False testimony from alleged victims are damaging Colombia, according to Colombia’s Minister of the Interior. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IAHCR) rejected the Colombian government’s appeal on Thursday, which challenged…
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Colombia to overturn a verdict that held authorities partially culpable for the killing of civilians in a…
Hearings related to woman’s reproductive and gay rights with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) were postponed Friday due to the Colombian government’s absence. According to newspaper El Espectador,…
Colombia is “firmly and genuinely committed to human rights,” President Juan Manuel Santos told an Inter-American seminar on human rights on Wednesday. At the Bogota opening of the Seminar on Strengthening…
The Colombian government denies in front of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) any responsibility for an alleged 1998 aerial bombardment that left 17 people dead and 27 injured.…
The Organization of American States (OAS), an international union comprised of 35 states in the Americas, will investigate the Colombian State’s role in the 1998 Santo Domingo massacre that killed…
Colombia’s vice president defended the country’s efforts to improve human rights protections, after a new report highlighted abuses in Colombia for the 12th consecutive year. Angelino Garzon rejected media reports…
Colombia stays on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ “blacklist,” because of ongoing violence by illegal armed groups and the country’s inability to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to…
The Colombian government presents a case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) claiming the FARC, not the Colombian Air Force (FAC), were responsible for a 1998 massacre which…