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Trade Agreement EU-Colombia, Perú, Ecuador: minimal positive impact on Human and Labour Rights, Peace and Environment in Colombia

Report elaborated by Oidhaco in collaboration with Catapa for the evaluation by the EU Commission of the Trade Agreement. Concerns have been raised by civil society organisations about the negotiation process for the Trade Agreement between the European Union, Colombia and Peru and its approval in the European Council and European Parliament. These organisations questioned

27/08/2020

Information Package – 11 Fact sheets about Human Rights and Peace in Colombia

Oidhaco elaborated 11 fact sheets about topics related to Human Rights and Peace in Colombia. In every fact sheet there is a short summary of the topic related to the situation of Human Rights and the humanitarian situation in the country. At the bottom of every document, there are concrete recommendations addressed to the European

12/03/2020

Urgent protection needed for the Living Rivers Movement (Movimiento Ríos Vivos) in Antioquia and for victims’ human rights in the area of the Hidroituango project.

On 20 April this year, 25 members of the European Parliament from three political groups and nine different countries sent a letter[1] to the Colombian authorities expressing concerns about the possible impacts of the Hidroituango hydroelectric project.

27/04/2018

Colombia: Challenges in the Relationship between Business and Human Rights

A publication by OIDHACO detailing a number of emblematic cases within the context of business and human rights. Colombia, traversed from south to north by three Andean mountain ranges, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the north, the plains to the east and the Amazon rainforest to the south,

03/11/2016

Open letter: public consultation on the revision of the “Handbook for Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment”

Call to European Commissioners for public consultation on the revision of the “Handbook for Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment” (2006) Several European and international organizations sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Mamström, and Commissioner Vice President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, calling for public consultation on the revision of the “Handbook

31/03/2015

European Union – Latin America and the Caribbean relations

European Union needs to rethink its Latin America and the Caribbean relations Over 100 organizations presented their recommendations to the European Union during the second EU-CELAC Civil Society Forum held in Brussels, organised by CONCORD and Mesa de Articulación, last March 19. See attach

19/03/2015

Oidhaco Newsletter March – April 2014

This issue includes a special focus on the peace negotiations, the situation of human rights defenders, Colombia in Europe, monitoring of the FTA and the interventions regarding Colombia in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations on March 26th.

27/05/2014

European Parliament debate regarding Trade Agreements and Human Rights

The European Parliement’s role in relation to Humain Rights in Trade and Investment Agreements On 19th March was debated the report on the European Parliament’s role in relation to human rights in trade and investment agreements.

24/04/2014

Complaint against the Spanish multinational Prosegur

On March 17, the Spanish MEP Raul Romeva i Rueda made a parliamentary question to the European Commission regarding complaints received on possible actions against trade unionists by Prosegur, a Spanish private security company. According to a complaint received by the Colombian National Union School (ENS), the Compañía Transportadora de Valores Prosegur, a Spanish multinational,

02/04/2014

Hearings IACHR extractivism and Human Rights in Latin America – specific case of mining in Colombia

Summary of the two November 2013 hearings. In a first hearing, the petitioners, who were present and had come from all over Latin America, expressed their concerns with regard to a new topic at the IACHR: the responsibility of States, including the home countries of the companies, as well as of the countries where the events

18/02/2014

The International Office for Human Rights Action on Colombia

Publications: Trade – Business and Human Rights

Trade Agreement EU-Colombia, Perú, Ecuador: minimal positive impact on Human and Labour Rights, Peace and Environment in Colombia

Information Package – 11 Fact sheets about Human Rights and Peace in Colombia

Urgent protection needed for the Living Rivers Movement (Movimiento Ríos Vivos) in Antioquia and for victims’ human rights in the area of the Hidroituango project.

Colombia: Challenges in the Relationship between Business and Human Rights

Open letter: public consultation on the revision of the “Handbook for Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment”

European Union – Latin America and the Caribbean relations

Oidhaco Newsletter March – April 2014

European Parliament debate regarding Trade Agreements and Human Rights

Complaint against the Spanish multinational Prosegur

Hearings IACHR extractivism and Human Rights in Latin America – specific case of mining in Colombia

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