WE FULLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (OHCHR) IN COLOMBIA AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, ALBERTO BRUNORI. Bogota, 2 March 2020 Since the arrival in 1997, of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Colombia, social and human rights movements have...
“Our dream is the demilitarization of our territories, so they are peace territories, as they were years ago. There we can exercise our self-determination as Indigenous peoples, and as Indigenous women… It is our dream as peace builders, that all of us together can work towards a sustainable and lasting peace with no violence. The...
ABColombia welcomes the annual report on 26 February 2020 of the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Colombia on the human rights situation in Colombia in 2019. The report of the High Commissioner, Alberto Brunori, focuses on the situation of human rights defenders, the use of the military in...
This written evidence focuses on human rights defenders and draws examples of work undertaken by the FCO in relation to Colombia By ABColombia in News, Briefings, Human Rights Giving response to the Foreign Affair Committee’s inquiry into Human rights: “Freedom of religion and belief, and human rights defenders”, ABColombia presented a report addressing the situation...
Human Rights Defenders Report of the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur to Colombia Geneva, 6 March 2020 Palace of the Nations, Room XXVII, 14.30h – 15:30h Organisers of the side event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva: Oidhaco, CCEEU, Alianza, Plataforma DESC, Colombian Commission of Jurists, ABColombia, PBI, Business and Human Rights...
The International Civil Society Organisations signing this statement urge the armed actors in Colombia to guarantee the lives of the communities and people living in the national territory, particularly the areas affected by the indefinite ‘Armed Strike.’ This strike was declared by the Popular Liberation Army (EPL) on the 12 February in the Catatumbo region...
As International Organisation we express our profound concern regarding the severe deterioration of the armed conflict in Colombia, which has already in 2020, taken the lives of 23 people, including four women and two ex-combatants in the process of reincorporation. This serious humanitarian situation is putting the sustainability of the Colombian peace process in jeopardy....
In October the Guardians of the River Atrato visited Scotland and met with Minister Christina McKelvie of the Scottish Parliament. On 10 December Human Rights Day Minister McKelvie in a Speech on Human Rights Defenders Referred to their important work with a special reference to the inspirational Guardians of the Atrato river in Chocó. On...
Deadline for Applications: 16 October 2020 Type of Internship: minimum 6-months, part-time (2 or 3 days per week), unpaid Starting Date: first week of November 2020 ABColombia is looking for a dynamic person to work on issues related to human rights and development as part of the ABColombia team. The person should either have...
In the lead up to the National Strick (Paro Nacional) over 500 organisations which form part of La Alianza, the Coordination Colombia, Europe, United States (CCEEU), the Colombian Platform for Human Rights, Democracy and Development and the Rural, Ethnic and Popular Agrarian Summit explained what they saw as the key reasons for the National Strike....
