protection Unit
On 23 January 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Director of the National Protection Unit, Pablo Elías González Monguí,...
Joint letter: Human Rights Defenders are a cornerstone of sustainable development
ABColombia, together with the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and alongside more than 200 other groups and organisations, has...
ABColombia and others denounce the killing of Bernardo Cuero Blanco
ABColombia juntos con otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil internacional: Rechazan asesinato del líder de Afrodes Bernardo Cuero Blanco,...
Joint statement rejecting the murder of Gerson Acosta
ABColombia, in a joint statement with 17 other International Civil Society Organisations, has expressed its profound rejection of, and concern...
Correspondence with the UK & Irish Governments
“Colombia is a human rights priority for the UK”
Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State for Overseas Territories of the UK SPANISH The ELN, or National Liberation Army, is Colombia’s...
Public Statement: UK and Irish Parliamentary Delegation to Colombia Express Profound Concerns for the Rights of the Wayuu Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian Communities in La Guajira, Colombia.
House of Lords Debate on Colombia and the Democratic Clause in the FTA
On 12 July 2021, a Colombia human rights question was asked by Lord Browne of Ladyton in the House of Lords, sparking...
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
Concerns about death threats against Colombia Human Rights Defenders: MPs send letter to UK Foreign Secretary
On 30 July 2019, 24 UK Members of Parliament sent a letter of concern to Dominic Raab, the Secretary of...
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...
Correspondence with the Colombian Government
Urgent Action to protect the environment and the Paimadó community
ABColombia expresses its profound concern regarding the situation in Paimadó, Chocó, Colombia. Our partners inform us that an illegal mining...
Public Statement: UK and Irish Parliamentary Delegation to Colombia Express Profound Concerns for the Rights of the Wayuu Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian Communities in La Guajira, Colombia.
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...
Letter to President Ivan Duque: COVID-19 and the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis
ABColombia wrote the following letter to President Ivan Duque on 31 March 2020. You will find a copy of the...
The Protection of People in the midst of conflict is an ethical and political imperative that is a commitment of our humanity
The International Civil Society Organisations signing this statement urge the armed actors in Colombia to guarantee the lives of the...
Threats against human rights defender Luz Marina Arteaga
Subject: Protection scheme for human rights defender Luz Marina Arteaga in the town of “El Porvenir”, department of Meta The...
Letter of Concern to Colombian Government: Forced Eviction of El Rocío
On 27 August 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Colombian president Ivan Duque and other key figures in the...
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...
Threats against Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in La Guajira, Colombia
On 29 April 2019, Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu received death threats from a group identifying itself as Águilas Negras – Bloque...
Security of Zenu Indigenous Leader: ABColombia sends letter to National Protection Unit
On 23 January 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Director of the National Protection Unit, Pablo Elías González Monguí,...
Joint Letters
Urgent appeal for the protection of the life and integrity of the communities and social leaders of Sur de Bolívar.
International Civil Society Organisations signatories of this statement issue an urgent alert regarding worrying situation facing communities in Sur de...
Llamamiento urgente por la protección de la vida e integridad de lascomunidades y liderazgos sociales del sur de Bolívar
Las Organizaciones Internacionales de la Sociedad Civil firmantes de esta declaración emiten una alerta urgente sobre la preocupante situación que...
International Organisations call on UN Security Council to consult with Civil Society Organisations during its visit to Colombia
Oidhaco, a network of European civil society organisations and other International Organisations, welcome the visit of the Security Council to...
Open Letter: European Commission must uphold Corporate Transparency in the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
ABColombia, 15 individuals, and other 180 global, regional and national signatory organisations have made an urgent appeal to Mairead McGuinness,...
Public Statement: Express of concern about recent threats and intimidation toward lawyer Yessika Hoyos Morales, member of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (Cajar)
ABColombia joins the undersigned organisations to express our concern about death threats and intimidation toward Ms Yessika Hoyos Morales, a...
Organizaciones internacionales de la Sociedad civil reconocen y respaldan la presencia en Colombia de la Oficina de la Alta Comisionada de Naciones Unidas para los derechos Humanos.
Para las organizaciones Internacionales de la sociedad civil que suscriben este comunicado, la presencia en Colombia de la Oficina de...
Comunicado Público: Organizaciones y ONG internacionales alertan sobre grave crisis humanitaria sostenida en el departamento del Chocó
Bogotá, mayo 3 de 2022. Las Organizaciones de la sociedad civil y ONGs internacionales que suscriben el presente comunicado saludan...
Public Statement: International organisations from the civil society reject the assassination of Thuthenas (consejero) Miller Correa.
See ABColombia’s Policy Briefing report HERE
Illegal spying scandal:Public Statement
On 1 May 2020, an important political news magazine Semana, in an article called “Las carpetas secretas” (The Secret Files),...
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...
International Civil Society Organisations in Alert for Assassinated Social Leaders and Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Colombia
As International Organisation we express our profound concern regarding the severe deterioration of the armed conflict in Colombia, which has...
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...
ABColombia signs open letter to mining companies at Cerrejon, Colombia
The following open letter was sent on Monday 8 July 2019 to Cerrejon Coal and its multinational corporate owners. Coal...
International organisations reject violent attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and Indigenous leaders
Brussels/London, 13 May 2019. ABColombia, alongside more than 25 European and international organisations and networks, signed a public statement rejecting...
Threats against Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in La Guajira, Colombia
On 29 April 2019, Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu received death threats from a group identifying itself as Águilas Negras – Bloque...
Joint letter: Human Rights Defenders are a cornerstone of sustainable development
ABColombia, together with the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and alongside more than 200 other groups and organisations, has...
ABColombia and others denounce the killing of Bernardo Cuero Blanco
ABColombia juntos con otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil internacional: Rechazan asesinato del líder de Afrodes Bernardo Cuero Blanco,...
Joint statement rejecting the murder of Gerson Acosta
ABColombia, in a joint statement with 17 other International Civil Society Organisations, has expressed its profound rejection of, and concern...