Congressman Ivan Cepeda, a prominent human rights activist, on Thursday claimed his life is at risk after accusing ex-president Alvaro Uribe of paramilitary links. Cepeda said he receives threats on a daily basis…
Some 300 Ombudsmen are living under threat or with problems of security in Colombia, the president of the Colombian association of ombudsmen said Tuesday. Andres Santamaria, ombudsman of Colombia’s third…
Colombia asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to recognize the country’s Victims Law as the basis for reparations to victims ordered by the international body. During the council of the Inter-American Court…
Panels on perpetrator immunity, victim reparation, and other challenges of Colombia’s transitional justice drew large crowds on Thursday to Medellin’s convention center. Politicians, judges, and activists discussed Colombia’s transitional justice…
The United Nations Human Rights Office on Wednesday called on Colombia to resist granting amnesty to rebels of the FARC, the country’s largest rebel groups and currently engaged in peace…
The Colombian army is forcibly recruiting young men during raids in Medellin, ignoring the country’s Constitutional Court which has deemed the controversial practice illegal. The forced drafting of Colombians who…
The United Nations’ Colombia office of human rights (OHCHR) on Friday criticized the sluggish pace of prosecutions regarding the thousands of extrajudicial killings of civilians by members of the armed…
In 2012, a human rights advocate in Colombia was reportedly assaulted every 20 hours and assassinated every five days. The NGO “Somos Defendores” (We are Defenders) released its annual report…
Human Rights Watch expressed grave concerns about the state of human rights in Colombia in 2012, according to a January 2013 report. The report highlights human rights violations throughout Latin…