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One way you can get involved and take action on behalf of Colombia is by supporting the campaigns of our members and observers.
Campaign for the Survival of Indigenous Peoples at risk of Extinction in Colombia
Luis Fernando Arias and Neida Janeth Yepes from the National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia (ONIC) will be in London on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 to present their campaign:
“Palabra Dulce, Aire de Vida”
“Sweet words, breath of life”
Campaign for the Survival of Indigenous peoples at risk of Extinction in Colombia
There are 102 indigenous peoples in Colombia, who together have a population of approximately 1.4 million people. Throughout Colombia these peoples are suffering massive violations of their rights, caused by the conflict, state abandonment, and the implementation of large-scale development projects in their lands without their free, prior and informed consent.
In January 2009, the Colombian Constitutional Court issued Ruling 004, which states that 34 indigenous peoples in Colombia are at risk of disappearing physically and culturally, and orders the State to implement a series of urgent protection measures to guarantee their survival.
The ONIC has also registered 32 indigenous peoples who have a population of less than 500 people. Of these peoples, eighteen have a population of less than 200, and 10 have a population of less than 100, which means that they are at imminent risk of extinction.
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Indigenous Peoples at risk of Extinction