Colombia
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Opinion: Colombian Vice-President Elect Francia Márquez is Great News for Human Rights; Here’s Why
Tags Share The election of Francia Márquez as Colombia’s vice president is potentially the biggest move toward expanding civic space the country has seen in decades. Not only will Márquez be the first Black woman to hold executive office in Colombia, she is also an established environmental activist and advocate for Indigenous and poor people’s
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RFK Human Rights Expresa Preocupación Por La Respuesta Del Estado a La Comisión Interamericana De Derechos Humanos
Tags Share Después de meses de manifestaciones masivas en Colombia y la dispersión violenta de las protestas por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights está profundamente preocupada por la respuesta del Estado colombiano al informe y las recomendaciones de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) tras su visita al
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Colombia’s Response to IACHR Raises Concern
Times of crisis cannot be used as an excuse to permit and facilitate human rights violations.
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Colombia: 650 Organizaciones De Sociedad Civil Llamamos a Una Exhaustiva Investigación De La Represión De La Protesta Social Y Solicitamos a La Cidh Mantenerse Alerta
Tags Share Las Américas, 7 de mayo, 2021 – Las organizaciones abajo firmantes condenamos el uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de agentes de las fuerzas de seguridad colombiana como respuesta a las protestas que iniciaron el 28 de abril en todo el país. Solicitamos al Estado cesar de manera inmediata el uso arbitrario
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Civil Society Organizations Call for Investigation of Repression of Protests
We call on Colombia to immediately cease the arbitrary and excessive use of force to avoid additional human rights violations against the population.
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Organizaciones De Derechos Humanos Presentan Amicus Curiae en Apoyo a La Tutela Para Personas Defensoras De Derechos Humanos Y Líderes Sociales en Colombia
Tags Share El Servicio Internacional para los Derechos Humanos, Front Line Defenders, el Centro de información Sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos, Women’s Link, Alianza Mundial por la Participación Ciudadana CIVICUS y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presentaron un amicus curiae sobre el derecho a defender derechos como derecho autónomo ante la Corte Constitucional de Colombia
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In Support of Colombian Protection Action for Human Rights Defenders
RFK Human Rights presented an amicus brief on the right to defend human rights before the Colombian Constitutional Court.
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Colombia Must Investigate Attacks Against Journalist Jineth Bedoya
Tags Share On May 25, 2000, Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya, who was then working for El Espectador, a Colombian newspaper, was kidnapped in front of the Bogotá Model National Prison, where she had gone to conduct an interview. Bedoya was kidnapped for 16 hours, during which time she was subjected to physical, sexual, and psychological
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Joint Amicus Brief Supports Colombian Protection Action for Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share International Service for Human Rights, Front Line Defenders, (the Center for Information on Business and Human Rights, CIVICUS, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presented an amicus brief on the right to defend human rights as an autonomous right before the Colombian Constitutional Court on April 21, 2021. Colombia is the most deadly
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Amicus Brief Calls for Colombia to Better Protect Journalists
In our amicus brief with GW Law School, we argue that the State of Colombia had a reinforced due diligence duty to prevent and investigate the violence suffered by Bedoya for being a woman, a journalist, and a human rights defender in the country’s armed conflict context.
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Colombia Debe Asegurar Justicia Por Homicidio De Manifestante
Human Rights Watch Y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Presentan Amicus Ante Corte Constitucional
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Colombia: Ensure Justice for Killed Protester
Colombian authorities should respect the right of peaceful assembly and ensure independent investigations of the police and its use of force against protesters.
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