Colombia’s interior minister detailed the country’s advances in terms of human rights to high-ranking officials at the European Union in Brussels Tuesday with a view to move a free trade…
The people of Buenaventura, Colombia’s most important Pacific port city, will most likely suffer from the passage of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia, according…
The leaders of three human rights NGOs that work with victims of armed conflict in Colombia reported receiving death threats from the neo-paramilitary criminal gang “Aguilas Negras” (Black Eagles) Tuesday,…
An NGO has released a report condemning Colombia’s human rights record as part of a series of articles analysing the relationship between anti-terrorism policies and human rights since the September…
Colombia passed a law to criminalize racial and other types of discrimination with penalties of one to three years in prison and fines of up to $4,500 for those found…
While the United States considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia, the human rights situation in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia has deteriorated dramatically, culminating on the 17th…
The Colombian soccer federation has accepted the resignation of Hernan Dario Gomez weeks after the head coach admitted to striking a woman in a Bogota bar. Gomez became the center…
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights began its 92nd regular session in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Monday. The 10-day long session will hold three public hearings including a Chilean child…
The number of extrajudicial executions of civilians committed by the military, also known as “false positives,” increased in 2010, according to a human rights organization. The Centro de Investigacion Popular…