Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 23 de noviembre de 2020.
Of 7,491 complaints of police abuse in Bogotá since 2016, no police agent has even been indicted, much less convicted.
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 23 de noviembre de 2020.
Of 7,491 complaints of police abuse in Bogotá since 2016, no police agent has even been indicted, much less convicted.
Published by Just Security on November 18, 2020.
The authors find that accountability over the ex-president’s human rights record is important for peace, and urge U.S. support for it.
Publicado por El Espectador el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
The newspaper obtains 24,000 audios from the Fiscalía that shed harsh new light on the drug trafficking case against a former FARC negotiator.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 6 de septiembre de 2020.
Explains how communities have used a mechanism in Colombian law to defend against aggressive forced coca eradication and a return to aerial herbicide spraying.
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.
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 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 la Comisión Colombiana de Juristas el 29 de abril de 2020.
Explains methods of psychosocial accompaniment for conflict victims seeking restitution of stolen landholdings.
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)