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...
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Case of Jineth Bedoya: conflict-related sexual violence in Colombia brought before International Tribunal for the first time
On 16 July 2019, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights the case 12.954, “Jineth Bedoya Lima and other, regarding Colombia”. Case 12.954 refers to the kidnapping, torture and rape of investigative journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima for reasons related to her profession; the case will address the...
Concerns about death threats against Colombia Human Rights Defenders: MPs send letter to UK Foreign Secretary
On 30 July 2019, 24 UK Members of Parliament sent a letter of concern to Dominic Raab, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. As signatories of EDM 2232, the parliamentarians expressed their concerns regarding threats against members of the Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP), the church-based human rights organisation directly...
Colombia: Las mujeres y el Capítulo Étnico en el Acuerdo de Paz
Lo siguiente es un capítulo del informe de ABColombia “Hacia un cambio transformador: las mujeres y la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz colombiano”. El informe completo está disponible en español y en inglés aquí. Las mujeres indígenas quieren la paz, pero no de cualquier forma, o de manera incompleta. Para nosotras, la paz significa garantías...
Communities in Chocó call on all armed actors in the Colombian conflict to respect International Humanitarian Law
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian citizens living in Chocó are living in the midst of a continuing conflict despite the ongoing Peace Process with the FARC Guerrilla. Armed neo-paramilitary and Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) guerrilla groups continue in the region and are fighting for control of illicit economies. Communities have been reporting an increase in the...
Joint letter: Human Rights Defenders are a cornerstone of sustainable development
ABColombia, together with the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and alongside more than 200 other groups and organisations, has signed an open letter to states and development financiers on the need to ensure that development interventions support the realisation of human rights, safeguard Human Rights Defenders and guarantee meaningful public participation. You can sign...