The Legal Framework for Peace, drawn up to facilitate the peace talks between the FARC guerrilla group and President Juan Manuel Santos’ government, allows “a gross violation of Colombia’s human rights obligations,”…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked Colombia’s Supreme Court to explain the resignation of Magistrate Ivan Velasquez who is considered the motor behind investigations of politicians with ties to paramilitary…
Numerous countries and international organizations have demanded the release of recently missing French journalist Romeo Langlois, believed to have been captured by Colombian rebels. According to AFP news agency, Langlois…
A proposed amendment to Colombia’s constitution, known as the “Legal Framework for Peace,” has garnered criticism from NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) for allowing “impunity for heinous human rights violations…
Two Colombian union leaders have received death threats from the Aguilas Negras neoparamilitary group, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) said Monday. According to WOLA, the President and Vice-President…
Ex-president Alvaro Uribe blames Human Rights Watch for the Colombian government’s rejection of a military prosecution reform bill. The reform bill initially proposed that all acts, including human rights violations,…
Colombian domestic violence laws will not work as long as attackers go unpunished, said women’s groups Friday. Responding to a raft of new government measures aimed at preventing violence against…
Colombia insisted Tuesday it would expand the use of military tribunals despite warnings from Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the proposed reform “threatens to facilitate impunity for military abuses.” Colombia’s…
The United States fails to enforce human rights conditions imposed on aid to Colombia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday. In its World Report 2012, the human rights organization stated…