Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por la Corte Constitucional de Colombia el 27 de febrero de 2020 (aunque fechado el 18 de julio de 2019).
The text of the Constitutional Court’s July 2019 decision reinterpreting its 2017 suspension of aerial spraying of coca-growing areas using the herbicide glyphosate. (Link at corteconstitucional.gov.co)
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 26 de febrero de 2020.
A look at fragmentation of and disputes between armed groups, the effect of Venezuela’s crisis, and the humanitarian crisis in Catatumbo, a conflictive region of Norte de Santander department.
Published by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Colombia field office on February 26, 2020.
The annual report of the UN agency, which has maintained a strong reporting and technical assistance presence in Colombia since the 1990s. (Link to Spanish and English versions at hchr.org.co)
Slideshow accompanying the annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Colombia field office. (Link at hchr.org.co)
Publicado por El Colombiano el 25 de febrero de 2020.
A multimedia presentation and article about reporters’ visit to conflictive zones of Chocó department, up the Pacific coast into Panama.
Publicado por Migración Colombia el 25 de febrero de 2020.
A national, departmental, and municipal estimate of the number of Venezuelan migrants residing in Colombia. (Link at migracioncolombia.gov.co)
Published by the International Crisis Group on February 25, 2020.
A vivid and alarming look at life in Venezuelan refugee communities on the Colombian side of the northern part of the binational border.
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 24 de febrero de 2020.
A team of reporters profiles demobilized FARC guerrillas who have been resisting “dissident” groups’ calls on them to re-arm. Accompanied by a podcast episode.
Publicado por Semana el 24 de febrero de 2020.
Discussions with victims in the Antioquia town where investigators from the JEP are unearthing scores of bodies believed to be the victims of “false positive” killings committed by Colombia’s army.
Publicado por Semana el 16 de febrero de 2020.
An in-depth look at the security and human rights situation in Chocó, where Afro-descendant and indigenous communities are caught amid fighting between the ELN and the Gulf Clan.
Publicado por CERAC el 12 de febrero de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds a 33 percent reduction in political killings from 2018 to 2019, despite an increase in threats.
Publicado por El Colombiano el 12 de febrero de 2020.
A look at the Colombian security forces’ five-year campaign against the Gulf Clan paramilitary organization in northwestern Colombia.
Published by WOLA on February 11, 2020.
Colombia is nearing re-initiation of a suspended, U.S.-backed program of spraying herbicides from aircraft over coca-growing zones. This report evaluates this strategy according to six criteria.
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación, 10 de febrero de 2020.
A detailed overview of the security situation at the Colombia-Venezuela border.
Publicado por la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, 8 de febrero de 2020.
An annual report on the state of press freedom in Colombia by the Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa.
Published by WOLA on February 7, 2020.
Since our last report on January 9, WOLA received the following cases of concern.
Publicado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas Contra la Droga y el Delito el 4 de febrero de 2020.
A detailed update, as of October 31, 2019, on the state of the Colombian government’s illicit crop substitution program within the framework of chapter 4 of the 2016 peace accord. (Link at unodc.org)
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 2 de febrero de 2020.
La Silla Vacía goes beyond the numbers, explaining the worsening crisis of homicides of demobilized FARC members.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en febrero de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
