On April 6 Government institutions announced their “final” decision to endorse the destruction of the natural course of the Bruno...
Category: Extractives
World Water Day 2021
The UN theme of World Water Day 2021 is valuing water. Without a comprehensive understanding of water’s true, multidimensional value,...
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...
Take Action following event on How Mining Companies Silence Indigenous Peoples
Write to your MP On 24 September 2020 in the event How do Mining Companies Silence and Nullify the Actions...
Amicus Brief: Arroyo Bruno
ABColombia and the Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group in August 2020 filed an Amicus Brief before the Court of Execution...
Comptroller General’s Office rules against Cerrejon Coal Mine stating lack of compliance with earlier ruling
The Comptroller’s Office points out breaches Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruling SU-698 of 2017, which orders the protection of the right...
Cerrejon and the River Bruno
The Carbones de Cerrejón mine is owned by three multinational companies two of which are registered on the British Stock...
Letter of Concern to Colombian Government: Forced Eviction of El Rocío
On 27 August 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Colombian president Ivan Duque and other key figures in the...