Published by WOLA on March 31, 2021
WOLA’s latest urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
April 6, 2021
Concerning Human Rights Violations and Humanitarian Situation in Colombia
Tag: Landmines
El terror de una comunidad del Bajo Baudó que vive entre el fuego cruzado
Publicado por Semana el 21 de julio de 2020.
An interview with social leader Luis Ernesto Olave from Chocó department’s Bajo Baudó region, which is suffering intense combat between the ELN and the Gulf Clan.
July 21, 2020
July 13, 2020
Caption: “Esta mina antipersonal fue hallada por soldados del Batallón de Ingenieros de Desminado Humanitario N.º6 en un camino veredal donde transitan nueve familias del corregimiento El Toche de Palmira”
July 13, 2020
Retos Humanitarios 2020: Balance Anual de Colombia
The ICRC’s annual overview of the humanitarian situation in Colombia. Finds an alarming 2019 increase in landmine victims, confinements, and attacks on medical personnel.
March 5, 2020
January 15, 2020
- High Commissioner for Peace Miguel Ceballos says that Colombia will ask for a delay of its commitment to the Ottawa Landmine Treaty, extending the original goal of demining the country by 2021. This is in part due to an increase in use of landmines by armed groups, with more victims in 2019 than 2018.
January 15, 2020