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ABColombia is the advocacy project of a group of five leading UK and Irish organisations with programmes in Colombia: CAFOD, Christian Aid UKI, Oxfam GB, SCIAF and Trócaire. Amnesty International and PBI are observers.

 

ABColombia es un proyecto de incidencia política de cinco agencias Británicas e Irlandesas con programas en Colombia: CAFOD, Christian Aid UKI, Oxfam GB, SCIAF y Trócaire. Amnistía Internacional y PBI son observadores. 

 

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May 2013

2012 Verification Mission to Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó reveals ongoing human rights and environmental crisis 

 

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MESA POR LA PAZ DE COLOMBIA

 

Peace Forum held on 19 May in London for Colombian Diaspora, with participation from members of the Peace Commission of the Colombian Congress

 

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May 2013  

2012 UK Foreign Office Human Rights Report:
Focus on Colombia

 

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March 2013

ABColombia Mining Report Launched in Spanish

 

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“Regalándolo Todo: Las Consecuencias de una Política Minera No Sostenible en Colombia” Download the report in Spanish and English

 

 


 

 

Latest News on Colombia  

April 2013

Two policemen killed in Chocó a step back for land being returned to communities

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April 2013

Putting Sexual Violence in Conflict on the Agenda: At a meeting of G8 Foreign Ministers in London in April 2013 delegates adopt a declaration on preventing sexual violence in conflict.

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April 2013

EU transparency requirements agreed for extractive industry: ABColombia is very pleased to learn that the European Union has agreed on new transparency requirements for extractive companies.

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February 2013

Threats against community leaders and human rights defenders in Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó

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February 2013

14 February: Mark the International Day of Flower Workers by buying fairly traded flowers this Valentine's Day

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January 2013

Santurbán declared national park, but mining threat still looms

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January 2013

Human Rights in Colombia before the UN Human Rights Council - 2013 UPR process: ABColombia, together with other international platforms and organisations, have composed a report on the human rights situation in Colombia.

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November 2012

New ABColombia Report on Mining and Human Rights in Colombia

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September 2012

Palm cultivator sentenced for causing forced displacement in Curvaradó

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