On 18 January 2022, Luz Marina Arteaga, a doctor, social leader and land-claimant was killed. This vibrant and active social leader’s lifeless body was recovered from the River Meta in Orocué, Casanare, Colombia. As far back as 28 November 2019, ABColombia wrote to Pablo Elías González Monguí, Director General of the National Protection Unit (Unidad...
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16 New Electoral Constituencies for Victims
Colombia is due to have elections in March 2022. This will be the first time that the 16 seats for the Special Transitory Peace Voting Districts created for victims by the Peace Accord will be in operation. They offer the possibility of linking areas that have experienced state abandonment for decades into the centre of...
Those responsible for Crimes Against Humanity should answer to Colombian Justice before being extradited on Drugs Trafficking Crimes
An opinion piece appeared in El Espectador on 30 December 2021 written by Gustavo Gallon explaining why it is essential that paramilitary boss and commander of the ‘Clan del Golfo‘, Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, alias “Otoniel”, testifies before the Colombian Justice System before being extradited on drugs trafficking charges. The original can be found here....
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 to reject the implementation of various megaprojects in the territory of the Sierra Nevada de (Gonawindua) Santa Marta, including the Los Besotes dam. The Kankuamo Indigenous People’s Authorities publicly denounce a new attacks against the...
Report by Colombian Women’s Organisations presented to the Truth Commission
December 2021 VerdadEs: politizar el dolor y las emociones de las mujeres (TruthIs: Politicising Women’s Pain and Emotions) a report presented to the Truth Commission by women from Cauca, Córdoba and Meta departments together with the feminist Colombian organisation Casa de la Mujer. The report is about women’s experiences of multiple forms of violence during...
Administration and Advocacy Internship
Two days per week (7 hours per day) £10.89 per hour ABColombia is looking for a dynamic person to work on issues related to human rights and development as part of the ABColombia team. The person should have a commitment to human rights and experience of working or volunteering in an organisation or a degree...
Colombian State declared responsible by International Court in the case of Jineth Bedoya Lima – kidnap, rape, torture and multiple other violations.
October 18, 2021 goes down in history as the day that a struggle, which began with an individual crime, led to the revindication of the rights of thousands of women victims and survivors of sexual violence and women journalists who leave part of their lives in their profession. said Jineth Bedoya, journalist, victim and...
COVID 19 pandemic exacerbates poverty and inequality in Colombia
The rapid spread of the pandemic has been a challenge for the Latin Americana and Caribbean (LAC) region, essential sanitary measures such as regular handwashing and social distancing measures are difficult to for the 230 million vulnerable people in LAC countries according to Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Many households do not...
Put human rights at the centre of environmental policy
OPEN LETTER TO WORLD LEADERS Download Letter here October 2021 Respecting and protecting human rights and protecting the environment are inextricably linked. Yet while Heads ofState from 88 countries have called to end siloed thinking in the Leaders Pledge for Nature, environmental policy-making still too often excludes or sidelines human rights. Today we, the undersigned...
Forced Displacement in Colombia Significantly Increased
1 October 2021 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its serious concern regarding the significant increase in the situations of forced internal displacement in Colombia. Events of massive forced displacement in Colombia increased significantly currently Colombia continues to report the highest number of internally displaced people in the world, a total of 8.3...