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Alexander Lopez – humanitarian crisis in Buenaventura

By In Emblematic Cases, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags , ,

In June 2015, Colombian congressman Alexander Lopez visited the Catalan and UK Parliaments to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Buenaventura. He addressed the interrelationship between foreign investment and human rights violations in one of the most violent cities in the world. Colombian Senator Alexander Lopez (middle) with UK Parliamentarians and representatives of NGOs...

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Conflict Minerals: ABColombia signs open letter to Parliament

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The European Union is the world’s largest economy, the world’s largest trading block, and home to 500 million consumers. Every year, millions of euro worth of minerals flow into the EU from some of the poorest places on earth. No questions are asked about how they are extracted, or whether their trade fuels conflict in...

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THE UK-COLOMBIA BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY

By In Briefings, Human Rights

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...

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Palm Cultivation and the Communities of Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó.

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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...