Human Rights Court to visit Colombia
President Santos invited the Inter-American Human Rights Court to Colombia for an updated assessment in December. The visit by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) will take place between the…
President Santos invited the Inter-American Human Rights Court to Colombia for an updated assessment in December. The visit by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) will take place between the…
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC on Wednesday condemned a proposed constitutional reform that would expand the powers of the military courts at the expense of civilian justice. The proposed reforms,…
A constitutional amendment expanding the jurisdiction of military tribunals could lead to interventions by the International Criminal Court (ICC), warned the U.N. on Sunday. The amendment proposed before the Senate…
More than 230 social organizations on Wednesday demanded that the Colombian government withdraw a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand the power of the military. In a letter addressed to…
Activists representing Colombia’s rural communities have implored European Union (E.U.) lawmakers to reconsider ratifying the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two economies, according to news-wire EFE Tuesday. Human rights…
Canadian resource exploitation companies who have been moving into Colombia are contributing to what Amnesty International has called “a stunning human rights crisis” for the Latin American country’s vulnerable indigenous…
Child trafficking and sexual exploitation is spiraling out of control in Colombia’s second-biggest city Medellin with young girls being used as “sexual merchandise”, according to a local politician.
Colombia’s defense minister has hit back at allegations by the UN that a proposed constitutional reform “undermines justice,” according to local media Wednesday. “By no means will there be impunity.…
The Colombian government has upheld a decision to dismiss nine military officers for torturing 21 fellow soldiers during a counter-guerrilla training program in 2006, reported local media. Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s…