Geneva, 10 May 2019: Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has published a statement saying...
Threats against Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in La Guajira, Colombia
On 29 April 2019, Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu received death threats from a group identifying itself as Águilas Negras – Bloque...
ZIDRES: Areas of Interest for Rural, Economic and Social Development
The Areas of Interest for Rural, Economic and Social Development (Zonas de Interés de Desarrollo Rural, Económico y Social –...
Colombia: Las mujeres y el Capítulo Étnico en el Acuerdo de Paz
Lo siguiente es un capítulo del informe de ABColombia “Hacia un cambio transformador: las mujeres y la implementación del Acuerdo...
Colombia Peace Accord: Women and the Ethnic Chapter
The following is an excerpt from the ABColombia report “Towards Transformative Change: Women and the Implementation of the Colombian Peace...
Inclusive Peace and Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia: Early Day Motion tabled in UK Parliament
On 26 March 2019, an Early Day Motion (EDM) 2232 was tabled in the UK Parliament, calling for a debate...
Uncertainty for Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)
On Thursday 14 March 2019, Ambassadors from Germany, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, European Union and the UN...
Colombia Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) begins its work in Chocó and Urabá
The following is a summary of information provided by the JEP in Spanish, which can be found here. On 4...
Inspired by Colombian Women Human Rights Defenders
8 March 2019. Women in Colombia are peacebuilders, human rights defenders, land and environmental activists. Every defender has her own...
Colombian Human Rights Defenders continue to be killed at an alarming rate
On average, in the first three weeks of January 2019, one Human Rights Defender (HRD) was killed every three days...