Colombia human rights

The Institute has provided grants and technical support to several civil society organizations — including human rights organizations, ecumenical groups, women's and youth organizations, and Afro-Colombian and ethnic communities. For example, the Institute has supported the Citizens' Commissions for ...

IACHR Urges Colombia to Adopt Urgent Measures to Protect Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders ... effect that those murders have in parts of the country and Colombian society in general", stated the Rapporteur for the Rights of Human Rights Defenders, Commissioner Francisco Eguiguren.

Brunori, 52, is a heavyweight in human rights affairs and previously led the international organization's Central America office. In Guatemala, the diplomat worked closely with Ivan Velasquez, the Colombian attorney whose investigations in Colombia ended up in the incarceration of scores of politicians, ...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has asked the Colombian government to take immediate action to address the Wayuu women's crisis. The government has promised to act, but its efforts have fallen short, speaking volumes about Colombia's commitment to the Wayuu. Government food ...

(LWI) - Despite the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the main guerrilla group, human rights violations continue. A parallel report assembled by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Colombian human rights organizations speaks of assassinations of human rights activists, ...

The present report describes the human rights situation in Colombia in relation to peace, security, development and democracy in 2017. It also highlights some activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the country. In particular, the report presents the ...

The government has said it is stepping up efforts to punish those responsible and is sending more state prosecutors to Colombia's south and Pacific regions. Colombian authorities have handed down 15 convictions since 2015, including five last year, for crimes against human rights defenders, according to ...

On International Women's Day, Colombian authorities should spotlight female activists like Guisao, who are being threatened and killed, and honor their contributions to human rights. Despite Colombia's programs to protect activists, the number of murdered human rights activists has increased after the ...