Tag: colombia

Colombian Congress debates ban on fracking as Canadian companies express interest in unconventional resources

PBI-Colombia accompanied CCAJAR lawyers back proposed junk food law in Colombia to advance the right to health, decry industry opposition

PBI-Colombia accompanied CCAJAR lawyer receives threat during hearing into police killing of university students

PBI-Colombia present as IACHR conducts visit to the Portal de la Resistencia in Bogota to hear from demonstrators

Human Rights Watch denounces systemic police abuse in Colombia, questions remain about Canada’s “bilateral police initiative”

PBI-Colombia meets with organizations defending human rights in the context of the IACHR working visit

As National Strike protests fracking, Colombia signs contract with ExxonMobil for Platero project near Puerto Wilches

228 academics call on Canada to prohibit any future sale of weapons or light-armoured vehicles to Colombia

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights arrives in Colombia for June 7-11 working visit

Annual Report on Canada-Colombia free trade agreement and human rights to be tabled within days