ABColombia expresses its great sadness at the killing of Nasa Indigenous Governor Sandra Liliana Peña Chocué. We express our solidarity with the Nasa Indigenous Peoples and call on the Colombian Government to take firm and decisive action to objectively and thoroughly investigate those responsible and bring them to justice. ABColombia rejects and condemns the killing...
As 2021 is a key year for Colombia with its five-year anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accord in November, ABColombia have the following recommendations for the UN Security Council: to form a “Group of Experts” with technical expertise on organised crime, which includes experts on human rights, gender and ethnicity, to examine, together...
On March 24 is worldwide celebrated the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. It is on this day that the memory of victims of gross and systematic violations of human rights and the importance of the right to truth and justice are...
On 17 March 2021, the Colombian State objected to the Judges, the line of questioning, and way of conducting the hearing at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in the case of Jineth Bedoya Lima versus the Colombian State. The Colombian representatives withdrew in protest on the first day of a virtual public hearing to...
The Mothers of Soacha discovered their sons were being extra judicially executed by the Colombian Army to boost their combat killings. This practice is known as ‘Falsos Positivos’ (false positives). Their work has created awareness around the world of this horrendous practice in Colombia. In February 2021, the true extent of this practice began to...
On 4 March 2021, fourteen Colombian bishops denounced threats against the life of the bishop of Buenaventura, Monsignor Rubén Jaramillo, members of the Catholic Church amid a new wave of violence that engulfs the population of the departments on the Pacific Coast of Colombia: Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño. It hurts us deeply...
The Irish Peace and Conflict Network, hosted a panel discussion on Tuesday, 2 February 2021, which explored what success and impact in relation to peace and conflict would look like for Ireland, during Ireland’s term on the Security Council. It explored the priorities for Security Council action in conflict-affected contexts, and what can be learnt...
On Human Rights Day 2020, ABColombia pays tribute to the immense courage, expertise and determination of Colombian Human Rights Defenders and community leaders (HRDs), through a series of articles reflecting on the stories of some of those killed in Colombia between January and early December 2020. The work of Colombian HRDs has been, and continues...
On 13 November 2020, the Truth Commission heard the testimonies of victims of the Colombian Conflict living in exile “Colombia fuera de Colombia.” This was the first time that any Truth Commission had listened to the voices and heard the stories of victims living in exile; forced out of their countries by violence and in...
24 November 2020 marks the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the Peace Accord signed between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP). Considered one of the most comprehensive and inclusive Peace Accords to date. Four years after signing what is happening? There were a range of...
