24 October 2024 marks 79 years since the United Nations officially came into existence. Over the past 4 decades, the...
Tag: Human Rights
The Atrato River and COP16
The Atrato River is located in Chocó, on the Pacific coast of Colombia and one of the 25 global priority...
Colombia’s First Transitional Justice Adversarial Trial Opens
This article is republished with the kind permission of JusticeInfo.net and Andrés Bermúdez Liévano (journalist). For four hours on the afternoon...
Colombia: No more Impunity for the killing of Social Leaders
ABColombia remains gravely concerned about the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) in Colombia. According to INDEPAZ, 116 HRDs and...
Colombia: Rights of Rivers, Rights of Peoples
Join us for a discussion on how legal strategies have the potential to safeguard the rights of communities and nature...
The Dangers of Being an Land and Environmental Defender
At the beginning of September 2024, Global Witness published their Annual Defenders Report entitled “Missing Voices: The violent erasure of...
International Day of Peace 2024
The armed conflict in Colombia has lasted for over 50 years. Peace negotiations, like the historic Peace Accord between the...
Corporate Justice: Business, Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Law
ABColombia is part of the coalition Corporate Justice Coalition, a group of civil society organisations calling for the introduction a...
AGC Peace Talks Timeline
The Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (also known as the Clan del Golfo or Ejército Gaitanista de Colombia – AGC) was...
Colombian Government start official discussions with AGC/Clan de Golfo
27 August 2024 On 5 August 2024, Presidential Resolution 279/24 was publicised, whereby members representing the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia/Clan...