Rights of the River Atrato in Choco, Awarded by the Constitutional Court. The Atrato River in the Chocó Biogeographic region is one of 25 global priority areas (hotspots) for biodiversity conservation. In 2016, the Colombian Constitutional Court issued ruling T-622, declaring the Atrato River a subject of rights, and issued orders aimed at protecting its...
Human rights defenders in Colombia play an essential role in the pursuit of peace and the promotion and protection of human rights. But their work places them at severe risk. Threats, attacks, acts of intimidation and killings are common, making Colombia one of the most dangerous countries in the world for human rights work. This...
9 July 2025 The Atrato River in the Chocó Biogeographic region is one of 25 global priority areas (hotspots) for biodiversity conservation. In 2016, the Colombian Constitutional Court issued ruling T-622, declaring the Atrato River a subject of rights, and issued orders aimed at protecting its ecosystems and the fundamental rights of the communities living...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Yes to life, No to the Mine! #DefenseOfTerritory #JericoResists #WaterYesMineNo! Eleven peasant farmer in Jericó, Colombia face prosecution in a socio-environmental conflict. Eleven peasant farmers from the municipality of Jericó (one of which is an 85 year old man), opposed to the exploration activities of UK headquartered AngloGold Ashanti’s Quebradona Mining Project, are being prosecuted...
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...
22 January 2025 ABColombia expresses its profound concern regarding the escalation of violence in north-eastern Colombia. According to OCHA, between 16-20 January 2025, 18,300 people have been displaced, and over 1,200 confined in their territory in the Catatumbo region due fighting initiated by National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) and a dissident...
