As International Organisation we express our profound concern regarding the severe deterioration of the armed conflict in Colombia, which has already in 2020, taken the lives of 23 people, including four women and two ex-combatants in the process of reincorporation. This serious humanitarian situation is putting the sustainability of the Colombian peace process in jeopardy....
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Guardians of the River Atrato Visit Scotland
In October the Guardians of the River Atrato visited Scotland and met with Minister Christina McKelvie of the Scottish Parliament. On 10 December Human Rights Day Minister McKelvie in a Speech on Human Rights Defenders Referred to their important work with a special reference to the inspirational Guardians of the Atrato river in Chocó. On...
Communications & Research Internship Vacancy
Deadline for Applications: 16 October 2020 Type of Internship: minimum 6-months, part-time (2 or 3 days per week), unpaid Starting Date: first week of November 2020 ABColombia is looking for a dynamic person to work on issues related to human rights and development as part of the ABColombia team. The person should either have...
What are the grievances behind the National Strike?
In the lead up to the National Strick (Paro Nacional) over 500 organisations which form part of La Alianza, the Coordination Colombia, Europe, United States (CCEEU), the Colombian Platform for Human Rights, Democracy and Development and the Rural, Ethnic and Popular Agrarian Summit explained what they saw as the key reasons for the National Strike....
Statement by INGOs in Colombia on the Right to Freedom of Speech and Assembly
International civil society organisations (CSOs) urge the Colombian government to guarantee the legitimate right to freedom of assembly and peaceful social protest enshrined in the Colombian Political Constitution The peaceful protests by Colombian citizens that started on 21 November 2019 in several cities and municipalities across the country as part of the National Strike, are...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: My Body Tells the Truth
My body tells the truth! This was the central message chosen by the Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition Commission (Truth Commission) in the first event for survivors of sexual violence in Colombia’ armed conflict. On 26 June 2019, the Truth Commission invited 30 victims of sexual violence to give their testimonies. Some were read by the...
Open Letter to the President of the Republic of Colombia regarding the imminent risk of a new massacre in the municipality of Bojayá.
Letter in Spanish (orginal) 17 November 2019 Dear President Iván Duque Márque, On 21 April 2004, the ethnic-territorial organisations of the department of Chocó and the Diocese of Quibdó, addressed the then President of the Republic of Colombia, Dr. Álvaro Uribe Vélez, in an open letter on the crisis of legitimacy in the Atrato region....
Chocó a Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis
Download Briefing in PDF here ABColombia along with other International organisations and intergovernmental agencies in Colombia express grave concerns regarding the violations and abuses of human rights of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in Chocó and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The presence of illegal armed groups including the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC) and the ELN...
Letter of Concern to Colombian Government: Forced Eviction of El Rocío
On 27 August 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Colombian president Ivan Duque and other key figures in the Colombian Government. The letter expresses concern at the planned eviction of the Indigenous Wayuu community of El Rocío. The community is situated between Albania and Maicao in La Guajira, Colombia and lives in close proximity...
ABColombia Statement
Key ex-FARC-EP Commanders Announce Return to Arms ABColombia calls on the Colombian State and the International Community to redouble its efforts and working together with civil society to ensure a much faster implementation of the Peace Accord. On 29 August 2019, Iván Márquez, a lead negotiator of the Peace Accord and former Revolutionary Armed Forces...