Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por Semana el 6 de enero de 2020.
A paramilitary group tracing its lineage back to extradited leader Hernán Giraldo is responsible for the murder of two environmentalists in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 5 de enero de 2020.
“Boys, girls, and adolescents in indigenous reserves and Afro-Colombian community councils are those most pursued” by the ELN and the Gulf Clan paramilitaries in Chocó.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Justicia de Colombia el 30 de diciembre de 2019.
The Colombian government’s draft decree laying out the functioning of a re-initiated aerial herbicide spraying program in coca-growing areas, and how the government would satisfy the Constitutional Court’s restrictions on that program.
Published by the United Nations, December 26, 2019.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at unmissions.org)
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)
Publicado por la Presidencia de Colombia el 16 de diciembre de 2019.
A presidential decree laying out the functioning of “Strategic Comprehensive Immigration Zones,” known as ZEII or “Zonas Futuro,” which seek to establish a state presence in small conflictive territories, complementing the peace accords’ Territorially Focused Development Plans (PDET). (Link at dapre.presidencia.gov.co)
