Despite the signature of the Peace Accord (2016), enforced disappearances continue in Colombia. The Colombian Transitional Justice System has three elements, the Truth Commission, The Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the Search Unit for the disappeared. The Truth Commission’s report states that there were over 110 thousand enforced disappearances in Colombia, during the most intense...
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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 lawyer, member of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (Cajar) and representative in the Mondoñedo case; and threats, kidnapping and robbery against Miss Andrea Torres Bautista, lawyer, and sub-director of the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation...
Truth Commission of Colombia: Executive Summary
Colombia’s Truth Commission was established as a result of the 2016 Peace Accord between the Colombian Government and the FARC- EP. The Commission released their final report on 28 June 2022, this was the culmination of exhaustive research and interviews with nearly 24,000 people in Colombia and of exiles living abroad. The Commission is holding...
We Are Recruiting: Chair of the Board of Non-Executive Directors and a Human Resources Lead
Chair of Board of Non-Executive Directors The Chair of the Board of Non-Executive Directors of ABColombia oversees the functioning of the highly successful advocacy group of five leading British and Irish development agencies working on Colombia (Christian Aid, CAFOD, SCIAF, Oxfam and Trócaire). The candidate should bring experience of good governance of Civil Society Organisations. We...
Colombia’s Presidential Election
The 19 June 2022 saw 58% of Colombians turnout to vote in the second and final round of Colombia’s Presidential elections. The highest percentage of citizens voting in a Presidential election in 50 years. The result was a landmark victory for the left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. They won by...
Communities resist the La Colosa Mine open-pit gold mine proposed in the Paramos of Tolima
La Colosa is AngloGold Ashanti’s proposed project for an open-pit gold mine spanning several rural municipalities in the department of Tolima, Colombia – including the municipality of Cajamarca. In 2017 the Cajamarca community managed to successfully achieve a binding referendum (consulta popular), in which the community overwhelmingly voted to ban mining activities in its territory....
There is a Future if there is Truth
ABColombia Welcomes Colombia’s Truth Commission Report And Remembers the Victims 1 July 2022 ABColombia welcomes the launch, on 28 June 2022, of the Truth Commission’s Report. The final report of the Truth Commission for the clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-repetition (la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No repetición),...
Delegation of Parliamentarians to Colombia 2022
ABColombia’s delegation report on: Business, Environment and Human Rights, Justice and Sustainable Peace, and Women and Conflict related sexual violence. The Delegation met in La Guajira with Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Peoples impacted by the Carbones de Cerrejón (Cerrejón) open pit coal mine, and the Cañaverales community in the area of impact of the proposed Best...
World Water Day 2022
While Colombia experiences three times the global average of rainfall per country, the water distribution is uneven. The large majority of freshwater is located in the Amazon Basin and the department of Chocó. According to Water Aid 1.2 million people in Colombia live without access to clean water.
Write to your MP – Template letter on judicial independence in Guatemala and Colombia
You can cut and paste this letter into “they work for you” and email it to your MP. If you choose to send it by post instead, please note that it is essential to include your full postal address and postcode. Dear [name of your MP here] Subject: Judicial Independence at Risk in Guatemala and...