1 October 2021 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its serious concern regarding the significant increase in the...
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Voices from the River Atrato Chocó Chocó department in Colombia is located in the Pacific basin of the “Chocó Biographical...
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Communications and Information Officer Please Note that we have extended the deadline to 5pm on Wednesday 6 October 2021 The...
Security Council Press Statement on Colombia
16 Jul 2021 The following press statement was issued by the UN Security Council after receiving a briefing by Carlos...
Case 01: Kidnapping by the FARC-EP
On 26 January 2021, the Reconnaissance Chamber of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) charged eight members of the former...
War Crimes Tribunal should open a National Case on Gender Based Violence
21/7/21 National and International Organisations are calling on Colombia’s War Crimes Tribunal, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to open...
Case 03: Killings and forced disappearances presented as casualties in combat by state agents
In National Case 03 there are six different areas of priority where ordinary citizens were killed and forcibly disappeared by...
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...
Westminster Hall Debate: ‘Peace and human rights in Colombia’
Thursday 15th July 2021 ABColombia Briefing for MPs – with recommended actions for UK Government The Peace Process and Social...
Mission of Verification Report Summary July 2021
On 13 July 2021 Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in...
It is time for the UK to demonstrate leadership on business and human rights
A decade ago this month, the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously welcomed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...