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San Luis de Palenque - Casanare, January 26th 2018.
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Canada is the largest investor in the Colombian extractive sector, an industry which covers forty percent of the country’s territoryi. The growth of this sector has been accompanied by increases in human rights abuses committed by transnational corporations (TNCs) operating in the region.
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The First Report was released on the Situation of Human Rights after 50 days of the Bilateral Cease Fire of a Temporary Nature between the National Government and the National Liberation Army –ELN-, produced by a process of oversight from the social organizations. We published a summary in ENGLISH, the complete version is available in Spanish.
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Photo: marcha.org.ar By: Sergio Segura / Source: Marcha Noticias / The Dawn News / November 13, 2017 The peace talks between the Colombian insurgency and the Government have made the discussion about human rights take precedence in the midst of the conformation of a Truth Commission. In this sense, I will discuss one of the phenomenons that should be taken on by this commission: forced disappearance. The General Assembly of the United Nations established that the forced disappearances are crimes against humanity generally done by the State against its political opposition.
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The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) is a model of transitional justice that was conceived by the peace agreements, with the goal of protecting the rights of the victims of the armed conflict between the Colombian government and the FARC. One of the achievements of the peace negotiations was the acknowledgment that not only FARC members should be put on trial for their crimes, but also the Colombian military, police and political representatives.
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Here is the information and analysis bulletin on extractivism here and in Colombia of the Project Accompaniment Solidarity Colombia: La Piedra! La Piedra replaces The Profiteers Bulletin you may know.
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The Caravan for life, territory, water and peace This year, the caravan organized by La Redher, a space of articulation between Colombian organizations and internationalist groups, was held in Eastern Antioquia, in alliance with MOVETE, a social movement for the life and the defense of the territories based in this same region.
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We cannot ethically accept that certain people in Colombia are continuing to kill and attack leaders of community and social movements, trade unionists, and human rights defenders. If this does not cease, there cannot be any authentic, stable, durable peace. On the contrary, we will certainly enter another period of terror all too painfully reminiscent of what the Unión Patriótica suffered. Mauricio Torres-Tovar Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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The Cubiros oil well had been blocked for ten days until the protestors reached an agreement with the Canadian company Frontera Energy (previously known as Pacific Stratus, owned by Pacific Rubiales) to resume negotiations which had been interrupted in September.
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