In recent months the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has started to get into full swing. We have seen interesting...
Archive for tag: Indigenous
In the International Women’s Day ABColombia say #IStandWith Emilse Paz
“Our dream is the demilitarization of our territories, so they are peace territories, as they were years ago. There we...
UN Annual Report on Human Rights in Colombia
ABColombia welcomes the annual report on 26 February 2020 of the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human...
Peaceful Social Protest is essential for Democracy
On 21 November 2019, Colombian citizens, trade unions, students, indigenous groups, peace activists, women’s rights, environmental and other civil society...
Public Statement: Kogui, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuamo Indigenous Tribes
Four indigenous tribes Wiwa, Kogui, Arhuaco and Kankuamo live on sacred lands marked by what is referred to as the...
Chocó a Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis
Download Briefing in PDF here ABColombia along with other International organisations and intergovernmental agencies in Colombia express grave concerns regarding...
Emblematic Case: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
We are one with the water, with the earth, with the air, with the sun, with the thoughts, with the...
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...
Colombia: Grassroots Perspectives on what makes for Peace
On 11 June, ABColombia, PBI, the Colombian Caravana of Lawyers and UCL Institute of the Americas hosted a panel conversation...
International organisations reject violent attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and Indigenous leaders
Brussels/London, 13 May 2019. ABColombia, alongside more than 25 European and international organisations and networks, signed a public statement rejecting...