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Vacancies
ABColombia Research and Communications Voluntary Internship Closing Date: 25 June 2023 Interviews: 5 July 2023
Chocó: Indigenous people forced to flee
The Inter-ethnic Forum, the Indigenous Board and the Dioceses’ of Quibdó, Istmina and Apartadó and many NGOs in Colombia, like ABColombia’s partner, the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace (Comision Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz) have raised their concerns about the forced displacement of Indigenous Communities across Chocó. Many communities in Chocó are being...
National Security Guarantees Commission
On 24 February 2017 the National Security Guarantees Commission was inaugurated. This is an important first step in the implementation of the ABColombia welcomes the start of the implement the Peace Accord point 3.4 [1]. Point 3.4 is a Chapter on Security Guarantees for human rights defenders, political activists and demobilising FARC Guerrilla. It...
Church denounces State Abandonment in Cordoba and Urabá
The Bishop of Apartadó and the Catholic Church denounced the increase in killings of social leaders and political activists in the regions of Cordoba and Urabá. The Bishop Monseñor Hugo Alberto Torres Marin explain the gravity of the situation that they are facing in these regions of Colombia. [1] This was the deadliest week so...