PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace at Alto Guayabal to strengthen Embera-Eyabida women’s organizations

On April 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @Justiciaypazcol [Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace] in the Alto Guayabal humanitarian reserve for an exercise to strengthen Embera-Eyabida women’s organizations in the framework of JEP [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] order 175, which decrees precautionary measures in favor of the indigenous communities of Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS in El Guayabo, Puerto Wilches to support legal and psychosocial processes

On April 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @Credhos_Paz in the El Guayabo community, in the process of organizational strengthening in the face of various problems that they present and in the identification of environmental and sociopolitical affectations in the area, derived from omissions of the institutions.” This follows the CREDHOS Read more…

ExxonMobil withdraws from fracking project near Puerto Wilches, Canadian partner expresses disappointment

On June 28, 2022, PBI-Canada met with a PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS convened meeting of social leaders in Puerto Wilches and heard their determination to stop fracking and to defend life, water and territory. Their concerns included the Platero fracking pilot project backed by the Canadian company Sintana Energy Inc. This Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission at dialogue with Afro-Colombian communities impacted by Operation Genesis

On April 13, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @Justiciaypazcol [the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace] in the #Cacarica [river basin] in the dialogue between the ethnic communities victims #Cavida [the Community of Self-Determination, Life, and Dignity of Cacarica] and #Clamores and the State, 10 years after the sentence of @CorteIDH Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace Commission at meetings with communities in Bajo San Juan

On April 11, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We were accompanying @Justiciaypazcol [the Inter-Church Commission on Justice and Peace] in meetings with leaders of the communities of Bajo San Juan #Buenaventura so that communities historically affected by the armed conflict can jointly build proposals for #conciliation and #peace.” PBI-Colombia has been accompanying the Read more…

PBI-Colombia expresses concern about explosive device placed five metres from CREDHOS office in Barrancabermeja

News photo of police at scene of explosive device near CREDHOS office. On April 10, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We express our great concern about the installation of an explosive device in front of the office of @Credhos_Paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] in #Barrancabermeja. Security measures are Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó on Stations of the Cross walk on Good Friday

On April 7, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @cdpsanjose [Peace Community of San José de Apartadó] in #ViaCrucis [Stations of the Cross], making #memory members of the community and peasants killed during the years in #territory. Remembering episodes of suffering but also reinforcing the convictions of peaceful resistance and defense of Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS at Camp for Dignified Life and Total Peace in Cantagallo

On March 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @Credhos_Paz at the Camp for dignified life and total peace, a fundamental space to know the situation of violations of #HumanRights and #InternationalHumanitarianLaw and seek alternatives for #prevention and #protection in the territory.” Earlier, CREDHOS had tweeted: “We were at the Camp for Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies dhColombia a meeting with Indigenous Bari peoples on search protocols for disappeared persons

On March 27, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We were in [the municipality of] Tibú accompanying @dhColombia [the Associated Network of Human Rights Defenders] at a meeting with the [Indigenous] Barí people to prepare a search protocol for #MissingPersons that respects the principles of Barís law and philosophy.” The Bari peoples Last year, Read more…