Crimes under international law and human rights violations and abuses in the context of the continuing internal armed conflict increased in rural areas where control of territories formerly dominated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) was disputed. The primary victims continued...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Colombia on 7 November 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Colombia in its previous UPR, including in relation to human rights defenders, rights of women and girls, freedom...

Amnesty International submits this document in response to the call for contributions to inform the thematic report on advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. This contribution focusses on...

In this report, Amnesty International reveals repeated and generalized practices of violence against women, children and LGBTIQ+ people in the context of the 2021 National Strike in Colombia. Amnesty International documented 28 cases among hundreds of complaints received during that time. The...

In Colombia and Peru, the two main receiving countries for Venezuelan refugees in the Americas region, Venezuelan women face multiple forms of violence in public spaces, at home and at work. Despite this, they are denied access to justice and health services because of stereotypes related to their...

This report, produced jointly by the Programa de Acción por la Igualdad y la Inclusión Social (PAIIS) of the Universidad de los Andes, Temblores and Amnesty International, documents the violent repression of social protest in Colombia in the context of the National Strike that began in April 2021...

Since 28 April 2021, mass demonstrations have taken place in the city of Cali, Colombia. At the same time, the most serious reports of human rights violations and crimes under international law have been concentrated in this city. These reports describe violent repression by the security forces and...

Amnesty International urges the Organization of Americas States (OAS) and its Member States to condemn acts involving human rights violations and crimes under international law by law enforcement officers, as well as discourage the use of stigmatizing language by the authorities. Similarly, it...

In this letter Amnesty International expresses deep concern about the serious human rights crisis facing Colombia in the context of the “national strike” and the massive demonstrations across the country since 28 April. Our organization has documented excessive use of force by the security forces...

The undersigned organizations condemn the excessive use of force by agents of the Colombian security forces in response to the protests that began on April 28 across the country. We call on Colombia to immediately cease the arbitrary and excessive use of force to avoid additional human rights...

The signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo, FARC-EP) guerrilla group on 24 November 2016 has not had the hoped-for impact on human rights...

Case card for Jani Silva’s Write for Rights case

Case poster for Jani Silva, a human rights defender in Colombia, featured in the 2020 Write for Rights campaign.