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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...
Peace Talks
In November 2022, Total Peace Law 2272 was passed it define peace as a State Policy which implies that, to what was agreed in the peace agreements, it will have to be given continuity, regardless of the government that is in office. Total Peace in this law is defined from the perspective of human security,...
International Women’s Day 2024: update on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 and the NAP
This International Women’s Day, 8 February 2024, ABColombia would like to draw attention to Colombia’s progress in developing and implementing a National Action Plan as part of the Women, Peace Security (WPS) Agenda, and celebrate the incredible and tireless work of Colombian women civil society organisations (CSOs) in this process. In 2000, the United Nations...
UNSC Visit to Caquetá and Buenaventura
As ABColombia previously reported, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) visited Colombia between 7 and 11 February 2024. The delegation’s visit took them out of Bogotá, to Caquetá and Buenaventura, where they met with different groups of civil society members. UNSC Visit to Caquetá On 9 February, the delegation travelled to the Caquetá department to...
Jakeline Romero Epiayú, 1979 – 2024
It is with great sadness that ABColombia has learned of the death of Jakeline Romero Epiayú, a human rights defender that we greatly admired for her kindness, her courage, her expert knowledge and her determination to defend the rights of others. Our thoughts go out to her family and the communities around the Cerrejón mine....
Colombia reiterates commitment to ensure a state presence in rural areas
The UK Ambassador Barbara Woodward issued a statement at the UN Security Council (UNSC) following the Council’s visit to Colombia, sharing how Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace, Otto Patino, detailed the Colombian Government’s plan for territorial transformation, by ensuring the state’s presence in rural areas which have continued to be abandoned even after the signing of...
The UN Security Council Visit Colombia: February 2024
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) agenda for Colombia between 7 and 11 February 2024. The delegation consists of the UK (as the penholder on the UNSC for Colombia), and co-delegation leaders Guyana and Switzerland. This visit comes at the mid-point in the implementation of the 2016 Peace Accord agreed with FARC-EP, which was envisaged...