NGOs slam EU-Colombia trade deal
A group of European NGOs declare that the human rights clause in the E.U.-Colombia free trade agreement is “insufficient,” and claim that the European Parliament lied about the nature of…
A group of European NGOs declare that the human rights clause in the E.U.-Colombia free trade agreement is “insufficient,” and claim that the European Parliament lied about the nature of…
A delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIP) will visit Colombia to investigate the murders of representatives from the FARC-linked Patriotic Union party between 1986 and 1994. The delegation will be led…
The army has denied that retired colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega is working as a professor for the army while in detention for crimes committed during the bloody Palace of Justice…
Colombian vice president Angelino Garzon traveled to Europe on Wednesday to promote the passage of a trade agreement with the EU in the European Parliament. According to the Vice President’s…
Colombia’s Vice President announced he and an international human rights NGO signed a memorandum of understanding to improve the full respect of human rights and international humanitarian law in the…
Colombian Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera said Thursday that Colombia has had zero complaints of human rights violations committed by the security forces so far in 2010. This contradicts figures…
Academics from around the United States voiced their support of Colombian Jesuit Javier Giraldo’s protests against former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s appointment at Georgetown, according to Caracol Radio. A letter,…
Colombian Congress asked the government to make another attempt to have Israeli mercenary Yair Klein extradited from Russia to Colombia. Congressman Ivan Cepeda presented the proposal Wednesday to the Second Commission…
One in five Colombian children suffers hunger, abuse or violence, newspaper El Tiempo reported on Wednesday. According to the newspaper, NGO Save the Children said at the UN Millenium Goals…