On June 18, the Peace Brigades International – Colombia Project accompanied the delivery ceremony of a new report on the impact of the violence of the armed conflict on women. On June 17, El Espectador reported, “The Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the Truth Commission will receive on Tuesday, June Read more…
On June 13, the Peace Brigades International – Colombia Project posted on their Facebook page that, “After several months suffering a situation of insecurity, confinement and humanitarian crisis, we celebrate the visit of different embassies and international organizations to the Nueva Esperanza (New Hope) Humanitarian Zone.” Nueva Esperanza was established Read more…
On Sunday May 26, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanied lawyers from the Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (Corporación Colectivo de Abogados Luis Carlos Pérez) at a public consultation in the city of Bucaramanga. That lawyers’ collective, made up entirely of women, speaks out on critical environmental issues including the Read more…
The community-based Corporación Regional de Derechos Humanos (the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights or CREDHOS) works on a variety of public interest concerns in Colombia, including environmental issues such as opposition to fracking and stopping the pollution of freshwater. The organization is based in Barrancabermeja, which is known as Read more…
The Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP), an organization of eight women lawyers based in Bucaramanga and Cúcuta in northern Colombia, works on crucial public interest issues, notably the defence of territory. In 2016, CCALCP filed a challenge against Isagen’s Piedra del Sol hydroelectric project. The October 2017 report Defending Read more…
Vancouver-based mining company Eco Oro Minerals Corp. has long pursued its Angostura gold and silver mine project located in Santander Department (province) in Colombia. The mine would have been situated in the Santurbán Páramo, a high-altitude wetland ecosystem that serves as a vital source of drinking water for approximately two Read more…