Publicado por El Espectador el 14 de noviembre de 2020.
Documents increasing attacks against members of a leftist political movement.
La oleada de violencia que padece la Colombia Humana
Reports tagged “Political Participation”
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
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.
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
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.
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
Publicado por CERAC el 7 de mayo de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds an increase in deaths from politically motivated violence in April, compared to February and March.
¿Cómo avanza la Participación Ciudadana en la Implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia?
Publicado por Viva la Ciudadanía el 28 de abril de 2020.
A detailed look at how the participatory elements of peace accord implementation have been working.
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.
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
Publicado por CERAC el 2 de abril de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds the same number of politically motivated murders in March as in February.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
Publicado por CERAC el 12 de febrero de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds a 33 percent reduction in political killings from 2018 to 2019, despite an increase in threats.