PBI-Canada to host virtual meetings with MPs, officials, allies and Colombian human rights defenders during pandemic

Peace Brigades International-Canada is working with the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project to host a series of virtual bilateral meetings with Members of Parliament, government and agency officials, civil society allies, two Colombian human rights defenders and a community leader from San Luis de Palenque. These meetings are being scheduled over Read more…

Will a Canadian energy company be involved in a controversial fracking project in Colombia?

On April 24, BN Americas reported, “Colombian oil and gas regulator ANH has published draft contract guidelines for fracking pilots.” That article highlights, “The proposed pilots – all located in northern Colombia – would be operated by ExxonMobil (Puerto Wilches, Santander department), Ecopetrol (Barrancabermeja, Santander), ConocoPhillips (San Martín, Cesar) and Read more…

Peace Brigades International and the UN Charter’s call for the least diversion of the world’s resources into armaments

The founding statement of Peace Brigades International from September 1981 says, “We appeal in particular to all those who seek to fulfill the high principles and purposes expressed in the Charter of the United Nations.” This April, Izumi Nakamitsu, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, commented, “The United Nations Charter Read more…