Colombia Labor Ministry project seeks to curb child labor in mines
Colombia’s Ministry of Labor has created an alliance to combat child exploitation in Colombia’s impoverished mining regions, local media reported Wednesday.
Colombia’s Ministry of Labor has created an alliance to combat child exploitation in Colombia’s impoverished mining regions, local media reported Wednesday.
For the second time in a row, Colombia does not appear on a human rights “black list from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), according to the organization’s latest…
A report from Colombia’s highest government human rights official says rights violations continue to plague the port city of Buenaventura, despite the ongoing intervention by the Colombian military.
A local government human rights official in Colombia’s north-east has refuted reports in national media that hundreds of people are still at high risk of being displaced by security forces.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) held a special briefing for US congress members on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Colombian port city of Buenaventura.
The Colombian Inspector General’s Office has rejected the appeal of a former police officer and has sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old at gunpoint in the…
Colombia’s vice-president, Angelino Garzon, said Thursday that he will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon next week to discuss the human rights situation in the South American country.
The United Nations’ human rights office in Colombia on Wednesday asked the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, to demonstrate its commitment to the ongoing peace process by agreeing to…
Human rights NGO Amnesty International said Wednesday that Colombia has “failed spectacularly” to guarantee the human rights of its citizens.