Articles by other Organizations

Latest addition: 24 December 2011.

  • 1 The Office of the Prosecutor Report on Preliminary Examination activities

    24 de diciembre de 2011

    The Office of the Prosecutor (“Office” or “OTP”) of the International Criminal Court (“Court” or “ICC”) is responsible for determining whether a situation meets the legal criteria established by the Rome Statute (“Statute”) to warrant investigation by the Court. For this purpose, the Office conducts a preliminary examination of all situations brought to its attention based on statutory criteria and the information available.

  • Statement by tribes and communities which have been affected by mining megaprojects in the Guajira department, Colombia

    24 de diciembre de 2011, por Comunidades afectadas por la Megamineria

    Wayuu indigenous reserves: TRUPIO GACHO, ZAHINO, PROVINCIAL, CERRODEO, CABEZA DE PERRO, community LA GRANJITA, LA GRANJA, BARRANCON, NUEVO ESPINAL, LOS GUAJIREROS, MADRE BERNARDA, TAMAQUITO II, PALMARITO, CAMPO ALEGRE afrocolombian communities from ROCHE, CHANCLETA and TABACO and peasant communities from SIERRA AZUL, LAS CASITAS, ZARAHITA, EL DESCANSO, EL PALMARITO, PATILLA, ASOROCHEROS, OREGANAL and the ´ORGANIZACIÓN FUERZA DE MUJERES WAYUU´, as well as the organizations that group cabildos, villages, peasants, women and affected and displaced communities ACIWASUG, ALEWAJILAWA, ANUC, FUERZA DE MUJERES WAYUU and FECODEMIAGUA

  • Colombia support network’s statement on the lawyers Collective Jose Alvear Restrepo

    24 de diciembre de 2011, por Colombia support network’s

    The Colombia Support Network (CSN) expresses its strong support for and complete confidence in the work of the Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo ( the Colectivo ) and the attorneys who work there

  • LWB Canada Troubled by Public Attacks against Its Partners in Colombia

    29 de noviembre de 2011, por ASF Canadá

    Lawyers Without Borders Canada (LWBC) expresses its solidarity with its partners at the human rights law firm, the Colectivo de abogados « José Alvéar Restrepo » (CAJAR), which has been the object of offensive statements for several days by numerous political personalities.

  • Statement regarding the ‘Mapiripán’ case

    29 de noviembre de 2011, por Bar Human Rigths

    On 25 October 2011, the Superior Tribunal of Bogotá magistrate Teresa Ruíz ordered an investigation into the issue of false victims. This was after declarations by Mariela Contreras during her testimony on 24 October 2011 that the disappearance of her two sons and the death of her husband occurred in circumstances unrelated to the Mapiripán massacre.

  • With regard to recent events surrounding the Mapiripán massacre in Colombia

    1ro de noviembre de 2011, por CIDH

    High-level representatives of the State of Colombia have made statements in recent days regarding an alleged fraud on the part of one of the individuals identified as a victim in the Mapiripán Massacre, and have expressed concern over the credibility of the inter-American human rights system. In light of this situation, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) would like to make the following statement as a matter of public record:

  • Who killed Jaime Garzón?

    30 de septiembre de 2011, por National Security Archive Update

    Twelve years after the assassination of beloved Colombian journalist and political satirist Jaime Garzón, a newly-declassified State Department cable, published on the Web today by the National Security Archive (www.nsarchive.org), supports longstanding allegations that Colombian military officials ordered the killing. Written just days after the murder, the cable from the U.S. Embassy in Colombia says that Garzón "had been killed by paramilitaries in league with ’loose cannon’ active or retired members of the security forces."

  • U.S. aid implicated in abuses of power in Colombia

    22 de agosto de 2011, por Karen DeYoung, Claudia J. Duque and Juan Forero, The Washington Post

    The Obama administration often cites Colombia’s thriving democracy as proof that U.S. assistance, know-how and commitment can turn around a potentially failed state under terrorist siege.

  • Suspending the National Bureau of Warranties

    14 de junio de 2011

    African descent and indigenous organizations, as well as the four platforms of Human Rights, Peace and Development, and representatives of social sectors, suspended the implementation of the thematic commitment differential approach to demand the government and control agencies and research by breach of the commitments made in this process to protect the life and physical integrity of the defenders, advocates and community leaders.

  • Harvard community protests against Uribe’s visit

    18 de noviembre de 2010

    A group of students, scholars, fellows and teachers at Harvard University sent a lette to this institution’s directives, protesting about former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe’s visit to the Kennedy School of Government this week.

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