Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
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.
Publicado por la Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos el 9 de junio de 2020.
An indictment of some of the Colombian government’s policy choices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on May 25, 2020.
Information about Venezuelan returnee flows, and provision of assistance to them, during the COVID-19 crisis.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 24 de mayo de 2020.
An overview of conflict trends during the first four months of 2020. Notes some decrease in overall violence amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with armed groups enforcing restrictions and social leaders facing even more attacks.
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.
Published by NACLA on May 5, 2020.
An update from a scholar who has been sheltering in place with a campesino family in Briceño, Antioquia, the town chosen for a pilot crop substitution project before the 2016 peace accord was signed.
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 1 de mayo de 2020.
A survey of how illegal armed groups are imposing rules and enforcing quarantines during the COVID-19 crisis.
An infographic explaining the unilateral ceasefire that the ELN declared during the month of April 2020, past ceasefires, and what might come next.
Publicado por el Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales el 28 de abril de 2020.
A look at how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting historically conflictive parts of Colombia that were prioritized for the peace accord’s Territorially Focused Development Programs (PDET).
Published by Rodeemos el Diálogo on April 25, 2020.
An analysis by Gwen Burnyeat and Andrei Gómez-Suárez of recent events and prospects for renewed dialogues with the ELN.
Publicado por la Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos el 20 de abril de 2020.
An update on the human rights situation amid Colombia’s COVID-19 state of emergency.
Published by the International Crisis Group on April 15, 2020.
A survey of conditions along the Colombia-Venezuela border as it braces for the impact of coronavirus.
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.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de abril de 2020.
A look at how the COVID-19 emergency is affecting the security situation and armed groups’ control measures in rural areas of Nariño, Cauca, Antioquia, and Córdoba.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 7 de abril de 2020.
An investigation of what COVID-19 might mean for the balance between armed and criminal groups; the humanitarian situation; migration and borders; social protest; the security forces; and implementation of the peace accord.
