Colombia’s potential cocaine production reached a new high in 2019 despite a drop in registered hectares of coca, the base ingredient of the illicit drug, according to the United Nations.…
The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) supports an urgent guaranteed minimum income (GMI) as proposed in Colombia’s senate. The proposal was coined by some…
The United Nations said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop the assassinations of Colombia’s social leaders and demobilized FARC members, it just made them invisible. In a press statement,…
President Ivan Duque and his far-right party are using the coronavirus to cover up “assaults” on Colombia’s peace process while promoting authoritarianism, the country’s peace movement told the United Nations…
The United Nations’ genocide prevention chief wants to visit Colombia while looking into the ongoing mass killing of human rights defenders, community leaders and demobilized guerrillas. The UN’s Special Adviser…
While failing to provide protection, Colombia’s authorities criminalize the defenders of human rights, a United Nations special rapporteur said Wednesday. The report of Michel Forst, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on…
Members of Colombia’s Congress are implicated in violence against human rights defenders, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders said Monday. In an interview with…
The United Nations’ office in Colombia put its weight behind its human rights office and, at his request, debunked President Ivan Duque’s claim he was making progress. In a press…
Colombia’s government “wanted to completely erase my report,” the United Nations special rapporteur on the situations of human rights defenders told weekly Semana. Special Rapporteur Michael Forst was additionally refused…