02.08201729/01/2019 Human Rights Defenders’ Security DeterioratesBy ABColombiaIn 2017, Human Rights, NewsTags Cajamarca, Campesinos, Communities, Environment, Extractives, HRDs, La Colosa, Prior Consultation, Social Protest, Tolima Two environmental human rights defenders were shot in Cajamarca, Tolima on Friday 28 July 2017. The two environmental defenders working...
08.11201522/07/2019 Zenú Indigenous Peoples from the Alto San Jorge Resguardo CordorbaBy ABColombiaIn Emblematic Cases, Human Rights, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Extractives, HRDs, Indigenous, Land, Paramilitaries, Zenu The Zenú Resguardo of Alto San Jorge in Cordorba consists of 47 communities numbering 19,022 people distributed in three areas:...
15.05201529/01/2019 ABColombia Partner Tierra Digna win landmark decision on Prior ConsultationBy ABColombiaIn Extractives, Land, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Afro-Colombian, Extractives, Indigenous, Mining, Prior Consultation, Tierra Digna On 15 May 2015, as a result of an Annulment Action submitted by ABColombia’s partner organisation Tierra Digna, the Colombian...
30.11201225/01/2019 Giving it away: the consequences of an unsustainable mining policy in ColombiaBy ABColombiaIn Extractives, News, ReportsTags Displacement, Extractives, Land, Mining Mining in Colombia has been singled out to be one of the major drivers of economic growth for the Colombian...
31.08201103/12/2020 Mande Norte Mining Project in Embera Indigenous Peoples LandBy ABColombiaIn Extractives, Land, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Amicus Curiae, Choco, Constitutional Court, Extractives, Indigenous, Mining The Embera indigenous peoples and the Afro-Colombian community of Jiguamiandó are trying to protect their land, the environment and their...
31.10201028/02/2020 Caught in the Crossfire: Colombia’s Indigenous PeoplesBy ABColombiaIn Conflict, Land, Reports, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags conflict, Extractives, Human Rights, Indigenous