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...
Online Event on May 10 16:00 – 17:30 BST REGISTER HERE Christian Aid, in conjunction with our Colombian partner, ABColombia and women’s civil society networks, Red Nacional de Mujeres and Sisma Mujer, would like to invite you to a virtual panel event titled “Colombia, 5+ years into the Peace Process: stock-take and next steps” on Tuesday, 10th May...
You can cut and paste this letter into “they work for you” and email it to your MP. If you choose to send it by post instead, please note that it is essential to include your full postal address and postcode. Dear [name of your MP here] Subject: Judicial Independence at Risk in Guatemala and...
Watch this event again in English here Virtual Event on 2 March 2022 Organisers: ABColombia, Federation of European Bars, Colombian Caravana of UK Lawyers, CAFOD, CINEP, CALDH, PBI UK Chair: Former British Ambassador to Colombia, John Dew Speakers: Her Excellency Joanna Korner CMG QC, International Criminal Court Judge The Importance of Trial Management in the Delivery...
On 18 January 2022, Luz Marina Arteaga, a doctor, social leader and land-claimant was killed. This vibrant and active social leader’s lifeless body was recovered from the River Meta in Orocué, Casanare, Colombia. As far back as 28 November 2019, ABColombia wrote to Pablo Elías González Monguí, Director General of the National Protection Unit (Unidad...
Two days per week (7 hours per day) £10.89 per hour 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 have a commitment to human rights and experience of working or volunteering in an organisation or a degree...
10 November 2021 The signatories to this press release celebrate that 24 November 2021 marks the fifth anniversary of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP), which put end to the internal armed conflict between them, that left more than nine million victims, and...
October 18, 2021 goes down in history as the day that a struggle, which began with an individual crime, led to the revindication of the rights of thousands of women victims and survivors of sexual violence and women journalists who leave part of their lives in their profession. said Jineth Bedoya, journalist, victim and...
The rapid spread of the pandemic has been a challenge for the Latin Americana and Caribbean (LAC) region, essential sanitary measures such as regular handwashing and social distancing measures are difficult to for the 230 million vulnerable people in LAC countries according to Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Many households do not...
OPEN LETTER TO WORLD LEADERS Download Letter here October 2021 Respecting and protecting human rights and protecting the environment are inextricably linked. Yet while Heads ofState from 88 countries have called to end siloed thinking in the Leaders Pledge for Nature, environmental policy-making still too often excludes or sidelines human rights. Today we, the undersigned...
