Tag: Extractives
02.08201729/01/2019
Human Rights Defenders’ Security Deteriorates
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Human Rights, NewsTags Cajamarca, Campesinos, Communities, Environment, Extractives, HRDs, La Colosa, Prior Consultation, Social Protest, Tolima
Two environmental human rights defenders were shot in Cajamarca, Tolima on Friday 28 July 2017. The two environmental defenders working...
08.11201522/07/2019
Zenú Indigenous Peoples from the Alto San Jorge Resguardo Cordorba
By ABColombiaIn Emblematic Cases, Human Rights, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Extractives, HRDs, Indigenous, Land, Paramilitaries, Zenu
The Zenú Resguardo of Alto San Jorge in Cordorba consists of 47 communities numbering 19,022 people distributed in three areas:...
15.05201529/01/2019
ABColombia Partner Tierra Digna win landmark decision on Prior Consultation
By ABColombiaIn Extractives, Land, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Afro-Colombian, Extractives, Indigenous, Mining, Prior Consultation, Tierra Digna
On 15 May 2015, as a result of an Annulment Action submitted by ABColombia’s partner organisation Tierra Digna, the Colombian...
30.11201225/01/2019
Giving it away: the consequences of an unsustainable mining policy in Colombia
Mining in Colombia has been singled out to be one of the major drivers of economic growth for the Colombian...
31.08201103/12/2020
Mande Norte Mining Project in Embera Indigenous Peoples Land
By ABColombiaIn Extractives, Land, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Amicus Curiae, Choco, Constitutional Court, Extractives, Indigenous, Mining
The Embera indigenous peoples and the Afro-Colombian community of Jiguamiandó are trying to protect their land, the environment and their...
31.10201028/02/2020