Oidhaco, a network of European civil society organisations and other International Organisations, welcome the visit of the Security Council to Colombia at a time when it is necessary to strengthen the processes that promote peace. We express our concern regarding the delays in the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, the success or failure of...
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Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace opens a National Case on Conflict-related Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Marking a new milestone in Colombia’s transitional justice process, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has opened Macrocase 11 after a more than a year of preliminary investigations. This is a national case that will investigate crimes of “gender-based violence, sexual violence, reproductive violence, and other crimes committed because of prejudice based on sexual orientation,...
Bedoya Lima et al V Colombia: Two Years Later
Today, 18 October 2023, marks two years since the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) found the Colombian state responsible for violating the rights of journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima, setting a new precedent for both women and the country. Jineth Bedoya, a well-known investigative journalist in Colombia, was abducted, raped and left for dead in...
Urgent: Humanitarian Crisis in Colombia
It is with grave concern that ABColombia has received reports from our partners on clashes between armed groups in the Southern Bolívar Department, and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (the Heart of the World for the Wiwa, Kankuamo, Arhuaco and Kogui Indigenous Peoples). In both cases the civilian population are caught in the middle with...
International Civil Society Organisations Alert: Imminent Humanitarian Tragedy in the Department of Chocó, Colombia
International Civil Society Organisations signatories of this statement issue an urgent alert regarding an imminent tragedy, that hovers over the civilian population in the Department of Chocó. This requires an immediate response from the corresponding authorities in accordance with Colombia’s obligations under International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law (IHL), ethnic legislation and the cosmovision...
Briefing by Carlos Ruiz Massieu Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia
12 July 2023 Read full speech here In a meeting with the UN Security Council, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia presented the latest report of the Secretary General to the Council. The report indicates that Colombia has made good progress towards the...
Pressure Rises to Open Macrocase11 on Sexual Violence in Conflict in Colombia
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT Gender-based violence remains one of the most systemic and widespread human rights violations of our time.[i] In Colombia, the situation of impunity in gender-based violence has not only continued, but increased, despite the signing of the Peace Accord in 2016. According to a survey by...
ABColombia Research and Communications Voluntary Internship
Application Process Closing date 25 June 2023 Interviews 5 July 2023 ABColombia is looking for a dynamic person to engage in a six month Internship working on issues related to human rights and development as part of the ABColombia team. The person should either have experience of working in issues related to social media and...
Colombia must strengthen the rule of law in areas particularly affected by violence and conflict.
During a two-day official visit to Colombia at the end of January 2023, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, highlighted the need to focus on strengthening the rule of law in the country by increasing the presence and capacity of State civilian institutions, especially in the areas that are still affected by the...
The signing of a Peace Accord has not stopped Sexual and Gender-based violence in Colombia
Colombia was the first country in the world to sign a Peace Accord which declared ‘no amnesties’ for conflict related sexual and gender-based violence. It is also the first country to prosecute in a national case in the Transitional Justice System, crimes of sexual and gender-based violence and crimes related to sexual orientation, and gender...