Judicial attacks against Human Rights Defenders continue in Colombia despite the signing of a Peace Accord with the FARC...
Category: News
27.05201729/01/2019

Government draft bill could conflict with Peace Accord
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Land, News, Peace, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, Land, Women
Summary: Joint letter calls government draft bill ‘unconstitutional’ and in violation of the Peace Accord, saying it threatens indigenous,...
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...
03.02201729/01/2019

Church denounces State Abandonment in Cordoba and Urabá
By ABColombiaIn 2017, News, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags conflict, Peace Accord, Peace in Colombia, Uraba
The Bishop of Apartadó and the Catholic Church denounced the increase in killings of social leaders and political activists in...
31.08201629/01/2019

Mecanismos de Autoprotección: Comunidades Rurales y Defensores de Derechos Humanos en Colombia
By ABColombiaIn Español, Human Rights, News, Publicaciones en EspañolTags Afro-Colombian, Choco, Communities, Community Leaders, Environment, FARC, HRDs, Human Rights, Indigenous, Social Leaders, Vulnerable Communities
31.08201629/01/2019
28.05201629/01/2019
04.02201629/01/2019

Robbery of sensitive human rights information
Despite the Welcome gains in the Peace Talks in Havana there is a deterioration in the protection of the...
31.10201529/01/2019
17.09201522/07/2019

ABColombia Statement – Zenu Indigenous Peoples
By Louise WinstanleyIn Emblematic Cases, News, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Communities, Human Rights, Indigenous, Land, Security, Zenu
Three Zenú Indigenous People assassinated in three months: ABColombia calls on the Colombian Government to implement security measures promised more...

