Published by WOLA on November 24, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
Colombia’s Female Social Leaders, LGBT+, and Land Rights Activists At Risk
Reports tagged “Human Rights Defenders”
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Action Required to Stop Massacres and Violence in Colombia
Published by WOLA on September 23, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
Garantías de no repetición, materia reprobada por el gobierno nacional
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 9 de agosto de 2020.
An analysis of the security forces’ inability to protect human rights defenders and conflict victims from renewed violence.
Colombia Update: The State of Peace and Human Rights Amid the Pandemic
Published by WOLA on August 4, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
Colombia Update: Attacks on Social Leaders, Forced Eradication Operations, and Ongoing Abuses Amid the Pandemic
Published by WOLA on June 26, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
Cuellos de botella en la administración judicial: un caso de estudio en la investigación y juzgamiento de crímenes contra derechos humanos
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.
La Ceguera
Publicado por Somos Defensores el 25 de mayo de 2020.
The 2019 report on attacks on social leaders and human rights defenders produced by Somos Defensores, a coalition of human rights groups.
The State of Human Rights in Colombia: Military Espionage, COVID-19, and Ongoing Abuses
Published by WOLA on May 19, 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
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
Annual Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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)
Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Colombia
Published by WOLA on February 7, 2020.
Since our last report on January 9, WOLA received the following cases of concern.
Comentarios del Estado Colombiano al Informe del Relator Especial sobre la situación de los defensores de los derechos humanos relativo a su Misión a Colombia
Publicado por el Gobierno de Colombia el 27 de enero de 2020.
The government’s point-by-point response to the December 26, 2019 report of the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders. (Link at undocs.org)
Nota Informativa Defensoras y defensores asesinados durante 2019
The UN High Commissioner’s Colombia field office provides its estimate of human rights defenders murdered in 2019, indirectly contradicting the Duque government’s claims of a 25% decrease in such killings. (Link at hchr.org.co)
Colombia Update: Protests, Bojayá, and Security for Social Leaders
Published by WOLA on January 10, 2020.
A summary of the cases of concern WOLA received since November 2019 until the present.
Visit to Colombia: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Published by the UN Human Rights Council on December 26, 2019.
A report to the UN Human Rights Council analyzing the risks faced by human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia, and the Colombian government’s efforts to protect them. (Link at undocs.org)