Combats in Alto Baudó in Chocó saw indigenous communities caught in the midst of the crossfire. Armed clashes were between the ELN guerrilla group, the neo-paramilitary Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC) and FARC dissidents. These armed skirmishes have affected both indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in Chocó. So far this has resulted in the confinement of...
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International Women’s Day 2021
International Women’s Day 8 March 2021 In celebration of this day, ABColombia pays tribute to outstanding and courageous Colombian Women Human Rights Defenders. According to NGO Sisma Mujer, in Colombia every 19 hours a woman human rights defender [WHRD] is attacked [1]. Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world to be a human...
UK Parliament: Human Rights in Colombia must be improved before deepening trade relations
Lords insist that the UK as pen holder to the UN Security Council on the Verification Mission in Colombia hold the Colombian Government to account for the attacks and killings of human rights defenders and trade unionists stop before deepening its trading relations with the Pacific Alliance On during a debate in the House of...
ABColombia Winter Newsletter
After a year marked by a global pandemic and the 4th anniversary of the signature of the Peace Agreement (24 November 2020), ABColombia reflects on the advances and the challenges of building a sustainable and meaningful peace in Colombia. The pandemic has exacerbated some of Colombia’s obstacles to peace. Human Rights Defenders continue to be...
The Return of Our Voices
On 13 November 2020, the Commission for the Clarification of the Truth (Truth Commission) held an event entitled “El Retorno de Nuestras Voces” (The Return of Our Voices) for the truth and the recognition of the rights of victims living in exile and those who have returned. The Truth Commission a few years ago began...
Historic moment as Truth Commission hears from Victims in Exile
On 13 November 2020, the Truth Commission heard the testimonies of victims of the Colombian Conflict living in exile “Colombia fuera de Colombia.” This was the first time that any Truth Commission had listened to the voices and heard the stories of victims living in exile; forced out of their countries by violence and in...
International Community must support the Colombian National Commission on Security Guarantees if Neo-paramilitary Groups are to be Dismantled
2020 is proving to be one of the worst year’s on record for the killings of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) with the UN reporting that it is following up on 91 reported killings of defenders in the first eight months of 2020 (to date 47 have been verified and 44 are in the process of...
Lack Colombian Government Commitment to Security for Former Combatants?
Colombian Interior Minister Alicia Arango Olmos failed to attend the CSIVI meeting called to address the deteriorating security situation for former combatants. On 28 July 2020, called a meeting of the Commission for the Follow-up, Promotion and Verification of the Implementation of the Final Agreement (CSIVI) to address the lack of implementation of adequate security...
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 letter in PDF in English and spanish if you click on the buttons above. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a major global impact. Whilst the impacts vary from country to country, all governments are having...
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 can exercise our self-determination as Indigenous peoples, and as Indigenous women… It is our dream as peace builders, that all of us together can work towards a sustainable and lasting peace with no violence. The...