The number of child landmine victims in Colombia has risen dramatically in 2012, the country’s government said Tuesday. According to the Presidential Program for Comprehensive Action Against Antipersonnel Mines, this…
An organization representing more than 30 European NGOs has asked the European Union to call for a “frontal assault” on Colombian forced disappearances, reported newspaper La Vanguardia Thursday. The International Office…
The ombudsman of a north-eastern Colombian town said Wednesday more than 55 human rights defenders and their relatives there had been forcibly displaced by guerrillas in one week. Jhon Fredy…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday that Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, who was suspended in his own country over a wiretap scandal, will continue to be actively involved in…
Spanish human rights judge Baltasar Garzon has canceled his trip to Colombia after a Spanish court suspended him from practicing law for 11 years over an illegal wiretapping scandal,…
The European Union highlighted progress made by Colombia on human rights following a Bogota meeting Monday, news network CM& reported. The new Victims and Land Restitution Law, which grants compensation…
Colombia insisted Tuesday it would expand the use of military tribunals despite warnings from Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the proposed reform “threatens to facilitate impunity for military abuses.” Colombia’s…
The United States fails to enforce human rights conditions imposed on aid to Colombia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday. In its World Report 2012, the human rights organization stated…
The Inter-American Development Bank is to invest $12 million in human rights education in Colombia, announces Colombia’s education minister Wednesday. The money will be invested in the National Plan for Education…