Colombia Campaigns
Colombia: LRWC and L4L Call on the Government of Colombia to Stop the Continuing Persecution and Harassment of Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) Lawyers | Letter
23/03/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC and L4L again call on the Government of Colombia to stop the continuing persecution and harassment of Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) lawyers by state agents. Most recently cited is illegal surveillance of CAJAR lawyer Reinaldo Villalba by the Criminal … [Read more...]
Colombia: The Search for Real Justice Continues – Preliminary Report of the IV International Caravan of Jurists to Columbia
15/01/2015
Full PDF Version The International Caravan of Jurists (the “Caravana”) made its fourth biennial visit to Colombia from 23rd to 31st August 2014. Sixty-eight members from 12 countries, including judges, barristers, solicitors, legal academics and law students, visited eight cities in seven … [Read more...]
Columbia: Legitimacy of David Ravelo Crespo’s Conviction Questioned | Joint Statement
31/10/2014
Full PDF Version (Spanish) | Full PDF Version (English) LRWC joined twenty-six NGOs to publish a statement to the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia, expressing international concern about the conviction of David Ravelo Crespo for aggravated murder and calling on the Court to carefully … [Read more...]
Colombia: International Caravana of Lawyers and Jurists to Colombia 2014: Without Lawyers, There Is No Justice | Report
29/09/2014
Full PDF Version International Caravana of Lawyers and Jurists to Colombia 2014: Sin Abogados no hay Justicia (Without Lawyers, there is no Justice) by Heather Neun BA (BC) 1984, MPhil (Development Studies, UK) 1987, JD (BC) 1997 Member of Law Society of British … [Read more...]
Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Access to Justice and Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Oral Intervention by LRWC to the UN Human Rights Council
23/09/2014
Full PDF Version Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Access to Justice and Protection of Human Rights Defenders, oral intervention by LRWC to the UN Human Rights Council on 17 September 2014, presented by Catherine Morris. The video of Catherine Morris presenting this statement during the Panel … [Read more...]
Colombia: Safety of Lawyer Arturo Portilla Lizarazo | Letter
08/09/2014
Full PDF Version (English) Monday, September 8, 2014 Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No.7-26 Bogotá, Colombia Fax: 011 57 1 596 0631 Dear President Santos; Re: Safety of lawyer Arturo Portilla Lizarazo I am writing on behalf of the … [Read more...]
Failure to Prevent and Punish Murder of Lawyers in Colombia, Joint Statement of LRWC and L4L Delivered by L4L Executive Director Adrie van de Streek to the HRC | Video
18/06/2014
13 June - Failure to prevent and punish Murder of Lawyers in Colombia, Joint statement of LRWC and L4L delivered by L4L Executive Director Adrie van de Streek to the HRC during the clustered dialogue following presentation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial and summary … [Read more...]
Colombia: Failure to Fulfill Duties in Response to Attacks on Lawyers | Report
27/05/2014
Full PDF Version Official UN Version Colombia: Failure to fulfill duties in response to attacks on lawyers LRWC calls on the Human Rights Council to fulfill its duty to promote and protect the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms in Colombia by calling on Colombia to act … [Read more...]
Colombia: Paramilitaries Threaten Trade Unionists and Human Rights Defenders | Letter
27/08/2013
Full PDF Version August 23, 2013 President Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No.7-26 Bogotá, Colombia Fax: 011 57 1 596 0631 & Mail Rafael Pardo Rueda Minister of Labor Calle 14 No. 99-33 Bogotá, Colombia Dear President Santos and … [Read more...]
Corporations and Human Rights: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council | Statement
31/05/2013
UN Webcast (see 55 at 02:42:02) | PDF version Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Friday 31 May 2013 Re: Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Oral Statement to … [Read more...]
