The RRW is a funding mechanism of the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)that supports urgent, short-term, strategic initiatives led by women peacebuilders and women’s civilsociety organizations, to increase women’s participation and influence in formal peace processes and theimplementation of international, national or sub-national peace agreements.
On Saturday 18 April 1998, Eduardo Umaña Mendoza was murdered. twenty-eight years on, Colombia remains one of the most dangerous countries for human rights defenders. Why? What can be done? We will attempt to answer these questions by:
We would like to thank MEP Rima Hassan and Cristina Guarda for raising the issue of the risk that EU trade and supply chains linked to Colombia may be connected to human rights violations. Here is the full text of the question submitted on 17 March, which can be found on the European Parliament’s website at this
We would like to thank MEP Jaume Asens for raising the issue of the importance of strengthening the national safeguards mechanism for human rights defenders in Colombia. It is a vital channel of communication between human rights organisations and the Colombian state. Here is the full text of the question submitted on 24 February, which
Brussels 07/05/2025 – Oidhaco condemns the assassination of Walberto Quintero Medina, trade union leader of Sinaltrainal and vice-president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia CUT. We would like to echo the communiqués made by Solsoc and Soldepaz Pachakuti, member organisations of the Oidhaco network, as well as the Nodo Caribe de la Plataforma
We strongly condemn the wave of violence that overtook the port city of Buenaventura on the weekend of March 29. Five youths were killed in a series of settling of accounts perpetrated by the urban illegal groups, the Shottas and Espartanos. Since the start of 2025, 50 persons have been murdered, many of them youth.
More than 570 other organisations, are joining forces to denounce attacks on European civil society organisations by certain Members of the European Parliament and call all democratic forces to counter this narrative. European civil society organisations (CSOs) are currently facing an unprecedented attack coming from certain Members of the European Parliament. The attack, spearheaded by
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.