Published by WOLA on April 10, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
COVID-19 and Human Rights in Colombia
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Los rostros y luchas de los líderes sociales asesinados en lo corrido del 2020
Publicado por El Espectador el 9 de abril de 2020.
Profiles of some of the social leaders killed so far in 2020, according to the records that the organization Somos Defensores has been able to verify.
¿Grupos criminales aprovechan pandemia para fortalecer sus negocios ilícitos?
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de abril de 2020.
A look at how the COVID-19 emergency is affecting the security situation and armed groups’ control measures in rural areas of Nariño, Cauca, Antioquia, and Córdoba.
Dilucidar Territorialmente al Eln
Publicado por CINEP el 8 de abril de 2020.
A snapshot of the ELN guerrillas’ current capacities, internal divisions, and prospects for peace, as well as a mapping of its presence in Colombia (but not Venezuela).
Monitor del cese el fuego unilateral del ELN
Publicado por CERAC el 8 de abril de 2020.
The Bogotá think tank, which maintains a database of conflict events, finds that the ELN did not violate its declared ceasefire during the first eight days of April.
¿En Qué Va la Paz? Las cifras de la implementación
Publicado por un grupo de congresistas colombianos el 7 de abril de 2020.
A data-filled report on the current status of implementation of the FARC peace accord, compiled by a group of pro-peace members of Colombia’s Congress. (link at juanitaenelcongreso.com)
Impactos y riesgos del Covid-19 en la paz y las dinámicas del conflicto
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 7 de abril de 2020.
An investigation of what COVID-19 might mean for the balance between armed and criminal groups; the humanitarian situation; migration and borders; social protest; the security forces; and implementation of the peace accord.
El tráfico de cocaína de Colombia hacia el mundo
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 6 de abril de 2020.
A look at recent changes in Colombia’s cocaine market, coca production, armed group participation, and transshipment patterns.
Tercer Informe de Violencia Política
Publicado por la Misión de Observación Electoral el 6 de abril de 2020.
An accounting of acts of violence against local political and social leaders around the country. The MOE counts 41 killings of such leaders during the first three months of 2020.
Estabilización en los Municipios PDET: Informe Febrero 2020
Publicado por la Agencia de Renovación del Territorio el 6 de abril de 2020.
A graphical overview of efforts to implement the Territorially Focused Development Plans mandated by the peace accords’ first chapter on rural reform, from the government agency created to carry them out. (Link at renovacionterritorio.gov.co)
Follow-up on Recommendations Made by the IACHR in the Report Truth, Justice and Reparation: Fifth Report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia
Published by the OAS Inter-American Human Rights Commission on April 6, 2020.
The Colombia section of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission’s annual report. (Link at oas.org)
Pueblos indígenas ponen a prueba su supervivencia en medio de pandemia global
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 2 de abril de 2020.
How indigenous communities around the country are preparing for, and worrying about the impact of, the arrival of the coronavirus.
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
Publicado por CERAC el 2 de abril de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds the same number of politically motivated murders in March as in February.
Logros de la Política de Defensa y Seguridad
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en abril de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)