Publicado por la Comisión de la Verdad el 2 de julio de 2020.
A discussion of members of the Unión Patriótica political party who were forced into exile.
July 2, 2020
Publicado por la Comisión de la Verdad el 2 de julio de 2020.
A discussion of members of the Unión Patriótica political party who were forced into exile.
July 2, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 2 de julio de 2020.
Authorities give a press conference about the capture of ELN members involved in the January 2019 bombing of the National Police cadet school in Bogotá.
July 2, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 2 de julio de 2020.
New arrests in the case of the ELN’s January 2019 bombing of the Colombian Police academy in Bogotá.
July 2, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 2 de julio de 2020.
Another case of alleged military sexual abuse, this time in Huila.
July 2, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 2 de julio de 2020.
The 12th anniversary of the Colombian Army’s rescue of 15 hostages.
July 2, 2020
We are grateful to all the members of the U.S. Congress who signed the Dear Colleague letter on Colombia to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo concerning social leaders that Representatives James McGovern (D-MA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) are circulating. For those who haven’t signed, we strongly encourage you to do so by Friday, June 26. This letter will help advance protections for social leaders and help to prevent further abuses like those listed below from continuing to take place. Since our last urgent action on May 19 we received the following information:
Human Rights Abuses
July 2, 2020
Publicado por la Contraloría General de la República en julio de 2020.
A thorough look at expenditures to implement the 2016 peace accord, finding much of them to be behind schedule.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 1 de julio de 2020.
A brief overview of revelations of military personnel raping indigenous girls.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 1 de julio de 2020.
Army Commander Gen. Eduardo Zapateiro addresses growing allegations of sexual abuse committed by members of the military.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 1 de julio de 2020.
An interview with Vice-Procuradora Adriana Herrera Beltrán about growing allegations of military involvement in sexual abuse of minors.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 1 de julio de 2020.
The grave situation of the Nukak people of Guaviare, who were first contacted in the 1980s, which has come under greater focus after allegations of military personnel committing sexual violence against a Nukak girl.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 1 de julio de 2020.
The commander of Colombia’s army discusses a growing number of allegations of sexual abuse committed by soldiers.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 1 de julio de 2020.
A discussion with two opposition legislators about the need for military reform amid a wave of human rights scandals.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 1 de julio de 2020.
A community in the Catatumbo region disputes the military’s account of the death of a 22-year-old man, alleging that it was an extrajudicial execution.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por la Corporación Viso Mutop el 30 de junio de 2020. (Link at visomutop.org)
Two longtime Colombian drug policy experts analyze the costs and risks of the current supply-side, eradication-heavy model for dealing with illicit crops, and lay out alternative proposals.
June 30, 2020
Publicado por la Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas el 30 de junio de 2020.
An update on the transitional justice system’s work in Casanare department.
June 30, 2020
Publicado por la Comisión de la Verdad el 30 de junio de 2020.
A discussion of the experience of Afro-Descendant people who were forcibly displaced to Bogotá and its environs.
June 30, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 30 de junio de 2020.
A court grants an opposition legislator’s request for a list of those illegally targeted by army surveillance.
June 30, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 30 de junio de 2020.
A look at the psychological profile of soldiers who have committed an alarming number of cases of sexual abuse around the country.
June 30, 2020
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 30 de junio de 2020.
A discussion of how best to ensure victims’ participation in transitional justice.
June 30, 2020
Caption: “En el #ValleDelCauca, tropas de @Ejercito_Div3 dieron un contundente golpe a la primera comisión del grupo armado organizado residual Columna Móvil Dagoberto García, con la captura de cuatro de sus integrantes.”
June 30, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 29 de junio de 2020.
Military personnel allegedly raped a Nukak girl in Guaviare, the latest in a series of sexual assault allegations.
June 29, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 29 de junio de 2020.
Armed and criminal groups are increasing their recruitment of child combatants.
June 29, 2020
Press reports reveal an internal FARC party document recommending reprimands and even expulsions of high-ranking party leaders regarded as divisive and insubordinate to leadership. They include Benedicto González, Jesús Emilio Carvajalino (Andrés París), Ubaldo Enrique Zúñiga (Pablo Atrato) and José Benito Cabrera (Fabián Ramírez). González accuses maximum leader Rodrigo Londoño and other moderate party leaders as “submissive to the state” and favoring multinationals’ involvement in productive projects at excombatant reincorporation sites.
June 29, 2020