peace dialogues, massive protests and their criminalisation, extractive industries: oidhaco newsletter July-September 2013
autor: oidhaco
The newsletter contains the following sections:
– Peace Dialogues – A year after their announcement, the negotiations are moving forward, but with little transparency and a lack of civil society participation
– Massive social mobilisations and criminalisation of social protest
o Social demands
o The response of the Colombian State to the mobilisations
– Extractive industries and human rights
– Colombia and international human rights mechanisms: the adoption of the UPR report and concern over the Colombian government’s attitude to facing the International Criminal Court and other mechanisms
– Continued increase in killings of human rights defenders and multiple threats against them
o Threats and attacks related to mining activities
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