The Zenú Resguardo of Alto San Jorge in Cordorba consists of 47 communities numbering 19,022 people distributed in three areas: San Jose de Ure (15 Communties); Puerto Libertado (22 communities); Montelibano (10 communties). In 2008 the Zenú community intensified efforts to obtain the land titles to their communal territory. This coincided with an increase in...
September 2015 Why the UK National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights must integrate and prioritise gender equality and women’s human rights ABColombia as part of the CORE Coalition (Corporate Responsibility) together with the Gender and the Development Network (GADN) presented to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office our contribution on gender to the...
CORE and the GAD network submission on gender sensitivity in business and human rights ABColombia is among the contributors to this report which highlights the importance of State and corporate responsibility to respect and actively protect Women and girls’ rights. The recommendations strongly encourage the UK government to identify and implement gender-sensitive legislations such...
In June 2015, Colombian congressman Alexander Lopez visited the Catalan and UK Parliaments to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Buenaventura. He addressed the interrelationship between foreign investment and human rights violations in one of the most violent cities in the world. Colombian Senator Alexander Lopez (middle) with UK Parliamentarians and representatives of NGOs...
The European Union is the world’s largest economy, the world’s largest trading block, and home to 500 million consumers. Every year, millions of euro worth of minerals flow into the EU from some of the poorest places on earth. No questions are asked about how they are extracted, or whether their trade fuels conflict in...
