On 18 January 2022, Luz Marina Arteaga, a doctor, social leader and land-claimant was killed. This vibrant and active social...
Archive for category: Emblematic Cases
Indigenous Sacred buildings repeatedly burnt in Sierra Nevada
On 14 December 2021 in the Wiwa Indigenous village of Arimaka, sacred buildings were burnt. This follows the burning on...
Kankaumo Indigenous Peoples Sacred Places Burnt
It is powerfully striking that these events were carried out coincidentally just a couple of days after launching our campaign...
Colombia signs first major deal made at COP26 to end and reverse deforestation by 2030
Over 110 world leaders including Colombia, at COP26 Climate Summit sign the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use...
Does Colombia take Sexual Violence Seriously?
On 17 March 2021, the Colombian State objected to the Judges, the line of questioning, and way of conducting the...
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...