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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. More
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Colombia's Indigenous Peoples at risk of Extinction
ABColombia supports the National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia (ONIC) as they launch an international campaign aimed at protecting indigenous peoples who are facing a high risk of extinction; 'of these peoples, eighteen have a population of less than 200, and 10 have a population of less than 100.’ more
Trócaire's Governance and Human Rights Coordinator visits Colombia - read her blog here
ABColombia supports the international campaign and the report ‘Climate of fear: Colombia Human Rights Defenders Under Threat’. read more on the launch events in UK and Ireland
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ABColombia welcomes the FCO 2009 Annual Report on Human Rights
In March, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, presented the British government’s Annual Report on Human Rights 2009.
The Colombia chapter focuses on 5 key areas, human rights defenders and civil society groups, impunity, internally displaced people, indigenous rights and extrajudicial killings.
ABColombia shares the British government’s assessment that the overall human rights situation in Colombia “remains a serious concern” and that illegal armed groups continue to represent a severe threat to human rights and law. more
