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Peace Talks
In November 2022, Total Peace Law 2272 was passed it define peace as a State Policy which implies that, to what was agreed in the peace agreements, it will have to be given continuity, regardless of the government that is in office. Total Peace in this law is defined from the perspective of human security,...
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Statement on UK Engagement on a UN Binding Treaty
By Louise WinstanleyIn Joint Letters, News Archive, PressTags Binding Treaty, Buisness and Human Rights, Business Human Rights and Environment Law
5 December, 2024: Joint Public Statement by: ABColombia, ActionAid, Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery International, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Corporate Justice Coalition, Ekō, Global Justice Now, Oxfam, Peace Brigades International UK, Size of Wales, Transform Trade, Trócaire, Womankind, Water Witness International As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) enters into the 10th negotiation session for a legally binding...
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Justice for Survivors: Colombia’s struggle against sexual violence in conflict
On this year’s commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, ABColombia highlights the importance of the Colombian Transitional Justice System to address impunity, and provide truth, justice and reparation to thousands of women and LGBTQI+ people victims of sexual violence in the armed conflict. However, it draws attention to...
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ABColombia Condemns the Shooting of Presidential Candidate in Colombia.
By ABColombiaIn Conflict, Human Rights, News
10 June 2025 ABColombia condemns the shooting on, 7 June 2025 of one of Colombia’s Presidential candidates for the upcoming elections in May 2026. Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay Colombia’s Centro Democratico (Democratic Centre) party was shot twice in the head whilst speaking at a political rally in Bogota. He was rushed to hospital, operated on,...
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Colombia elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council
On 3 June 2025 at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly there was the possibility of electing five new non-permanent member seats. The seats available for this election are allocated to different regions of the world in the following manner: two seats for the African Group, one seat for the Asia-Pacific Group, one...
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International Women’s Day 2025
By ABColombiaIn Civil Society, Human Rights, News, News Archive, WomenTags HRDs, Human Rights, Women
8 March 2025 On International Women’s Day 2025, ABColombia recognises the persistent and structural violence that women communities face in Colombia. Despite progressive legal frameworks, gender-based violence remains deeply entrenched in society, exacerbated by the legacies of colonialism, patriarchy, racism, and classism. For Indigenous and Black women, as well as LGBTQI+ persons, these intersecting oppressions...