17 May 2021 In response to the excessive use of force by the police against the demonstrators in the National...
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International civil society organisations urge the Colombian Government to guarantee the peaceful exercise of the legitimate right to public assembly and social protest, enshrined in the Colombian Political Constitution and to protect the lives of those who exercise it.
Bogota 3 May 2021 Peaceful demonstrations by Colombian citizens started on 28 April 2021 in various cities and municipalities across...
International civil society organisations welcome the progress of the JEP and support the legitimate work of human rights organisations and victims of extrajudicial executions
Bogota, 24 February 2021 International civil society organisations signatories to this communiqué, welcome the advances of the Special Jurisdiction for...
UK Parliament: Human Rights in Colombia must be improved before deepening trade relations
Lords insist that the UK as pen holder to the UN Security Council on the Verification Mission in Colombia hold...
UK Parliamentarians and Embassy Support the Truth Commission and Victims in Exile
The following statement was made Lord Alderdice, Lord Browne of Ladyton and Baroness Coussins for the VII Encuentro por la...
Colombian Government must guarantee safety of Indigenous Minga on 10 October 2020
On 8 October 2020, ABColombia together with the other international organisations attending the Oidhaco General Assembly, signed a public declaration...
What are the Lungs of the Earth without the Heart?
PRESS RELEASE UK Lawyers Submit Amicus Briefs in Support of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Heart...
COVID-19 and Human Rights in Colombia
“It is not a time to neglect human rights; it is a time when, more than ever, human rights are...
Libren El Arroyo Bruno
Nota de Prensa Indígenas Wayuu y afrodescendientes exigen a la minera Anglo American retornar el agua al Arroyo Bruno desviado...
“Liberate the Bruno River” Indigenous Wayuu and Afro-Colombians demand that Anglo American returns the Bruno, diverted for the extraction of coal, to its natural course
Press release 28 April 2020 Indigenous Wayuu and Afro-Colombians demand that Anglo American returns the Bruno, diverted for the extraction...