Colombia State Council agrees to hear Bogota mayor’s appeal
Colombia’s State Council decided Tuesday that it would revise Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro’s appeal...
Tag: Inter American Commission On Human Rights
Has Petro’s cavalry arrived? Human Rights Commission to look at Bogota’s Mayor
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) has finally stepped into a two-month long...
‘This story has finished:’ Bogota mayor expects to leave office Jan 30
In what seems to be the conclusion of a two month battle to dismiss Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro...
Organization of American States denounces murder of human rights activist in Colombia
An international human rights organization has denounced the assassination of a human rights...
Human rights court condemns Colombia for Santo Domingo bombing
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has condemned the Colombian state for the Santo Domingo massacre in 1998 which left 17 people dead. Local media have reported that the Human Rights court (Corte IDH) deemed that the...
Human rights court to judge Santo Domingo bombing
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will be judging the case against the Colombian state for the Santo Domingo bombing massacre that killed 17 people in 1998, reported newspaper El Espectador on Wednesday. The highest...
Cordoba to sue Colombian state for ‘political persecution’
Ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba will be pressing charges against the Colombian state for “political persecution,” following the inspector general’s new case against her for “FARC-politics,” reported El...
Cordoba refuses to defend herself in ‘FARC-politics’ case
Piedad Cordoba says there is no validity in the new case against the her for allegedly collaborating with the FARC and asserts that the charges against her are fueled by “a person who opposes [Cordoba] in a hostile...
Human rights court to review 3 Colombian cases
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will review three Colombian cases; the Santo Domingo Massacre, the counter-insurgency “Operation Genesis,” and an army assault on journalist “Richard” Velez...
Piedad Cordoba: ‘I am persecuted in Colombia’
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba denounced the “persecution” she suffers in Colombia to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), El Espectador reported Saturday. Cordoba said in a statement “In...
Ex-FARC hostage files complaint against Pastrana, Uribe
Former Colombian Senator Luis Eladio Perez has launched formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against former Presidents Andres Pastrana and Alvaro Uribe relating to the time he spent as a FARC...
Rights body condemns army-guerrilla clash
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemned the Colombian army and guerrillas for a recent clash in southwest Colombia. The IACHR referred to a clash between the army and an unnamed illegal armed group on...
