Chancleta is an Afro-descendant community in La Guajira, Colombia that was forced to relocate when the Cerrejón mine, owned by...
Archive for tag: Extractives

Cerrejón Accused before the OECD of Human Rights Abuses and Environmental Damage
On 19 January 2021, ABColombia together with Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP), the Colectivo de Abogados ‘José Alvear...

Digging Deep: Mining in Colombia & the urgent need for a UN Binding Treaty
Virtual Side Event: To mark the 6th Session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business...

Take Action following event on How Mining Companies Silence Indigenous Peoples
Write to your MP On 24 September 2020 in the event How do Mining Companies Silence and Nullify the Actions...

Letter of Concern to Colombian Government: Forced Eviction of El Rocío
On 27 August 2019, ABColombia sent a letter to the Colombian president Ivan Duque and other key figures in the...

ABColombia signs further open letter to mining companies at Cerrejon and Colombian Government
On 14 August 2019, ABColombia signed another joint open letter written by London Mining Network. This letter is following up...

ABColombia signs open letter to mining companies at Cerrejon, Colombia
The following open letter was sent on Monday 8 July 2019 to Cerrejon Coal and its multinational corporate owners. Coal...

While the UK prepares for Colombia President Duque’s visit, violence against Human Rights Defenders and communities exacerbates
London – 7 June 2019: A week ahead of Colombia President Duque’s visit to the UK, the prominent Colombian Human...
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