PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS screening of “The Wounds of the River” documentary
CREDHOS has posted on Facebook:
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PBI-Colombia accompanies the CSPP at Roundtable meeting visibilizing the criminalization of social leaders who opposed Frontera Energy
The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanied the Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) at the recent meeting of the Roundtable for Human Rights in the face of corporate power (la Mesa por los DDHH frente al poder empresarial) and the United Nations Business and Human Rights Working Group.
PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community on the 24th anniversary of July 8 massacre as paramilitary threats against community continue
PBI-Colombia has posted:
“We accompany the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, @sanjoapartadó in the commemoration of the massacre of July 8, 2000, in which 6 of its members were murdered in the village of La Unión by paramilitaries in collusion with the security forces. To remember is an act of resistance.”
PBI-Geneva notes violence related to business investments, calls for a Binding Treaty at UN Human Rights Council
During the Interactive Dialogue on Transnational Corporations at the United Nations Human Rights Council session on June 6 in Geneva, Switzerland, Peace Brigades International expressed “its concerns about violence in business investment contexts in Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.”
PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community touring villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo
PBI-Colombia has posted:
“We accompanied the Peace Community @sanjoapartado, touring the villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo in #Urabá.
Their community work strengthens the defense of the territory from food sovereignty. We recognize this political project, which persists in search of peace and respect for life. #WeArePBI”
Civil society orgs worldwide release new supplement to UN Declaration protecting human rights defenders
Following a year-long project involving consultations with human rights defenders, Peace Brigades International joined a coalition of human rights organizations to release the Declaration +25, a landmark document systematizing relevant developments in regional and international human rights law and standards of the last 25 years.
PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community of San José de Apartadó as paramilitary threat intensifies
PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram:
“We will continue to seek development that respects life and rights” – Germán Graciano, Legal Representative of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó.
Last June 5, we accompanied @sanjoapartado in a meeting with diplomatic body and government to follow up on their social and environmental justice processes.
Yuli Velasquez of FEDEPESAN receives Amnesty International Human Rights Award in Berlin, Germany
Photo: The award ceremony took place on June 4 in Berlin.