Colombia Reports: Colombia's mining boom overshadowed by human rights violations: NGO, 12 December 2011

The apparent success of Colombia's mining boom is being overshadowed by human rights violations and mass displacement from mining areas, international human right organization Peace Brigades International (PBI) said...[more]

PBI: San José de Apartadó Peace Community nominated for Sakharov human rights prize, 27 September 2011

The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó has been nominated for the 2011 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, for their “resilience and dedication to the high values of peace and justice.” This nomination is a fundamental...[more]

PBI Colombia: Living without political protection measures, and the hope for their existence

Nine human rights defenders assassinated in Colombia, four disappearances and 68 threats between January and March 2011 are the latest numbers from the We are Defenders Programme (Programa Somos Defensores), an NGO that monitors...[more]

PBI Colombia: National Peace Convention - finding new paths to peace

After multiple failed attempts at peace agreements and negotiations by many governments, the most intriguing peace proposal this year does not come from a group of politicians in Bogotá, nor does it come from one of the armed...[more]

Peace accords of the past: dead ends?

In 1985 the Patriotic Union (UP) political party was established as a result of negotiations between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the administration of President Belisario Betancur. This party sought to...[more]

Yolanda Becerra, Grassroots Women’s Organisation

“The vision of the Women’s Social Movement for Peace and against War is that peace has to come from below, from the groups that are directly affected, like women. Since 1996 the project has attempted to include women in the...[more]

Mario Martínez, President of the ACVC

“After the recognition we received with the National Peace Prize, we wanted to make a proposal to unite social movements and communities to call upon all actors in the conflict to identify a path to peace that includes all of...[more]