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Chocó: Indigenous people forced to flee
By ABColombiaIn 2017, Emblematic Cases, Land, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Choco, conflict, Displacement, Indigenous
The Inter-ethnic Forum, the Indigenous Board and the Dioceses’ of Quibdó, Istmina and Apartadó and many NGOs in Colombia, like ABColombia’s partner, the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace (Comision Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz) have raised their concerns about the forced displacement of Indigenous Communities across Chocó. Many communities in Chocó are being...
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National Security Guarantees Commission
By Louise WinstanleyIn 2017, Human Rights, News, Peace, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags HRDs, Paramilitaries, Peace Accord, Protection, Security
On 24 February 2017 the National Security Guarantees Commission was inaugurated. This is an important first step in the implementation of the ABColombia welcomes the start of the implement the Peace Accord point 3.4 [1]. Point 3.4 is a Chapter on Security Guarantees for human rights defenders, political activists and demobilising FARC Guerrilla. It...
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Church denounces State Abandonment in Cordoba and Urabá
By ABColombiaIn 2017, News, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags conflict, Peace Accord, Peace in Colombia, Uraba
The Bishop of Apartadó and the Catholic Church denounced the increase in killings of social leaders and political activists in the regions of Cordoba and Urabá. The Bishop Monseñor Hugo Alberto Torres Marin explain the gravity of the situation that they are facing in these regions of Colombia. [1] This was the deadliest week so...
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Robbery of sensitive human rights information
Despite the Welcome gains in the Peace Talks in Havana there is a deterioration in the protection of the rights and the lives of human rights defenders; especially environmental defenders working on issues such as extractives. According to Somos Defensores, in the first nine months of 2015 there were 577 attacks against human rights...