Executive Summary The magnitude of conflict-related sexual violence against women in Colombia is yet to be fully understood. It is a crime that is massively underreported. Where it is reported women...
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Large-scale mining in Colombia: Human rights violations past, present and future
The large-scale mining industry and human rights violations in Colombia Today, May 9th, 2013, the US Office on Colombia releases its latest report, Large-scale mining in Colombia: Human rights...
Más de 130 organizaciones sociales y redes de asociaciones de Europa, EEUU y Latinoamérica Apoyamos a las y los defensores de la Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz
18 de febrero de 2013 Las organizaciones abajo firmantes queremos reiterar nuestro respaldo a las y los defensores de derechos humanos de la Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP), ante el...
More Than 130 Organizations and Networks from Europe, the United States, and Latin America Support the Human Rights Defenders of the Inter-Church Commission of Justice and Peace
The signatories to this statement would like to reaffirm our support for the human rights defenders of the Inter-Church Commission of Justice and Peace (Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz,...
Expanding Military Jurisdiction in Colombia: A Major Setback for Justice
Colombia’s recent passage of a constitutional amendment that expands military jurisdiction in cases of human rights violations is a major setback for justice. The reform would allow grave human...
Impunity - Has implementation of the accusatory legal system been an effective response to the fight against impunity in Colombia?
August 21, 2012 Today the US Office on Colombia releases its latest report, Impunity: Has implementation of the accusatory legal system been an effective response to the fight against impunity in...
Colombian army kills indigenous civilian: Violence escalates in Cauca and deepens humanitarian crisis for indigenous communities
July 19, 2012 Eighteen year old Fabian Guetio Vasquez was killed by the Colombian Army in Caldono, Cauca, at 5 a.m. yesterday morning. Mr. Guetio was on his way to his father's home in the indigenous...
International Verification Mission on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Today, July 9, 2012, the US Office on Colombia (USOC) and the Latin America Working Group Education Fund (LAWGEF) released the final report of the International Verification Mission on the Situation...
Misión internacional de verificación sobre la situación de la defensa de los derechos humanos en Colombia
La Misión Internacional de Verificación sobre la Situación de la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Colombia,-en adelante la Misión- que se realizó entre el 28 de noviembre y el 2 de diciembre de...