A US judge ruled Colombian war victims are allowed to sue banana giant Chiquita Brands under American jurisdiction, according to the victims’ defense. The court decision quashed the multinational fruit and vegetable…
The United Nations expressed its concern about an increase of assassinations in Colombia of community leaders and rights defenders, particularly in the countryside. In a press release on Friday, the Office…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) congratulated Colombia on its “improved” peace deal, despite ongoing concerns about justice for war criminals. Transitional justice was one of the most controversial aspects of the first…
A surge in attacks on community leaders and human rights defenders that followed the sinking of Colombia’s peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels is leaving a new generation of widows and orphans.
Three Colombia human rights defenders were killed and two barely survived assassination attempts over the weekend amid growing security concerns in the country. The assassinations are the latest in a series of…
Human Right Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Colombia’s Defense Ministry to prevent the promotion to general of at least five top military officials accused of executing civilians, but to no…
Colombia government representatives were grilled by the United Nations’ Human Rights Committee on Wednesday over the South American country’s human rights situation. The UN inquiry on Colombia’s human rights situation was…
Colombia prosecutors have launched two investigations after allegations that Bogota’s homeless people are being forcibly “disappeared” and given poisoned food. Earlier this week, the capital district’s human rights coordinator, Carmen Teresa…
Bogota’s homeless people are being fed poisoned food, the human rights office of Colombia’s capital told the city council on Tuesday. The capital district’s human rights coordinator, Carmen Teresa Castañeda told…