The International Office for Human Rights Action on Colombia

Day: 30 September 2024

Thematic Factsheets on Colombia

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Oidhaco has prepared six Thematic Factsheets for the new European Parliament and the European Union authorities elected in 2024. These documents provide an update on the country’s human rights situation, impunity and peace building. The Factsheets present new data on the situation of women’s rights, the situation of ethnic peoples, the environment, as well as trade relations between Colombia and the European Union from a human rights perspective. Finally, these Fact Sheets offer recommendations to the European Union and the international community in general to improve the Human Rights situation in Colombia, combat impunity and continue to support the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement and the ongoing peace dialogues with armed groups. Download the documents here.

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Oidhaco_Human Rights DefendersDescarga
Oidhaco_Gender and Women rightsDescarga
Oidhaco_Total PeaceDescarga
Oidhaco_Ethnic & Indigenous peoplesDescarga
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Our solidarity is universal.

We are deeply concerned about all victims of armed conflict, repression and violence around the world — from Sudan to Syria, including the persecution of the Rohingya and so many other crises that often receive less international attention than they deserve. Each of these situations calls for solidarity, remembrance, justice and action.

However, we have decided to specifically highlight the message ‘Stop Genocide in Palestine’ because what is happening in Palestine represents not only a human tragedy of enormous magnitude, but also a direct challenge to the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law and to the rules-based international system itself. The indifference and complicity of much of the international community in the face of the apartheid regime imposed by the Israeli government on the Palestinian people represent one of the greatest moral and political contradictions of our time.

The persistent violation of essential norms — such as the protection of the civilian population, the prohibition of collective punishment and respect for proportionality in the use of force — not only has devastating consequences for the Palestinian population, but also erodes the global mechanisms designed to limit the power of states and prevent abuses.

When these rules are repeatedly breached without any effective consequences, the framework that protects all populations in conflict situations, anywhere in the world, is weakened. Therefore, speaking out in this case does not mean ignoring other forms of suffering, but rather emphasising the urgency of defending an international order which, if it collapses, leaves everyone in a more vulnerable position.

Drawing attention to this situation is, therefore, an act consistent with the universal values we uphold: the protection of life, human dignity and respect for international law, without exception.

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