ABColombia and CINEP’s reply (7 August 2020) to letter from Cerrejon’s letter (5 June 2020). This letter outlines our grave concerns relating to Cerrejón’s lack of full compliance with, and acknowledgement of, the evidence contained in the various judgements of the Colombian Constitutional Court. Text of the letter sent to Cerrejon from ABColombia: Further to...
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How Mining Companies Silence and Nullify Actions by Indigenous Peoples to Protect their Rights
Tickets for this Webinar free here Indigenous Peoples in Colombia struggle to protect their human, cultural and environmental rights. They frequently take these rights abuses to the Colombian Courts. Despite winning the cases companies manage to circumvent the implementation of the Court Orders Community leaders take immense risks in pursuing legal cases in an effort...
Amicus Brief: Arroyo Bruno
ABColombia and the Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group in August 2020 filed an Amicus Brief before the Court of Execution of Penalties and Security Measures number 20 of Bogotá in charge of following up on the orders of the Constitutional Court ruling SU 698 of 2017, which we hope will provide important elements on standards...
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 to water, food sovereignty and health, of the Wayúu indigenous communities, rights that have been violated with the diversion of an important water source -the Arroyo Bruno – in the department of La Guajira Colombia’s...
COVID-19 and Human Rights in Colombia
“It is not a time to neglect human rights; it is a time when, more than ever, human rights are needed to navigate this crisis in a way that will allow us, as soon as possible, to focus again on achieving equitable sustainable development and sustaining peace” UN Report Covid-19 and Human Rights: We are...
Libren El Arroyo Bruno
Nota de Prensa Indígenas Wayuu y afrodescendientes exigen a la minera Anglo American retornar el agua al Arroyo Bruno desviado para la extracción de carbón. El 5 de mayo de 2020, Anglo American, una empresa multinacional minera (MNC por sus siglas en inglés) que cotiza en la bolsa de Londres celebrará su AGA a puertas...
Letter to President Ivan Duque: COVID-19 and the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis
ABColombia wrote the following letter to President Ivan Duque on 31 March 2020. You will find a copy of the letter in PDF in English and spanish if you click on the buttons above. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a major global impact. Whilst the impacts vary from country to country, all governments are having...
Llamado al Gobierno Colombiano de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil International
Bogotá, 16 de marzo de 2020. Las organizaciones internacionales de sociedad civil que suscribimos el presente comunicado registramos con profundo dolor y preocupación, la persistencia e incremento de las amenazas, ataques, hostigamientos y asesinatos contra personas y organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos, firmantes del acuerdo de paz y aquellas que, en proceso de reincorporación,...
Side event at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
Human Rights Defenders Report of the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur to Colombia Geneva, 6 March 2020 Palace of the Nations, Room XXVII, 14.30h – 15:30h Organisers of the side event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva: Oidhaco, CCEEU, Alianza, Plataforma DESC, Colombian Commission of Jurists, ABColombia, PBI, Business and Human Rights...
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 Exchange, Anglo American (British Company), BHP Billiton (Austrailian Company) and Glencore Xstrata (a Swiss Company). Cerrejon also has an office in Ireland. It is one of the largest open pit coal mines in the world...