Tag: Paramilitaries
25.09201725/01/2019
FARC becomes a Political Party
On 22 September 2017, the United Nations Mission in Colombia announced the successful ending of the phase of laying down...
16.09201716/09/2017
Hope for Peace Continues to Build
Just one week in September 2017, Colombia had a visit from Pope Francis with a strong message for peace and...
30.06201729/01/2019
Freedom for David Ravelo amidst Surge in Threats against Human Rights Defenders
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Human Rights, NewsTags Civil Society, HRDs, Human Rights, Paramilitaries, Peace Accord, Rule of Law
Judicial attacks against Human Rights Defenders continue in Colombia despite the signing of a Peace Accord with the FARC...
29.04201729/01/2019
24.02201729/01/2019
National Security Guarantees Commission
By Louise WinstanleyIn 2017, Human Rights, News, Peace, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags HRDs, Paramilitaries, Peace Accord, Protection, Security
On 24 February 2017 the National Security Guarantees Commission was inaugurated. This is an important first step in the...
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:...
27.08201329/01/2019
David Ravelo Crespo
By Louise WinstanleyIn Human Rights, News ArchiveTags Campesinos, Forced Disappearances, HRDs, Human Rights, Paramilitaries
Given what we have observed in the regions, we affirm once again that human rights defenders continue to find themselves...
27.05201129/01/2019
17.03200929/01/2019