UN warns of sexual violence in conflict areas of rural Colombia
A United Nations committee of experts warned of high levels of sexual violence against women being perpetrated “by all actors in the armed conflict” in rural areas of Colombia.
A United Nations committee of experts warned of high levels of sexual violence against women being perpetrated “by all actors in the armed conflict” in rural areas of Colombia.
A human rights commission in the House of the Representatives will hear testimony this Thursday from the United States government, NGOs, think tanks, and members of civil society on the…
Foreigners and citizens often think of Colombia as a land of paradoxes. Though the country is filled with natural resources and biodiversity, it was recently ranked third most unequal in the…
More than 120,000 people in Colombia are employed under circumstances that constitute slavery, a global report on slavery released Thursday said.
Colombia’s highest administrative court has called on the country’s justice system to be more effective in processing those members of the military involved in the “false positives” scandal.
The half-sister-in-law of the founders of defunct paramilitary organization AUC was captured Tuesday for the murder of a land activist after a long police hunt that began in 2011.
The International Red Cross (ICRC) opened its workshop on international rules governing military operations on Monday in Colombia, the first country in the Americas to host the annual human rights…
Cargill International, the world’s largest agricultural commodities trader, used a network of shell corporations to take advantage of a program the Colombian government initiated to provide land-rights access to small-scale…
An international human rights organization has denounced the assassination of a human rights activist who opposed a controversial damming project in Colombia.