10 June 2025 ABColombia condemns the shooting on, 7 June 2025 of one of Colombia’s Presidential candidates for the upcoming elections in May 2026. Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay Colombia’s Centro Democratico (Democratic Centre) party was shot twice in the head whilst speaking at a political rally in Bogota. He was rushed to hospital, operated on,...
On 3 June 2025 at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly there was the possibility of electing five new non-permanent member seats. The seats available for this election are allocated to different regions of the world in the following manner: two seats for the African Group, one seat for the Asia-Pacific Group, one...
REPORT LAUNCHED 26 November 2024 Today (26 November 2024), ABColombia launches its report from the conference entitled “Violence Against Women, Girls and LGBTQI+ Community: Its Causes and Consequences” that we held in Bogota alongside our Colombian partners in February 2023. Women’s and LGBTQI+ organisations and grassroots women leaders from diverse communities across Colombia discussed the...
ABColombia welcomes you to join us for the launch of this report on Tuesday 26 November 2024 in the IPU Room in the Houses of Parliament, Cromwell Green Entrance. This is a FREE Event but please reserve your ticket here. The report will go live at 17:00 on Tuesday 26 November on the ABColombia website....
24 October 2024 marks 79 years since the United Nations officially came into existence. Over the past 4 decades, the UN has played a pivotal role in advancing human rights globally and promoting multilateral cooperation on issues like peace, security, human rights and development. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was the...
Despite the ongoing peace talks in Colombia with a variety of armed groups, and the increased efforts by the Gustavo Petro Government to implement the 2016 Peace Accord, armed violence, particularly in the border regions, is increasing. The civilian population continues to bear the brunt of the war and its humanitarian consequences. At present there...
Disappearance is one of the most horrendous crimes against humanity. Families live in hope, despite the odds that their loved one is still alive. Many also continue living in dangerous situations, refusing to move away from their homes for fear that their loved ones may one day return and not know where to find them....
Despite global awareness and widespread condemnation, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) remains a pervasive issue around the world today.[i] In Colombia, despite the 2016 Peace Accord, this violence persists against women and girls, and to a lesser extent against men and the LGBTQI+ community. In 2008, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1820, which recognised that...
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...
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...
