Publicado por las Naciones Unidas el 31 de marzo de 2020.
A graphical presentation accompanying the March 26, 2020 quarterly report of the UN Verification Mission. (Link at unmissions.org)
Infografía sobre el Informe del Secretario General en cifras
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
The Invisible Drug Lord: Hunting ‘The Ghost’
Published by InsightCrime on March 29, 2020.
The multi-part story of alias “Memo Fantasma,” a paramilitary drug trafficker with a long history and a low profile, who appears to have gotten away with it.
Colombian warlord: Release of death squad boss ‘El Mono’ from U.S. prison has Canadian victims seeking truth
Published by National Post on March 27, 2020.
Maximum AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso is to be released from U.S. custody after 12 years. This report looks at Mancuso’s deeds, the “Justice and Peace” demobilization process, and the views of AUC victims exiled in Canada.
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Colombia
Published by the United Nations on March 26, 2020.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at undocs.org)
Situation of social leaders and human rights defenders in Colombia in 2019 and their prospects for 2020
Publicado por el Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz el 23 de marzo de 2020.
Researcher Carolina Naranjo Escobar highlights the importance of social leaders for local-level state building, and steps that Colombia’s government must take to protect them.
El financiamiento de los Programas de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial: Simulación, impactos e inconsistencias
Publicado por el Centro de Pensamiento y Diálogo Político el 21 de marzo de 2020.
A look at the state of financing for the Territorially Focused Development Programs (PDET) foreseen in the peace accords’ first chapter, by a think tank affiliated with the FARC party.
Deforestation in Colombian protected areas increased during post-conflict periods
Published by Nature on March 18, 2020.
After the peace accord, “the national government failed to ensure a functional institutional presence in several PAs [protected areas],” and deforestation increased.
Colombia: Between the Dividends of Peace and the Shadow of Violence
Published by the German Institute of Global and Area Studies on March 18, 2020.
“The half-hearted implementation of the peace agreement and the persistence of violence suggest a grim outlook.”
De cacerolas a esposas: así funcionan las detenciones en las protestas
Publicado por El Espectador el 16 de marzo de 2020.
A recounting of human rights violations committed against those forcibly detained by police during social protests in November and December 2019.
El drama del reclutamiento de menores en el Bajo Cauca Antioqueño
Publicado por Semana el 14 de marzo de 2020.
Stories of how the armed groups active in this highly conflictive zone of northeastern Antioquia department are forcing children to join their ranks.
2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Colombia
Published by the State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor on March 11, 2020.
The Colombia section of the State Department’s annual worldwide overview of human rights. (Link at state.gov)
Colombian Social Leaders at Great Risk in Chocó, Arauca, Cauca and Elsewhere
Published by WOLA on March 10, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
Publicado por CERAC el 10 de marzo de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds some reduction in politically motivated murders in February compared to December and January.
Colombia: Abuses Amid Massive Demonstrations
Published by Human Rights Watch on March 10, 2020.
Documentation of abuses that Colombian National Police committed during mostly peaceful demonstrations in late 2019.
Indígenas asediados por el mercurio en Chocó
Publicado por Semana el 9 de marzo de 2020.
In the Papayo indigenous reserve in the Bajo San Juan River region of southern Chocó, the community is showing severe signs of poisoning. This is due to pollutants dumped in the water by illegal precious-metals mining tied to armed groups.
¿En qué va el caso de secuestro en la JEP?
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 8 de marzo de 2020.
An infographic responding to some of the concerns raised by victims and by the general public after the FARC’s initial testimonies about its practice of mass kidnapping during the conflict.
Retos Humanitarios 2020: Balance Anual de Colombia
The ICRC’s annual overview of the humanitarian situation in Colombia. Finds an alarming 2019 increase in landmine victims, confinements, and attacks on medical personnel.
Women Coca and Poppy Growers Mobilizing for Social Change
Published by WOLA on March 4, 2020.
From their fight to assert the rights of coca-grower movements in Bolivia to their contribution to peace building in Colombia, women growers have been crucial agents of change in their communities.
2020 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
The State Department’s annual worldwide overview of the drug trade and efforts to combat it. Includes a chapter on Colombia and mentions of the country throughout. (Link at state.gov)