Inter-American Court of Human Rights concludes state was responsible for a crime against humanity in respect to the elimination of over 6,000 members of the Union Patriótica Colombia’s Communist Party. On 30 January 2023 the inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) declared the Colombian State responsible for the violation of human rights of 6,000 members...
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...
Book your FREE ticket HERE Register HERE to join the event ONLINE Register HERE to join the event ONLINE “Activists Voices from Colombia” Colombia was the first country in the world to commit in its Peace Accord with the FARC-EP to there being no amnesties for conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence. It is also the first country...
Despite the signature of the Peace Accord (2016), enforced disappearances continue in Colombia. The Colombian Transitional Justice System has three elements, the Truth Commission, The Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the Search Unit for the disappeared. The Truth Commission’s report states that there were over 110 thousand enforced disappearances in Colombia, during the most intense...
ABColombia joins the undersigned organisations to express our concern about death threats and intimidation toward Ms Yessika Hoyos Morales, a lawyer, member of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (Cajar) and representative in the Mondoñedo case; and threats, kidnapping and robbery against Miss Andrea Torres Bautista, lawyer, and sub-director of the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation...
Colombia’s Truth Commission was established as a result of the 2016 Peace Accord between the Colombian Government and the FARC- EP. The Commission released their final report on 28 June 2022, this was the culmination of exhaustive research and interviews with nearly 24,000 people in Colombia and of exiles living abroad. The Commission is holding...
Chair of Board of Non-Executive Directors The Chair of the Board of Non-Executive Directors of ABColombia oversees the functioning of the highly successful advocacy group of five leading British and Irish development agencies working on Colombia (Christian Aid, CAFOD, SCIAF, Oxfam and Trócaire). The candidate should bring experience of good governance of Civil Society Organisations. We...
The 19 June 2022 saw 58% of Colombians turnout to vote in the second and final round of Colombia’s Presidential elections. The highest percentage of citizens voting in a Presidential election in 50 years. The result was a landmark victory for the left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. They won by...
La Colosa is AngloGold Ashanti’s proposed project for an open-pit gold mine spanning several rural municipalities in the department of Tolima, Colombia – including the municipality of Cajamarca. In 2017 the Cajamarca community managed to successfully achieve a binding referendum (consulta popular), in which the community overwhelmingly voted to ban mining activities in its territory....
ABColombia Welcomes Colombia’s Truth Commission Report And Remembers the Victims 1 July 2022 ABColombia welcomes the launch, on 28 June 2022, of the Truth Commission’s Report. The final report of the Truth Commission for the clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-repetition (la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No repetición),...
