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Colombia: Amicus Brief on Compliance of Special Jurisdiction for Peace Act with International Law
11/08/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) A joint amicus brief was filed on 26 July 2017 in the Constitutional Court of Colombia by Lawyers Without Borders Canada with the support of LRWC, Global Rights Compliance and the Laval University Clinic of International and Humanitarian Law. The Amicus Brief examines the … [Read more...]
Colombia: Conduct Full and Impartial Investigation into Treatment and Unlawful Detention of Three Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
08/08/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) LRWC was deeply concerned to learn from the Equipo Juridico Pueblos (EJP) that on 1 July, whilst protesting peacefully, three human rights defenders were subjected to violence by law enforcement officials during their arrest for allegedly blocking a road and for alleged … [Read more...]
Colombia: Support for Precautionary Measures for Equipo Jurídico Pueblos | Joint Letter
07/08/2017
Full PDF Version On 12 July 2017, the Equipo Jurídico Pueblos (EJP) applied to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for Group Precautionary Measures. The application asks that the IACHR order the Columbian Government to issue effective measures to protect the life and physical … [Read more...]
Colombia: Investigate and Remedy Murder of Naimen Agustin Lara and Ensure Adequate Protection for Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
09/06/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Spanish) Nestor Humberto Martínez Fiscalía General de la Nación Diagonal 22B No. 52-01 (Ciudad Salitre) Bogotá Colombia 25 May 2017 Dear Mr Humberto Martínez, Re: Lawyers’ Collective el Equipo Jurídico Pueblos We write on behalf … [Read more...]
Colombia: Investigate Attacks Against and Ensure Adequate Protection For Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
02/04/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, President of the Republic of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Bogotá - Colombia 22nd March 2017 Dear President Juan Manuel Santos, Re: Letter of concern regarding increase in … [Read more...]
Colombia: Provide Effective Protection for Lawyers at Risk | Joint Letter
13/03/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) On 24 January lawyer Jhon Fredy Concha Valbuena was shot to death. On 1 February lawyer Jorge Enrique Belalcázar Gutierrez was shot and injured. Gutierrez had previously been denied protection measures by the National Protection Unit. In response to mounting violence … [Read more...]
Colombia: Immediately Implement Protections for Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
16/12/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos Calderon President of the Republic of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Bogotá - Colombia 14 December 2016 Dear President Santos, Re: Letter of concern regarding the rise in killings and … [Read more...]
Colombia: Report of the Fifth International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia
28/11/2016
Full PDF Version The Colombian Caravana of International Jurists (“Caravana”) made its fifth visit to Colombia in August 2016. This was a truly international delegation with an impressive range of civil and criminal law expertise, from twelve different countries, including a prosecutor, … [Read more...]
Colombia: Interim Report of the International Delegation of Jurists to Colombia (Caravana) | Report
01/10/2016
Full PDF Version International Delegation of Jurists to Colombia August 20-28, 2016: Interim Report 30 September 2016 by Heather Neun After many decades of war, the Colombian government and the main guerilla group known as FARC reached a final and comprehensive peace agreement on August … [Read more...]
Colombia: International Legal Delegation in Colombia as Peace Agreement Signed
31/08/2016
Lawyers Without Borders Canada Report on Peace Negotiations (.pdf) (Spanish) Lawyers Without Borders English Summary (.pdf) An international delegation of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals, including members from Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, met in Colombia last week as part … [Read more...]
