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Colombia slipping back on labor and human rights is a major concern as the U.S. moves forward on implementing of the FTA

Colombia has so much to gain from a law for victims of the internal armed conflict that respects the constitutional rights of the victims–the government only needs the political will to do so.

A film by the Diocese of Tumaco in memory of Sister Yolanda Cerón

The report offers analysis on the topics of extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, Afro-Colombians, indigenous peoples, internal displacement, the Victims Law and sexual violence against women.

We urge you to please contact the US and Colombian authorities in order to protect human rights defenders, free those unjustly detained, and seek investigations that lead to justice for those murdered and recipients of death threats

This paper by Ms. Gimena Sanchez, Senior Associate for the Andes, examines the experiences of internally displaced peoples' (IDPs) self-protection measures and civilian-led efforts to prevent displacement in Colombia.

The Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network (ACSN) strongly denounces the following security incidents that have taken place in Afro-Colombian communities since July

On July 15, Aníbal Vega, the legal representative of La Toma’s Community Council, received a threatening phone call that said: “You people from the Community Council are the ones opposed to the machines working in the Ovejas River. The bumps in the road must be removed so that they don’t disturb progress.”