Organic waste, hunger and famine This note does not intend to point out a path, it only seeks to sow doubts in order to build it… It happened several years ago, in a talk to health personnel when they were asked what happens to the material of the toilet once the handle that gives way to the...
FIDH and its member organization in Ukraine, the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), condemn in the strongest terms Russia’s aggression and occupation of Ukraine and call on all parties to the international armed conflict to respect international humanitarian and human rights law. FIDH and the...
February 24, 2022 On the National Day against Police Brutality, the National Movement of Victims of State Crimes – Movice, the Coordination Colombia Europe United States – CCEEU, the Defend Freedom Campaign and the Campaign No + Rights Violated by the Uniformed, call attention to the...
On February 28th, an act of homage to Sandra Catalina Vásquez Guzmán, “La Siempreviva” will take place after 29 years of a heinous crime against her, committed in the Germania Police Station, where Sandra Catalina, 9 years old, was raped, tortured and murdered. The tribute to Sandra...
Europe, 23 February 2022 Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Eamon Gilmore European Union Special Representative for Human Rights and European Union Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia. Javier Niño Perez Executive...
PUBLIC PRESS RELEASE FOR THE DEFENSE OF WATER, TERRITORY AND DIGNIFIED LIFE; WE REJECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FRACKING PILOTS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PUERTO WILCHES. Despite the disastrous socio-environmental consequences identified worldwide of the technique of hydrocarbon exploitation in...
After 19 years of impunity in Colombia Bogota, February 22, 2022. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR, the human rights protection body of the Organization of American States, OAS, admitted the case of the murder of Tito Eudaldo Díaz, then mayor of El Roble, Sucre, 2001-2004, a...
Justice in Colombia owes a historical debt to the victims of state crimes – February 21, 2022. Despite the international sanctions that the Colombian State has received, the convictions handed down by the administrative justice system, as well as the criminal punishment of members of the security...
These days, I learned of the health problems of my friend, colleague and ex-colleague, lawyer, environmentalist and communicator Rafael Vergara Navarro. I take this opportunity to relate shared work experiences that explain why I am a human rights defender and communicator. Rafa is from Cartagena....
PUBLIC PRESS RELEASE No. 192 SECOND ATTACK AGAINST CESAR AUGUSTO TAMAYO RUIZ, SON OF PEACE SIGNATORY IN SANTANDER COLOMBIA IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS, THE AUTHORITIES DO NOTHING TO PREVENT THESE EVENTS AND NOTHING CHANGES DENOUNCES THE NATIONAL ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE No...
Pedro Movilla case hearing before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights #PedroJulioMovillaAttheIACHRCourt Last February 15 were held, in Costa Rica, the public hearings convened by The Inter-American Court of Human Rights – IACHR Court – on the case Pedro Julio Movilla vs....
Joint Press release Bogotá, February 16, 2022. We, Human Rights Platforms, Coordination Colombia Europe United States, the Colombian Platform for Human Rights, Democracy and Development, the Alliance of Social and Related Organizations, the Patriotic March, the Agrarian, Peasant, Ethnic and...