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...
According to the most recent Colombian Census, carried out in 2018, the country’s Indigenous population numbers around 1,905,617 individuals belonging to 115 different communities. Despite Colombia’s Indigenous Peoples comprising only 3.9% of the total population, they are subjected to disproportionate violations of their human rights by illegal armed groups and large multinational corporations (MNCs). Environmental...
A former Colombian intelligence soldier has declared before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) that several state crimes occurred in military facilities. On 24 June 2024, W Radio revealed that a former military intelligence officer, Sergeant José Leonairo Dorado, in his declaration before the JEP outlined that several state crimes allegedly occurred in the Escuela...
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...
On World Environment Day, 5 June 2024, ABColombia would like to draw attention to the importance of making peace with the land by reviving water sources like rivers for both the environment and people worldwide. The theme for this year’s day of action is land restoration, halting desertification and building drought resilience, fitting for Colombia....
International Civil Society Organisations signatories of this statement issue an urgent alert regarding worrying situation facing communities in Sur de Bolivar. Social, regional, and national social organisations, funds, programmes and international protections organisations in Colombia, as well as the international NGOs working in Colombia, emphatically reject the assassination of Narciso Beleño, which occurred in Santa...
4 March 2024 This is an unofficial translation and summary of the alert issued by the communities named below. The following 25 Afro-Colombian communities living on collectively owned and ancestral land, namely, Comunidad Negra de Predio El Carmen Corregimiento de Juan y Medio, Comunidad Negra de Cascajalito Corregimiento de Juan y Medio, Comunidad Negra Los...
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...
