Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Published by the United Nations on September 24, 2021.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at colombia.unmissions.org)
Publicado por Vorágine y La Liga Contra el Silencio el 10 de diciembre de 2020.
Tells the story of the proprietor of a beachfront eco-lodge in Nuquí, Chocó, murdered by the Gulf Clan neo-paramilitaries in October 2020.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 9 de diciembre de 2020.
One of a three-part series about the Bajo Cauca region of Antioquia department.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 9 de diciembre de 2020.
Profile of a social leader murdered in 2016, one of a three-part series about the Bajo Cauca region of Antioquia department.
Published by the International Crisis Group on December 2, 2020.
Profiles a social leader, and the dangers she faces, in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Bogotá.
Publicado por El Espectador el 14 de noviembre de 2020.
Documents increasing attacks against members of a leftist political movement.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department. A profile of an environmental defender assassinated in 2017.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department.
Publicado por Somos Defensores el 3 de noviembre de 2020.
Somos Defensores’ report about attacks on social leaders during the first six months of 2020. The organization counts 95 murders, the largest number it had ever recorded during the first half of a year.
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 22 de octubre de 2020.
The publication verifies, and describes characteristics of, the killings of 222 social leaders between President Iván Duque’s August 2018 inauguration and March 2020.
Published by Amnesty International on October 8, 2020.
Finds that failures to implement the peace accord are endangering the lives of human rights defenders.
Published by the International Crisis Group on October 6, 2020.
Documenting the causes of attacks on social leaders in post-conflict Colombia, and necessary steps for their protection.
Published by the United Nations on September 25, 2020.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at undocs.org)
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 18 de septiembre de 2020.
Social leaders are also under attack in the poor and working-class neighborhoods of Bogotá.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 4 de agosto de 2020.
Social leader killings have exploded in Caquetá, and few even get investigated.
Published by the Fiscalía General de la Nación in August 2020.
An overview of the chief prosecutor’s office’s efforts to bring to justice killers of social leaders and human rights defenders.
Outlines the current challenges of Colombia’s peace process, across the board, and makes recommendations for U.S. policy.
Publicado por Indepaz el 15 de julio de 2020.
The Bogotá-based think tank counts 166 social leaders and 36 former FARC combatants murdered so far in 2020.
Published by the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights on July 9, 2020.
Examines how Colombian judicial authorities can improve their protection of human rights defenders and hold masterminds accountable.
Publicado por CERAC el 7 de julio de 2020.
Finds a 55 percent increase in deaths from political violence during the first half of 2020, compared with the first half of 2019.
Published by the United Nations on June 26, 2020.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at undocs.org)
Publicado por la Comisión Colombiana de Juristas el 18 de junio de 2020.
A report identifying bottlenecks faced by the Colombian judicial system in its efforts to hold accountable masterminds of crimes against human rights defenders.
Publicado por CERAC el 5 de junio de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds a large increase in politically motivated killings during the first five months of 2020.
