Concern about the harassment, surveillance, and likely attempted murder of the lawyer and defender of the Peoples’ Front in Defense of Land and Water
Joint Declaration by: Peace Brigades International – PBI Mexico;World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders; Protection International Mesoamerica; Taula per Mèxic (Barcelona); Front line Defenders;Swedish Movement for Reconciliation – SweFOR; Amnesty International. Concern about the harassment, surveillance, […]
Pathway to A Feminist International Corporate Accountability Framework
The report – Pathway to A Feminist International Corporate Accountability Framework – published by ActionAid, ACCA, ACT Alliance, AWID, FIDA Uganda, Plataforma Internacional contra la Impunidad, Protection International, ISHR, IWRAW Asia Pacific, and ZELA aims to inspire further action and sets out next steps achieve such a feminist framework. Women around the world continue to […]
Letter for the New President and Vice President of Colombia to Guarantee an Environment Free of Violence for HRDs
Mr Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego President of the Republic of Colombia Mrs Francia Elena Márquez Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia Dear President Petro and Vice-President Márquez: The undersigned national and international organisations congratulate you on beginning your roles as President and Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia. Your presidency offers a new, hard-won opportunity […]
Celebrating 10 Years of Struggle and Resistance at La Puya
To the communities of San José de Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc, We wish to express our congratulations this March 2 for your 10 years of brave peaceful resistance in defense of water, life, and community health and against mining and the Progreso VII Derivada project, owned by U.S. mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Associates […]
No Decision About Us Without Us!
Joint African-European Civil Society Statement to All Heads of State and Government Dignitaries attending the 6th EU-AU Summit February 2022 Today’s efforts by the AU and EU to create an equal and fair partnership are entrenched in past colonial and postcolonial cooperation. They are challenged by structural and systemic inequalities between the two parties. The […]
International Organizations Alert over Violence and Attacks in the Context of Upcoming Elections
[Brussels/Bogotá], 2 February 2022.– Oidhaco and the signatory organizations below wish to express our serious concerns about the deterioration of the security situation in Colombian regions, and the increase in attacks against social leaders and political candidates in the pre-electoral period. So far in 2022, at least thirteen social leaders have been assassinated in the […]
Maximum Alert – Ongoing Murder of the Indigenous Community in Cauca, Colombia
[Bogotá, Colombia] 25 January 2022 – With profound concern and pain, we have received information about the armed attack against the Nasa Indigenous community in Cauca, Colombia, during which Albeiro Camayo Güeito—former Regional Coordinator of the Indigenous Guard—was murdered. The incidents appear to have been retaliation after the expulsion of the Jaime Martínez armed Columna […]
International Civil Society Organizations on Alert for the Humanitarian Situation and the Violation of Human Rights in Arauca, Colombia
[Bogota, Colombia] 24 January 2022 – The international civil society organizations signed on to this statement are alerting to the serious humanitarian and human rights crisis affecting the civilians of Arauca in Colombia. The crisis has exacerbated in recent days, but social organizations have been denouncing the situation in the region for several years now. […]
[Spanish] Tejiendo saberes por la defensa de nuestros derechos
Colombia es uno de los países donde más se vulneran los derechos de las mujeres y de las personas defensoras de los derechos humanos: asesinatos, desapariciones forzadas, amenazas, agresiones sexuales contra las mujeres, estigmatización, criminalización, abuso policial y cooptación de liderazgos, son solo algunas de las violaciones que día a día viven en el país. […]
WHRDs Day 2021: Interview with Aída Pesquera
29 November & 10 December 2021 Interview with Aída Pesquera Country Representative for PI in Colombia and Brazil On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November) and Human Rights Day (10 December) we asked some of the women human rights defenders working for PI about their experiences, passions and visions for […]