The International Office for Human Rights Action on Colombia

Day: 24 March 2026

European Parliament – Debate on the implementation of the EU-LAC Bi-regional Care Pact

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The debate drew on:

The CELAC-EU Civil Society Working Group, a coalition of more than 80 civil society organisations, networks and platforms from Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, of which OIDHACO is a member, aims to monitor the commitments made at official summits and in the CELAC-EU Roadmap to ensure they are fulfilled, and will pay particular attention to this Bi-regional Care Pact.

Carbon markets and human rights

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How do REDD+ project offsets affect life in local communities in Colombia?

At OIDHACO, we wish to highlight this important report produced by the Centre for Business and Human Rights on carbon markets and their relationship with human rights. This report analyses the impacts of the voluntary carbon market in Colombia, with a focus on REDD+ projects.

‘The analysis of six cases in indigenous, Afro-descendant and peasant territories reveals recurring patterns: land grabbing and territorial control, negotiations with illegitimate actors, the imposition of indicators that reduce the forest to “carbon units”, the loss of traditional practices and dependence on uncertain income. These findings are set against a backdrop of violence, extractivism and institutional capture, where green rhetoric masks the continuation of extractive logic.”

One of the report’s conclusions is that “in its current form, REDD+ has favoured market expansion over the effective reduction of emissions, concentrating benefits among developers and credit buyers whilst transferring risks and costs to communities

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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