Encuesta de Prevalencia de Violencia Sexual en Contra de Las Mujeres en El Contexto del Conflicto Armado Colombiano 2010-2015. This publication in English in Spanish Despite the Colombian Peace Talks and the reduction of combat violence, women have experienced an increased level of conflict-related sexual violence from 149 (2000-2009) to 400 women per day (2010-2015)...
ABColombia welcomes the signing of a temporary ceasefire agreement between the Colombian government and the ELN. The ceasefire agreement entered into force on 1 October 2017, and will be valid until 12 January 2018. Its objective is to reduce the intensity of the conflict and improve the humanitarian situation for the local population. This is...
On 22 September 2017, the United Nations Mission in Colombia announced the successful ending of the phase of laying down of arms and decommissioning of FARC weapons, under point 3 of the Peace Accord “Ending Conflict”. In total, the FARC have laid down 8,994 weapons. These have now been collected from the Transitional Local Zones...
On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the Catholic Church, along with 40 to 50 members of the Security Council’s UN Mission to Colombia, will monitor and verify the temporary bi-lateral ceasefire between the Colombian Government and the the National Liberation Army (ELN). The temporary bi-lateral ceasefire between the second largest guerrilla group, the...
The Delegation consisted of two meembers of the Dáil (Irish Parliament): Fiona O’Loughlin TD, and Senator Catherine Noone, and one member of the UK Parliament: Baroness Jean Coussins. They were accompanied to Choco by a representative of the UK Embassy in Colombia, Tom Newton and the Scottish National Agency for International Development (SCIAF), Christian Aid...
ABColombia, together with the Law Society of England and Wales and the Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group, has endorsed an Amicus Curiae regarding the constitutionality of Legislative Act 1 of 2017 in a case currently pending in front of the Colombian Constitutional Court. The Preamble of the Peace Accord acknowledges that the agreements need...
Two environmental human rights defenders were shot in Cajamarca, Tolima on Friday 28 July 2017. The two environmental defenders working for the Young Peoples Social and Environmental Collective of Cajamarca (Colectivo Socio-Ambiental Juvenil de Cajamarca – COSAJUCA) were shot at and narrowly escaped being injured or killed in Cajamarca on Friday, 28 July 2017. COSAJUCA...
Today, 10 July 2017, the United Nations Security Council approved a second United Nations (UN) Mission in Colombia via Resolution 2366 (2017). The Second Mission’s mandate is to verify the reincorporation of the FARC-EP into civilian life and the implementation of individual and collective security measures in regions most affected by the conflict. The new...
ABColombia welcomes the end of the process of the Laying Down of Arms by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC). The next crucial challenge is to get the Mandate right for the second phase of the United Nations Security Council’s Special Political Mission to Colombia. This requires the...
