According to official figures ten protesters have been killed and over 200 civilians injured, allegedly, due to an excessive use of force by the Colombian Police, as well as, 194 police injured. Widespread social protests took place 9, 10 and 11 September 2020 following the murder of Javier Ordoñez in police custody. The massive protests...
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How Mining Companies Silence and Nullify Actions by Indigenous Peoples to Protect their Rights
Tickets for this Webinar free here Indigenous Peoples in Colombia struggle to protect their human, cultural and environmental rights. They frequently take these rights abuses to the Colombian Courts. Despite winning the cases companies manage to circumvent the implementation of the Court Orders Community leaders take immense risks in pursuing legal cases in an effort...
Ex-President Uribe under House Arrest
The Supreme Court of Colombia has placed former President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) under House Arrest.. Uribe Vélez is currently a Senator in the Colombian Congress who is waiting to be tried for procedural fraud and witness tampering. In 2012, Senator Uribe Vélez filed a complaint against Senator Iván Cepeda for falsely linking him to right...
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...
Illegal Surveillance of Colombian Human Rights Defenders
Letter to Colombian Government from International NGOs and Legal Organisations on alleged illegal surveillance by the Colombian Military ABColombia joined with the Colombian Caravana of UK Lawyers and other concerned International organisations and lawyers to write to the Colombian Government about our deep concerned about the recent allegations of the Colombian National Army’s unlawful surveillance...
Transitional Justice System in Colombia under Attack
International Civil Society Organisations reject the repeated attacks and accusations against the Truth Commission Civil Society Organisations reject the repeated attacks and accusations against the Commission for the Clarification of Truth (Truth Commission-CEV) and invite you to surround and protect its work. 15 July 2020 For the international civil society organisations signatories to this Public...
Rival Illegal Armed Groups Terrify Communities in the Rio Quito Chocó
On 15 May 2020 there was an armed skirmish between illegal armed groups in the Rio Quito Choco, as one armed groups attempted to, and succeeded in robbing, a floating mining platform (called Entable in Spanish), located in the Cari Pato stream, between the village of San Isidro and La Loma, in the Quito River...
Legal Articles on Transitional Justice in Colombia
These articles are part of a series being published by the Colombian Commission of Jurists Legal Observatory on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) Gender Perspective and Transitional Justice Ethnic Perspective and Transitional Justice
Illegal spying scandal:Public Statement
On 1 May 2020, an important political news magazine Semana, in an article called “Las carpetas secretas” (The Secret Files), alleged that Colombian Army Military Intelligence had been gathering surveillance on journalists, human rights defenders, trade unionists, political opposition, judges, and lawyers including those working on extrajudicial killings. This type of information gathering seriously affect...
COVID-19 and Human Rights in Colombia
“It is not a time to neglect human rights; it is a time when, more than ever, human rights are needed to navigate this crisis in a way that will allow us, as soon as possible, to focus again on achieving equitable sustainable development and sustaining peace” UN Report Covid-19 and Human Rights: We are...