Photo: Denman Island, BC-based Heather Neun (on the right) with members of the International Observation Mission in Colombia, July 2021. Peace Brigades International-Canada Board member Heather Neun participated in the International Observation Mission for the Guarantees of Social Protest and Against Impunity in Colombia (#MisiónSOSColombia) this past July 3-12. We Read more…
On September 16, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued this media release that highlights three amendments she has proposed in relation to Colombia and next week’s vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 1- Report on human rights “First, she called on the Departments of Defense and State to produce Read more…
On September 15, the Association for Research and Social Action (NOMADESC) posted: “In recent months, the various scenarios of peaceful mobilization that took place in the city, such as the muralist day on 5th Street, conceived from the dignity and respect for the memory of the victims, have been spaces Read more…
On September 16, Peace Brigades International presented during the Interactive Dialogue with Fabian Salvioli, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition. You can watch the video of the presentation in Spanish here. You can also watch it with English interpretation here (starting at Read more…
On September 15, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted: “Today we accompany @Justiciaypazcol [Justice and Peace Commission] in pedagogical workshops on the topic of the global community agreement in the humanitarian zones of Nueva Esperanza and Pueblo Nuevo in the Jiguamiandó Basin.” The World Council of Churches has previously explained: Read more…
On September 15, Kim-Mai Vu of Peace Brigades International presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. To watch her presentation in Spanish, please click here. You can also click here and Read more…
Photo: When Colombian human rights defenders from CCALCP and CREDHOS visited Canada in November 2019, they went to the Vancouver office of Eco Oro at 1055 West Hastings Street. More on that story here. On September 13, the Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP) tweeted: “In 2019, before Canadian authorities Read more…
On September 9, PBI-Colombia posted that it “accompanies @dhColombia in its demands for #justice and guarantees for social protest 1 year after the violence and police massacre in Parque Verbenal, Bogotá.” Earlier in the day, PBI-Colombia had also posted: “Today we accompany @dhColombia on the national day of human rights Read more…
The Canadian Embassy’s Head of Trade in Colombia has tweeted: “More than 33,000 people from the department of Arauca will benefit from this aqueduct, which represents an investment of 35 billion pesos by the Canadian company @parex.” “Water for All” Parex has previously noted on its website: “Through [our Water Read more…
On September 7, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Yesterday we accompanied the @ACVCRAN [the Campesino Association of the Cimitarra River Valley] in the Tres Bocas village in San Pablo, Bolívar for a verification mission with the @DefensoriaCol [an “institution of the Colombian State responsible for promoting the effectiveness of human rights”] and the Read more…