On 17 March 2021, the Colombian State objected to the Judges, the line of questioning, and way of conducting the...
Archive for category: Emblematic Cases

Environmental Activists in Ibague and Cajamarca
In 2021, the UK will host COP26, this important event cannot happen at a more crucial moment for climate change,...

Chancleta and the Cerrejón Mine
Chancleta is an Afro-descendant community in La Guajira, Colombia that was forced to relocate when the Cerrejón mine, owned by...

Cerrejón Accused before the OECD of Human Rights Abuses and Environmental Damage
On 19 January 2021, ABColombia together with Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP), the Colectivo de Abogados ‘José Alvear...

Digging Deep: Mining in Colombia & the urgent need for a UN Binding Treaty
Virtual Side Event: To mark the 6th Session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business...

UN expert calls for halt to mining at Carbones de Cerrejon’s controversial Colombia site
UN expert David R. Boyd UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment calls for halt to mining at Carbones de Cerrejon...

ABColombia profound concerns regarding Cerrejon’s lack of compliance with Court Rulings.
ABColombia and CINEP’s reply (7 August 2020) to letter from Cerrejon’s letter (5 June 2020). This letter outlines our grave...

Amicus Brief: Arroyo Bruno
ABColombia and the Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group in August 2020 filed an Amicus Brief before the Court of Execution...

Linea Negra Decreto 1500
After years of consultation by the four Indigenous Peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Kogui, Arhuaco, Kankuamo and...

Rival Illegal Armed Groups Terrify Communities in the Rio Quito Chocó
On 15 May 2020 there was an armed skirmish between illegal armed groups in the Rio Quito Choco, as one...