Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 20 de abril de 2020.
Profile of a Cauca campesino leader killed by the Army in 2017, and his effort to establish a Campesino Guard and reserve zones for small landholders.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 20 de abril de 2020.
The story of an indigenous leader killed in northern Cauca in 2018, and the legacy of his work with the Indigenous Guard.
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.
Publicado por el Centro de Pensamiento y Diálogo Político el 18 de abril de 2020.
A report from a think tank affiliated with the FARC political party alleges that the Territorially Focused Development Programs (PDET) are departing from the vision foreseen in the peace accords’ first chapter.
Published by the UN Security Council on April 17, 2020.
Record of the Security Council’s meeting to review the March 26, 2020 report of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at undocs.org)
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.
Publicado por CERAC el 15 de abril de 2020.
The Bogotá think tank, which maintains a database of conflict events, finds that the ELN did not violate its declared ceasefire during the first 15 days of April.
Publicado por El Espectador el 14 de abril de 2020.
Summary of two non-governmental organizations’ findings, based on 32 former soldiers’ testimonies to the JEP, revealing the surprisingly systematic nature of “false positives” killings during the 2000s.
Published by the Inter-Agency Mixed Migration Flows Group in Colombia on April 13, 2020.
A monthly update about the situation of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, from the Inter-Agency Mixed Migration Flows Group in Colombia. (Link at unhcr.org)
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 El Espectador el 9 de abril de 2020.
Profiles of some of the social leaders killed so far in 2020, according to the records that the organization Somos Defensores has been able to verify.
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 CINEP el 8 de abril de 2020.
A snapshot of the ELN guerrillas’ current capacities, internal divisions, and prospects for peace, as well as a mapping of its presence in Colombia (but not Venezuela).
Publicado por CERAC el 8 de abril de 2020.
The Bogotá think tank, which maintains a database of conflict events, finds that the ELN did not violate its declared ceasefire during the first eight days of April.
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.
Publicado por un grupo de congresistas colombianos el 7 de abril de 2020.
A data-filled report on the current status of implementation of the FARC peace accord, compiled by a group of pro-peace members of Colombia’s Congress. (link at juanitaenelcongreso.com)
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.
Publicado por la Agencia de Renovación del Territorio el 6 de abril de 2020.
A graphical overview of efforts to implement the Territorially Focused Development Plans mandated by the peace accords’ first chapter on rural reform, from the government agency created to carry them out. (Link at renovacionterritorio.gov.co)
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 6 de abril de 2020.
A look at recent changes in Colombia’s cocaine market, coca production, armed group participation, and transshipment patterns.
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)
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 2 de abril de 2020.
How indigenous communities around the country are preparing for, and worrying about the impact of, the arrival of the coronavirus.
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.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en abril de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
Publicado por las Naciones Unidas el 31 de marzo de 2020.
A graphical presentation accompanying the March 26, 2020 quarterly report of the UN Verification Mission. (Link at unmissions.org)
Published by InsightCrime on March 29, 2020.
The multi-part story of alias “Memo Fantasma,” a paramilitary drug trafficker with a long history and a low profile, who appears to have gotten away with it.
