Bogotá, febrero 24 de 2021. Las organizaciones internacionales de la sociedad civil, que suscriben el presente comunicado, saludan los avances...
Category: Themes
UN Report says Colombia Failing to Protect Human Rights Defenders
Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) December 2020 report states that of the 1,323 killings of...
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...
House of Lords Question Actions of the Colombian Government
On 7 December 2020 Members of the House of Lords in the British Parliament questioned actions of the Colombian Government...
The Return of Our Voices
On 13 November 2020, the Commission for the Clarification of the Truth (Truth Commission) held an event entitled “El Retorno...
Human Rights Day: remembering those seeking to defend and protect the right to sustainable peace
On Human Rights Day 2020, ABColombia pays tribute to the immense courage, expertise and determination of Colombian Human Rights Defenders...
Historic moment as Truth Commission hears from Victims in Exile
On 13 November 2020, the Truth Commission heard the testimonies of victims of the Colombian Conflict living in exile “Colombia...
What is the State of the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Accord on its Fourth Anniversary?
24 November 2020 marks the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the Peace Accord signed between the Government of Colombia...
UK Parliamentarians and Embassy Support the Truth Commission and Victims in Exile
The following statement was made Lord Alderdice, Lord Browne of Ladyton and Baroness Coussins for the VII Encuentro por la...