UN’s top human rights official wants to know why Colombia gave him temporary visa
“This is unheard of,” the United Nations’ human rights chief in Colombia told local media after revealing he was granted only a temporary visa.
“This is unheard of,” the United Nations’ human rights chief in Colombia told local media after revealing he was granted only a temporary visa.
The United Nations in Colombia on Wednesday received a report from hundreds of organizations that claim the country’s government has refused to cooperate to reduce “serious and systematic” human rights…
Colombia accredited the United Nations’ new human right chief, Alberto Brunori, on Wednesday, but only after international pressure. The Italian diplomat was allegedly appointed more half a year ago, but migration…
Colombia’s protection of social leaders is a total failure, the country’s Inspector General after the UN said to be “extremely concerned” about the increase in violence targeting human rights defenders.…
The court ordered an investigation into Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe for the murder of human rights advocate Jesus Maria Valle. But now, 20 years after the murder, it is too…
More than 200 social leaders, peasant representatives and human rights defenders have been murdered since the start of Colombia’s peace process, according to a report.
Colombia’s ombudsman urged the government on Monday to prioritize the protection of community leaders, claiming they face “extermination.” Inspector General Fernando Carrillo said the government was ordered to protect social…
The assassination of a community leader from Colombia’s largest port city on the Pacific has increased tensions between the country’s black minority and the national government. Community leader Temistocles Machado…
At least 170 community representatives were assassinated in Colombia’s countryside in 2017, casting dark shadows over a peace process with former FARC guerrillas. The new wave of violence targeting civilians…