International Investment Agreements (IIAs) set out the conditions and obligations regarding the promotion and protection of investments made by investors from respective countries in each other’s territory and take the form of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) or other trade agreements including investment chapters. The investor protection provisions between Colombia and the UK are contained...
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TAKE ACTION: Glencore’s Mining Practices in Peru and Colombia – what can UK citizens do?
Please write to your MP and ask them to #SignEDM136! You can find a template letter/email here. MPs have public contact details so that you, as their constituents, can get in touch. To see who your MP is, go to https://www.theyworkforyou.com and enter your postcode. You can then copy and paste the letter we have...
Unmasking Glencore: A Toxic Legacy in Colombia
Indigenous communities in Colombia are are reporting a devastation of their land, water and sacred spaces as a result of coal mining by British-registered multinational Glencore PLC. Ask your MP to sign EDM 136 more information here Glencore PLC is the sole owner of the Cerrejón mine, La Guajira, Colombia, which is one of the...
International Water Day 2023
Leading environmental laws in Colombia still far from implementation “This World Water Day is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis”. UN, World Water Day In 2023 the United Nations is raising awareness of the importance of water as a vital source of life for people, but also highlighting its connection with...
Renewable energy: How does it differ from fossil fuel extractives when it comes to respecting the rights of communities and the environment?
There is an urgent need to mitigate the climate crisis, but this has to be done as a just transition towards clean energy and it cannot require the global south to carry the costs of this transition. The current Colombian Government’s ambitious agenda to move away from fossil fuels and to invest heavily in renewable...
UK and Irish Government Must Hold MNC operating in their Jurisdiction to Account
ABColombia is increasingly seeing the investor-State dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) mechanisms in Investment and Trading Agreements used by multinational companies in Colombia, to chill legislation on human and environmental rights and to prevent the implementation of Constitutional Court decisions designed to uphold these rights. Multinationals causing countries to chill the formulation and implementation of legislation...
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...
Public Statement: Colombian government authorises further destruction of Arroyo Bruno in La Guajira
On April 6 Government institutions announced their “final” decision to endorse the destruction of the natural course of the Bruno stream in southern La Guajira. According to The Lawyers Collective – Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) the decision is based on a study with technical and scientific insufficiencies, rigged, without rigor and with...
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.
World Water Day 2021
The UN theme of World Water Day 2021 is valuing water. Without a comprehensive understanding of water’s true, multidimensional value, we will be unable to safeguard this critical resource for the benefit of everyone.” (UN Water) But what is the “value” of water? What does it represent? On the surface, Colombia has vast water resources;...