Chancleta is an Afro-descendant community in La Guajira, Colombia that was forced to relocate when the Cerrejón mine, owned by...
Tag: Mining
Digging Deep: Mining in Colombia & the urgent need for a UN Binding Treaty
Virtual Side Event: To mark the 6th Session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business...
UN expert calls for halt to mining at Carbones de Cerrejon’s controversial Colombia site
UN expert David R. Boyd UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment calls for halt to mining at Carbones de Cerrejon...
How Mining Companies Silence and Nullify Actions by Indigenous Peoples to Protect their Rights
Tickets for this Webinar free here Indigenous Peoples in Colombia struggle to protect their human, cultural and environmental rights. They...
Amicus Brief: Arroyo Bruno
ABColombia and the Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group in August 2020 filed an Amicus Brief before the Court of Execution...
Comptroller General’s Office rules against Cerrejon Coal Mine stating lack of compliance with earlier ruling
The Comptroller’s Office points out breaches Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruling SU-698 of 2017, which orders the protection of the right...
Libren El Arroyo Bruno
Nota de Prensa Indígenas Wayuu y afrodescendientes exigen a la minera Anglo American retornar el agua al Arroyo Bruno desviado...
Letter of Concern to Colombian Government: Forced Eviction of El Rocío
On 27 August 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Colombian president Ivan Duque and other key figures in the...
Threats against Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in La Guajira, Colombia
On 29 April 2019, Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu received death threats from a group identifying itself as Águilas Negras – Bloque...
