Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged the government to halt the activities of paramilitaries in north western Colombia, claiming that there is an imminent threat of forced displacement in the…
Members of Colombia’s armed forces who committed serious crimes during the country’s 49-year armed conflict may not be punished, according to comments made by the President on Tuesday.
Canadian resource exploitation companies who have been moving into Colombia are contributing to what Amnesty International has called “a stunning human rights crisis” for the Latin American country’s vulnerable indigenous…
Colombia’s government has failed to stop and punish sexual violence against women, according to Amnesty International Thursday. The Colombian authorities must do more to address the ongoing sexual violence against…
Colombia will meet the target to redress 110,000 victims of the armed conflict two months ahead of schedule, said the director of the government’s victims reparation agency Thursday. According to…
The Spanish wing of Amnesty International launched an online campaign this week calling for Colombia’s president to remedy the shortcomings of the Victims and Land Restitution law. “In Colombia, those…
The Legal Framework for Peace, drawn up to facilitate the peace talks between the FARC guerrilla group and President Juan Manuel Santos’ government, allows “a gross violation of Colombia’s human rights obligations,”…
Colombia’s Legal framework for Peace “sends a dangerous message” to players in the armed conflict said Amnesty International at the opening of the Human Rights Council of the U.N. in…
Colombia’s human rights record improved very little over the past year, according to Amnesty International’s annual report released Thursday. The report said some progress had been made under the administration…