The International Criminal Court has not launched any investigations against Colombia with regard to human rights abuses, but has been monitoring judicial proceedings throughout the country since 2005, Colombia’s ambassador…
The number of accusations of extrajudicial killings or ‘false positives’ has decreased throughout Colombia since October 2008, informed the Government in report to the UN Security Council. In a statement…
The International Criminal Court will hear accusations of war crimes that have been committed in Colombia but have never seen justice, in a series of trials beginning on November 1st.…
A Colombian commission of jurists Thursday urged the Colombian State to admit the use of excessive force in the 1985 siege of the Palace of Justice that had been occupied…
The defense lawyer for families of missing victims from the 1985 Palace of Justice siege will ask the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to validate a U.S. document which allegedly exposes…
Colombia will present a report to the UN Security Council next Monday regarding the issue of children who are recruited by criminal organizations in the country. Colombia’s Vice President, Fancisco…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe set off to the United States Monday to attend the annual meeting of the United Nation’s General Assembly and a large number of meetings with other…
Human rights activists in Colombia are being persecuted and subjected to arbitrary arrest by state security agents, Margaret Sekaggya, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights defenders, said on Friday. Victims…
While Michael Ignatieff, leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, touted himself as the saviour of Canada’s global reputation, his party was under fire Monday for supporting free trade with Colombia. Furious…