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THE UK-COLOMBIA BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY
July 2014 The UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty is before the House of Commons for ratification on Thursday 10 July 2014. Lord Stevenson of Balmacara has asked for a debate on UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in the House of Lords, which will be held before the end of the parliamentary session. This BIT poses grave...
Palm Cultivation and the Communities of Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó.
2014 Colombia has suffered one of the worst and most hidden humanitarian crisis with 5.7 million people internally displaced, from between 6.8 and 10 million hectares of land. This amounts to more than the combined territory of Ireland and Wales and more than the whole of the population of Scotland. The Pacific Coast of Colombia...
David Ravelo Crespo
Given what we have observed in the regions, we affirm once again that human rights defenders continue to find themselves in a worrying situation of vulnerability and we call on the Colombian State to increase its efforts to guarantee that they can carry out their labour free of threats and risks. Speech by the Representative...
Mande Norte Mining Project in Embera Indigenous Peoples Land
The Embera indigenous peoples and the Afro-Colombian community of Jiguamiandó are trying to protect their land, the environment and their cultural and spiritual heritage in a region of Colombia known for its rich bio-diversity, which is currently under threat from a planned mining project. The exploration for the Mande Norte project in the Departments of...