Summary: Joint letter calls government draft bill ‘unconstitutional’ and in violation of the Peace Accord, saying it threatens indigenous,...
29.04201729/01/2019
28.04201729/01/2019
Chocó: Indigenous people forced to flee
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Emblematic Cases, Land, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Choco, conflict, Displacement, Indigenous
The Inter-ethnic Forum, the Indigenous Board and the Dioceses’ of Quibdó, Istmina and Apartadó and many NGOs in Colombia,...
27.04201702/07/2019
Joint statement rejecting the murder of Gerson Acosta
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Civil Society, Joint Letters, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Civil Society, HRDs, Human Rights Defenders, Indigenous
ABColombia, in a joint statement with 17 other International Civil Society Organisations, has expressed its profound rejection of, and concern...
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...
03.02201729/01/2019
Church denounces State Abandonment in Cordoba and Urabá
By ABColombiaIn 2017, News, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags conflict, Peace Accord, Peace in Colombia, Uraba
The Bishop of Apartadó and the Catholic Church denounced the increase in killings of social leaders and political activists in...
06.12201603/08/2018
04.12201613/03/2020
Revised Peace Accord ratified by the Colombian Congress
ABColombia welcomes the ratification by the Colombian Congress of the revised Final Peace Agreement between the Government of...
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