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The Right to Peaceful Protest must be Guaranteed if Peace-building is to be sustainable.
On 5 October 2017 in Tumaco, on the Pacific Coast, local organisations are reporting nine peasant farmers were killed and 18 injured; the Human Rights Ombudsman has so far confirmed six dead. This violence was allegedly perpetrated by the Colombian Police (ESMAD) against the local peasant farming communities of Alto Mira and Frontera....
Hope for Peace Continues to Build
Just one week in September 2017, Colombia had a visit from Pope Francis with a strong message for peace and to stop violence against women; the ELN and the Government declared a temporary bi-lateral ceasefire; and the neo-paramilitary group ‘Clan de Golfo’/Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC) indicated they wanted to submit themselves to the Justice...
Government draft bill could conflict with Peace Accord
Summary: Joint letter calls government draft bill ‘unconstitutional’ and in violation of the Peace Accord, saying it threatens indigenous, afro-Colombian and rural communities’ rights Joint Letter On 18 April 2017, a joint letter, signed by civil society organisations including: Colombian Commission of Jurists [i], Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular- Programa por la Paz...