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COLOMBIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Title:
Colombia's illegal armed groups' areas of influence
Date of Document:
22 February 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Colombie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Title:
Resguardos y Grupos Indígenas y Títulos Afro-Colombianos
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Accessed Date:
16 April 2015
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; map; minorities; race
Title:
Colombia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Colombia 2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Colombia
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
September 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; police efficacy; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; torture; witness protection
Title:
Colombia: Population Movement - DREF Operation MDRCO011 Final Report
Source:
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Date of Document:
22 April 2016
Accessed Date:
12 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
8 March 2017
Title:
Colombia. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 April 2017
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
23 December 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Amnesty International Annual Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
12 April 2017
Title:
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
14 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
We are Defenders Programme (Programa Somos Defensores), including objectives, members and activities; treatment of members, including instances of violence
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
Accessed Date:
20 April 2017
Title:
OIDHACO expresses grave concern regarding the killing of Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders, as well as the increase in paramilitary activity.
Source:
The International Office for Human Rights Action on Colombia
Date of Document:
25 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
17 November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
List of issues in relation to the seventh periodic report of Colombia. Addendum: Replies of Colombia to the list of issues.
Code:
CCPR/C/COL/Q/7/Add.1
Date of Document:
18 August 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Annual Report 2015. Chapter V. Follow-up of Recommendations Issued by the IACHR in its Country or Thematic Reports. Follow-up Report Truth, Justice and Reparation: Fourth Report on Human Rights Situation in Colombia.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
17 March 2016
Accessed Date:
25 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Social Leaders Face a Wave of Attacks in Colombia. The Peace Accord's Credibility Hinges on Immediate Action to Stop It.
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
5 December 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Renewed Social Outcry in Colombia: La Minga, the Struggle of the Marginalized
Source:
Council for Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
10 June 2016
Author:
Juan Sebastian Chavarro; Emma Tyrou
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia: Upcoming Landmark Negotiations on Minga Demands
Source:
Council for Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
16 June 2016
Author:
Juan Sebastian Chavarro; Emma Tyrou
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Driver's licences, including format and process to obtain one; renewal process, including whether it can be done outside the country
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 April 2013
Accessed Date:
26 April 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Title III, Chapters 1-4 of the Constitution of Colombia, 1991
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 April 2014
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; indigenous groups; legislation; nationality
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Colombia
Source:
EUDO Citizenship Observatory
Date of Document:
May 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; nationality
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a biometric passport from within Colombia and abroad, including requirements and procedures to replace a lost or stolen passport and to renew an expired passport; appearance and security features of the passport...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
Accessed Date:
28 April 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining a medical report within Colombia as well as from abroad; whether medical reports can be obtained through a proxy; if so, requirements and procedures; whether there is a national standard format for medical...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 January 2012
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; medical records
Title:
Colombia Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures for a person born in another country to Colombian parents to acquire citizenship; requirements and procedures for the spouse and child of a citizen to obtain permanent residency; rights and social benefits available t...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 July 2014
Accessed Date:
20 April 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; legislation; nationality
Title:
V. Colombia. Born in the Americas: The Promise and Practice of Nationality Laws in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.
Source:
Open Society Foundations. Open Society Justice Initiative.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
In the Shadow of 'No': Peace after Colombia's Plebiscite. Latin America & Caribbean Report Nº60.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Activities of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), including information on criminal activities, and particularly in Bogotá and Cali; state response, including new strategies (2012-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 April 2016
Accessed Date:
28 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces; political organizations
Title:
Colombia State Ties To Paramilitary Groups Alive And Well: Report
Date of Document:
19 April 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
7 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia's 2017 peace talks with ELN, Fact sheet
Date of Document:
7 April 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Republic of Colombia. Election for President (President) of June 15 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
17 April 2015
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Colombia Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
20 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; transport infrastructure
Title:
Key Changes to the New Peace Accord
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
15 November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia 2012-2016 peace talks, Fact Sheet
Date of Document:
25 September 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
The Conservative Party of Colombia (Partido Conservador Colombiano, PCC), including mandate and platform; activities of the PCC in Santiago de Cali related to social programs funded or run by the PCC for former members of the guerrilla and th...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 April 2014
Accessed Date:
20 April 2015
Keywords:
conflict; election; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; political activities; political organizations; religion; social services
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Colombia
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
10 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia congress approves amnesty measure
Date of Document:
29 December 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
FARC Unity Shatters in Colombia
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
CFR Backgrounders. Colombia's Civil Conflict.
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Author:
Danielle Renwick et al.
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Colombia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
17 April 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Colombia. Addendum: Information provided by Colombia in follow-up to the concluding observations
Code:
CEDAW/C/COL/CO/7-8/Add. 1
Date of Document:
1 June 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Access to justice for women victims of sexual violence. Sixth Monitoring Report on Auto 092 of 2008 and the First Monitoring Report on Auto 009 of 2015 of the Constitutional Court - Confidential Annexes.
Source:
The Working Group to monitor compliance with Constitutional Court Auto 092 and 009 and its Confidential Annexes
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Safe Haven: Sheltering Displaced Persons from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Source:
Human Rights Center. University of California.
Date of Document:
May 2013
Author:
Sara Feldman et al.
Accessed Date:
14 April 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legislation; military service; minorities; police efficacy; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Gender and the role of women in Colombia's Peace Process
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
4 March 2016
Author:
Virginia M. Bouvier
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Colombia (September 2011-June 2016)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
4 October 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
A Battle Not Yet Over: Displacement and Women's Needs in Post-Peace Agreement Colombia
Source:
Refugees International
Date of Document:
December 2016
Author:
Francisca Vigaud-Walsh
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
The Silences of Sexual Violence: Commission Faces Truth Deficits in Colombia
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
12 November 2015
Author:
Miguel Salazar; Mariana Araujo Herrera
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; indigenous groups; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; minorities; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Colombia. Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
20 April 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Colombia.
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
6 March 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; gangs; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture; witness protection
Title:
Forced Displacement and Gender-based Sexual Violence. Buenaventura, Colombia: Brutal Realities.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
September 2014
Accessed Date:
17 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police efficacy; race; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation; state protection and support services available to victims in Bogotá, Santiago de Cali, and Medellín (2014-April 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 April 2017
Accessed Date:
26 May 2017
Title:
Colombia: Constitutional Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 April 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia – SOGI Legislation Country Report Produced: March 2013
Source:
University of Toronto. Faculty of Law.
Date of Document:
March 2013
Accessed Date:
14 April 2014
Keywords:
children; family law; legislation; marriage; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Colombia: Treatment of sexual minorities; availability of state protection and support services (2012-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 June 2015
Accessed Date:
20 July 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; corruption; country overview; crime; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Colombia LGBTI: Landscape Analysis of Political, Economic & Social Conditions
Source:
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Author:
Cindy Bello et al.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; crime; extralegal executions/killings; family law; indigenous groups; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Colombia's LGBT community reports increased violence and discrimination
Date of Document:
19 May 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Mapping Trans Rights in Colombia
Source:
OutRight Action International
Date of Document:
23 November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Colombia. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Paramilitary successor groups and criminal bands (bandas criminales, BACRIM), areas of operation and criminal activities, including the Clan del Golfo (also known as Urabeños or Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia); state response ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 April 2017
Accessed Date:
26 May 2017
Title:
State protection programs for victims and witnesses of crimes; requirements to access the programs; statistics on the number of applications for relocation that are granted and refused; duration and effectiveness of these programs (2012-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 April 2016
Accessed Date:
22 April 2016
Keywords:
crime; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; witness protection
Title:
Colombia: New Killings, Disappearances in Pacific Port
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 March 2015
Accessed Date:
17 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; warrants
Title:
Colombia. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Colombia (Tier 1). 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Still No Peace in Columbia. Game Changers: Tracking the Evolution of Organized Crime in the Americas, 2016.
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
The Crisis in Buenaventura: Disappearances, Dismemberment, and Displacement in Colombia's Main Pacific Port
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
14 April 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gangs; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; minorities; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; race; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; witness protection
Title:
Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index – Colombia
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
28 September 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia: The Black Eagles (Águilas Negras), including areas of operation and criminal activities; whether the Black Eagles seek out individuals within Colombia and abroad; state protection available (2014-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 July 2015
Accessed Date:
14 July 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Organizational structure of the Black Eagles (Águilas Negras), including whether the group operates under a unified command and the nature of cooperation among different Black Eagles groups across the country; activities in 2015; relationship to th...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 May 2016
Accessed Date:
20 April 2017
Title:
Colombia Corruption Report
Source:
GAN Business Anti-Corruption Portal
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia's illegal armed groups' areas of influence
Date of Document:
22 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Organized Crime and Illegally Mined Gold in Latin America
Source:
The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
April 2016
Page Numbers:
10-12, 19-20, 31-35
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
The Urabeños (also known as Clan Úsuga or Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia), including areas of operation, especially in Buenaventura, criminal activities, and state response; whether the Urabeños seek out individuals, particularl...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 March 2015
Accessed Date:
28 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gangs; gender equality; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; race; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Colombia. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report: Bogota.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
31 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
The Changing Face of Colombian Organized Crime
Source:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date of Document:
September 2014
Accessed Date:
17 April 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; organized crime; police efficacy; political activities; political organizations; trafficking in persons
Title:
Explainer: After the FARC, Colombia Still Has to Face Bacrim
Source:
Americas Society / Council of the Americas
Date of Document:
6 January 2016
Author:
Pablo Medina Uribe
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; drug trafficking; gangs; political activities; statistics
Title:
Colombia Elites and Organized Crime
Source:
InSight Crime; International Development Research Centre
Date of Document:
9 August 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
What it means to be a 'military objective' (objetivo militar), including who executes these threats and methods of issuing them; whether there is an internal flight alternative for someone who has been issued a threat; state response
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 April 2015
Accessed Date:
28 April 2015
Title:
Military service, including recruitment age, length of service, reasons for exemption and the possibility of performing a replacement service (2006-July 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 August 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
children; legislation; military service; police/security forces
Title:
The military service card, including whether it indicates where the person was stationed and the unit in which they served; the significance of the reserve classes; whether the military service card differs depending on soldier rank (2006-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 August 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
identity documents; legislation; military service; police/security forces
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Colombia. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
The Colombian Peace Negotiations. Observations on the Preliminary Agreement on Victims.
Source:
Lawyers Without Borders Canada
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Twenty-Second Report of the Secretary General to the Permanent Council on the Organization of American States Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS)
Source:
Organization of American States. Permanent Council.
Date of Document:
29 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
The search for Peace with justice and human rights in Colombia. Report of the Fifth International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia.
Source:
Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to submit a complaint to the police, the Fiscalía General de la Nación, and the Defensoría del Pueblo, including types of complaints; standardization and appearance of documents; requirements and procedures ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 May 2017
Accessed Date:
26 May 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Colombia Police Purges Force in Anti-Corruption Push
Date of Document:
13 May 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia: Prosecution of False Positive Cases under the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 March 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Shadow State: Surveillance, Law and Order in Colombia
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
31 August 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
conflict; disappeared persons; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Colombia. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2015. Volume II. Annual Report of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 48/15
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
31 December 2015
Accessed Date:
27 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Freedom on the Net 2016.
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Situation and treatment of Afro-Colombians in Medellín, Bogotá, and Cali; legal recourse and support services (2012-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 April 2015
Accessed Date:
28 April 2015
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; minorities; race
Title:
Colombia. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015: Events of 2014.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
2 July 2015
Author:
Carolyn Stephens; Alfredo Gutierrez Carrizo
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; human rights activists; indigenous groups; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; social services; statistics
Title:
Colombia. The Indigenous World 2016.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia: Restoring the land, securing the peace: Indigenous and Afro-descendant territorial rights
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 November 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; statistics
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fifteenth and sixteenth periodic reports of Colombia. Addendum: Information received from Colombia on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CERD/C/COL/CO/15-16/Add.1
Date of Document:
31 October 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Colombia
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
February 2016
Author:
Ana Cecilia Betancur; William Villa
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Global Overview 2015: People internally displaced by conflict and violence - Protracted displacement in Colombia
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
6 May 2015
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), including relocation options available to IDPs; whether IDPs are issued documents that indicate their status, including requirements and procedures to obtain copies of these documents (2012-June 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 July 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; nationality; police efficacy; political opposition; social services; statistics
Title:
Whether Colombian citizens are required to have their passports stamped upon exit from and entry into Colombia; if so, whether this procedure is applied uniformly at all immigration posts
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 February 2012
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Displacement Rising as Colombia's Conflict Moves into New Phase
Date of Document:
13 June 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Explainer: The Colombia-Venezuela Border Conflict
Source:
Americas Society / Council of the Americas
Date of Document:
10 September 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; legal system; nationality
Title:
Still Living on the Edge: Colombian Refugees in Panama and Ecuador
Source:
Refugee Council USA
Accessed Date:
14 April 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; nationality; statistics
Title:
The Risk of Returning Home: Violence and Threats Against Displaced People Reclaiming Land in Colombia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
September 2013
Accessed Date:
14 April 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gangs; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; minorities; organized crime; police efficacy; race; sexual violence; statistics; torture; witness protection
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Colombia. The 2016 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Labour Rights in Colombia: A History of Violence. Colombia in the Shadow of Human Rights Abuses.
Source:
Colombia Working Group
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; election; extralegal executions/killings; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; map; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; race; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. Public Report of Review of U.S. Submission 2016-02 (Colombia).
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 28 April 2017:
Title:
Paramilitary successor groups and new criminal bands (bandas criminales, BACRIM), including areas of operation and criminal activities; state response to successor groups and BACRIM, including reintegration of combatants and assistance offered (Apri...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 June 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456571
Accessed Date:
20 April 2017
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation; state protection and support services available to victims in Bogotá, Santiago de Cali, and Medellín (2014-April 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 April 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457017
Accessed Date:
26 May 2017
Title:
Paramilitary successor groups and criminal bands (bandas criminales, BACRIM), areas of operation and criminal activities, including the Clan del Golfo (also known as Urabeños or Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia); state response ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 April 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457016
Accessed Date:
26 May 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to submit a complaint to the police, the Fiscalía General de la Nación, and the Defensoría del Pueblo, including types of complaints; standardization and appearance of documents; requirements and procedures ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 May 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457050
Accessed Date:
26 May 2017
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