UN reports on Colombian parapolitics
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers spoke on Wednesday to the UN Human Rights Council about the scandal of politicians’ links to paramilitary…
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Uribe appoints former secretary as UN ambassador
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Monday officially appointed his former personal secretary, Alicia Arango, as the country’s new ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in Switzerland, reports Colombian media. Arango,…
No impunity for ‘false positives’: Government
The Colombian government on Thursday released a statement denying that perpetrators of extrajudicial killings known as “false positives” enjoy near-total impunity from justice, saying that the accusation “does not correspond…
Extrajudicial killers totally immune from justice: UN
A report released on Thursday by a United Nations investigator on extrajudicial killings finds that the perpetrators of the extrajudicial killings in Colombia known as “false positives” enjoy near total…
UN: US trade deal may hurt Colombia’s poor
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday urged Colombia to protect its vulnerable populations from the impact of the country’s free trade agreements and the ongoing war on drugs, reports Portofolio.…
Santos: Government should be in charge of prosecutions
Partido de la U candidate for the Colombian presidency Juan Manuel Santos says that prosecution should be handled by the government, reports El Espectador. He said that his government would…
Japan and UN to donate $2.5m to Soacha
Japan and the United Nations (UN) will donate more than $2.5 million towards reinforcing security in the town of Soacha, just south of Colombia’s capital city Bogota. “Almost 50 years…
UN: Forced displacement in Colombia increases by 150,000 each year
Forced displacement of Colombian citizens increases by 150,000 people a year, Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay, one of 18 experts from the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) said…
Ecuador officially condemns Santos and Sanin stance on cross-border attacks
Ecuador’s National Assembly on Wednesday passed a motion to condemn declarations made during a live television debate by Colombian presidential candidates Juan Manuel Santos and Noemi Sanin, who both said…