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....
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 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...
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...
International Investment Agreements (IIAs) set out the conditions and obligations regarding the promotion and protection of investments made by investors from respective countries in each other’s territory and take the form of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) or other trade agreements including investment chapters. The investor protection provisions between Colombia and the UK are contained...
10 December 2023 commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the landmark document that enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being. This was the first document that mandated that fundamental human rights be universally protected. Since its proclamation in 1948, the UDHR has been...
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 Investment Agreements (IIA) regime and investor-to-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS): Implications for Colombia International Investment Agreements are the agreements that set out the provisions for the protection of the investments for multinational corporations (MNC) and possible dispute mechanisms. The investor protection provisions between Colombia and the UK are contained in the UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment...
Case study on Colombia – La Colosa – multinational AngloGold Ashanti mine Location: House of Commons, Westminster Date: 13 September. Time: 18:00 – 19:00 Reservation Essential (limited spaces). Register HERE Peasant farmer communities, local citizens and local government in Cajamarca, Colombia, are confronting the multinational AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), and its proposed gold mine La Colosa....
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...
