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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:
Illegal armed groups' territories
Date of Document:
15 March 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
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:
22 April 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Colombia 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
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: Humanitarian Situation Infogram, II Semester of 2017.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
14 September 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Political and Economic Situation. Colombia: Background and U.S. Relations.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
8 February 2019
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
21 March 2019
Title:
Colombia. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
15 April 2019
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
26 March 2019
Accessed Date:
15 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
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:
4 February 2019
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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:
Colombia: Human Rights and the Peace Agreement: Amnesty International Submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review, 30th Session of the UPR Working Group, May 2018
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 October 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia: No Peace for Human Rights Defenders
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; World Organization Against Torture
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
One year Since the Start of the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Colombia: Report of the Taula Catalana per la Pau I els Drets Humans a Colòmbia and the International Office on Human Rights – Action Colombia
Source:
Taula Catalana per la Pau i el Drets Humans a Colòmbia; International Office on Human Rights – Action Colombia (OIDHACO)
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Columbia. Chapter V - Follow-Up to Recommendations made by the IACHR in its Country or Thematic Reports. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2018.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
21 March 2019
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Self-protection Mechanisms: Colombian Rural Defenders and Communities
Date of Document:
31 August 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
The Years of Solitude Continue. Colombia: The Peace Agreement and Guarantees of Non-Repetition in Chocó.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 November 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/1
Date of Document:
26 February 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Compilation on Colombia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 March 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Colombia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 March 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
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. U.S. Visa Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
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...
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:
Republic of Colombia. Election for President of 17 June 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Colombia ‘exhausted protection measures' for former FARC guerrillas: interior minister
Date of Document:
24 January 2018
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Is the FARC Political Experiment Dead in the Water?
Date of Document:
4 September 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Date of Document:
16 October 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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:
16 August 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
The Missing Peace: Colombia's New Government and Last Guerillas. Latin America Report N°68.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
12 July 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
GameChangers 2017: Is Colombia's FARC Really Gone?
Date of Document:
16 January 2018
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Colombia.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
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:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Colombia
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
22 February 2019
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Colombia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Ninth periodic report of Colombia under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Date of Document:
4 December 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
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:
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:
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:
Children and armed conflict
Code:
A/72/865–S/2018/465
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly; Security Council.
Date of Document:
16 May 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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:
Survey on the Prevalence of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Context of the Colombian Armed Conflict (2010-2015)
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. Education Under Attack 2018.
Source:
Global Coalition to Prevent Education from Attack
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Colombia's displaced indigenous women. Forced Migration Review.
Source:
Refugee Studies Centre. University of Oxford.
Date of Document:
October 2017
Author:
Gina Escobar Cuero
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
8 March 2019
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Situation of LGBTI Human Rights in Colombia. Report submitted to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 62nd Session, September 18 to October 6 2017
Source:
Corporación Caribe Afirmativo et al.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Mapping Trans Rights in Colombia
Source:
OutRight Action International
Date of Document:
23 November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
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
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Colombia. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2019, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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's most important post-FARC drug trafficking groups
Date of Document:
8 February 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2018, Volume II: Money Laundering.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia: Tier 1. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Drug trafficking in Colombia
Date of Document:
31 March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Republique de Colombie: Situation sécuritaire. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Commissariat general aux réfugiés et aux apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 June 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Recycled Violence: Abuses by FARC Dissident Groups in Tumaco on Colombia's Pacific Coast
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 December 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. 2018 Crime and Safety Report: Cartagena.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
30 March 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
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. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
18 March 2019
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Colombia's Armed Groups Battle for the Spoils of Peace. Latin America Report N°63.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
19 October 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia: Armed Groups Oppress Riverside Communities
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 June 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
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:
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), including demobilization of former combatants; information on dissident groups, including number of combatants, areas of operation, activities...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 April 2018
Accessed Date:
27 April 2018
Title:
The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN), including number of combatants and areas of operation; activities, including ability to track victims; state response and protection available to victims (2016-April 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 April 2018
Accessed Date:
27 April 2018
Title:
The presence and activities of Los Rastrojos, including in Buenaventura; information on their relationship with the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, AGC) [also known as Gulf Clan (Clan del Golfo)...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 April 2018
Accessed Date:
27 April 2018
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:
The meaning of the word “inactivo,” which appears in the “case status” (Estado caso) field of a complaint filed through the Oral Accusatory Criminal Justice System (Sistema Penal Oral Acusatorio) of the Office of the Attorney General ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 January 2018
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
The Colombian Peace Negotiations. Observations on the Preliminary Agreement on Victims.
Source:
Lawyers Without Borders Canada
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Twenty-Fourth 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:
1 August 2018
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Colombia: Seeking justice, building peace, and the post-conflict illusion. Report of the Sixth International Caravana of Jurists 2018.
Source:
Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
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
Title:
Investigation of criminal complaints, including time limits, expiry of criminal proceedings, and archival of complaints; information on the Office of the Attorney General's database used to consult the status of a criminal complaint, including ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 May 2018
Accessed Date:
26 April 2019
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Colombia: Don't Promote Officers Linked to Killings
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 November 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
State of Privacy: Colombia
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2018. Volume II. Annual Report of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 30
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
17 March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Freedom on the Net 2018.
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Defending Journalism: How national mechanisms can protect journalists and address the issue of impunity.
Source:
International Media Support
Date of Document:
30 October 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
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:
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:
Colombia. The Indigenous World 2018.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Author:
Karen Rosemary Paz Ahumada
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
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
Title:
Colombia and Venezuela: Treatment by authorities and society of Venezuelans and Colombians with Venezuelan citizenship in Colombia, and of Colombians and Venezuelans with Colombian citizenship in Venezuela (2015-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
Accessed Date:
26 April 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
“Stuck in the Middle.” Seeking Durable Solutions in Post-Peace Agreement in Colombia.
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Land restitution in Colombia: why so few applications? Forced Migration Review.
Source:
Refugee Studies Centre. University of Oxford.
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
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
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Review of Public Communication CAN 2016-1. Report issued pursuant to the Canada‑Colombia Agreement on Labour Cooperation.
Source:
Employment and Social Development Canada
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
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 29 March 2019:
Title:
Colombia's illegal armed groups' areas of influence
Date of Document:
18 February 2018
URL:
http://colombiareports.com/mapping-colombias-illegal-armed-groups/
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
10 April 2018
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/colombia
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
2 April 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2018/279
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
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:
2 March 2018
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/A-HRC-37-3-Add_3_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. Freedom in the World 2018.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/colombia
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Columbia. Chapter V - Follow-Up on Recommendations made by the IACHR in its Country and Thematic Reports. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2016.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 22.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
15 March 2017
URL:
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2016/docs/InformeAnual2016cap.5-Colombia-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Colombia.html
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
4 April 2018
URL:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2067.htm
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Colombia
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
2 April 2018
URL:
http://www.icnl.org/research/monitor/colombia.html
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
URL:
https://www.genderindex.org/country/colombia
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:
Children and armed conflict
Code:
A/72/361–S/2017/821
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly; Security Council.
Date of Document:
24 August 2017
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/A/72/361
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2018, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2018
URL:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/278759.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia: Tier 1. Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271166.htm
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Drug trafficking in Colombia
Date of Document:
1 February 2018
URL:
https://colombiareports.com/drug-trafficking-in-colombia/
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia Corruption Report
Source:
GAN Business Anti-Corruption Portal
Date of Document:
August 2016
URL:
http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/colombia
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. 2017 Crime and Safety Report: Cartagena.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
7 April 2017
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=21611
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. 2018 Crime and Safety Report: Bogotá.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
30 January 2018
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=23318
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. Country Reports on Terrorism 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2016/272234.htm
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
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
URL:
http://www.oas.org/documents/eng/press/XXII-Informe-Semestral-MAPPOEA-eng.pdf
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
URL:
http://www.colombiancaravana.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CARAVANA-OF-JURISTS-2016-DELEGATION-REPORT-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2016. Volume II. Annual Report of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 22/17
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
15 March 2017
URL:
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/docs/reports/annual/AnnualReport2016RELE.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. Freedom on the Net 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2017/colombia
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=268968
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Colombia. The Indigenous World 2017.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/images/documents/indigenous-world/indigenous-world-2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Crisis analysis: Colombia
Date of Document:
4 April 2018
URL:
https://www.acaps.org/country/colombia/crisis-analysis
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
19 October 2017
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/E/C.12/COL/CO/6
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
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
URL:
http://www.coha.org/colombia-upcoming-landmark-negotiations-on-minga-demands/
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Concern about the murder of human rights defenders
Source:
Peace Brigades International Colombia
Date of Document:
9 May 2017
URL:
https://pbicolombia.org/2017/05/09/6519/
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
In the Shadow of 'No': Peace after Colombia's Plebiscite. Latin America Report N°60.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 January 2017
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/colombia/060-shadow-no-peace-after-colombia-s-plebiscite
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia State Ties To Paramilitary Groups Alive And Well: Report
Date of Document:
19 April 2016
URL:
http://colombiareports.com/paramilitary-links-still-present-colombia-politics-report/
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/eln-profile
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia's 2017 peace talks with ELN, Fact sheet
Date of Document:
7 April 2017
URL:
http://colombiareports.com/colombias-2017-peace-talks-eln-fact-sheet/
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia. Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
15 April 2017
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/S/2017/249
Accessed Date:
13 April 2018
Title:
Colombia's LGBT community reports increased violence and discrimination
Date of Document:
19 May 2016
URL:
http://colombiareports.com/colombias-lgbt-community-reports-increased-violence-discrimination/
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Colombia: More than 1,000 people forcibly displaced in just four days
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 January 2018
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/01/colombia-mas-de-1000-personas-sufren-desplazamiento-forzado-en-solo-cuatro-dias/
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index – Colombia
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
28 September 2016
URL:
http://ti-defence.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GI-Colombia-2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Shadow State: Surveillance, Law and Order in Colombia
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
31 August 2015
URL:
https://www.privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/ShadowState_English.pdf
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. Displacement context.
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
URL:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/countries/colombia/
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454673&pls=1
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:
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
URL:
http://www.commonfrontiers.ca/Colombia/pdfs/colombia-report_en.pdf
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:
Political and Economic Situation. Colombia: Background and U.S. Relations.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
8 February 2019
URL:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R43813.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Colombia: No Peace for Human Rights Defenders
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; World Organization Against Torture
Date of Document:
May 2018
URL:
http://www.omct.org/files/2018/05/24862/colombia_report.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/1
Date of Document:
26 February 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/1
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Compilation on Colombia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 March 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/2
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Colombia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 March 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/30/COL/3
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Republic of Colombia. Election for President of 17 June 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3063/
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
The Missing Peace: Colombia's New Government and Last Guerillas. Latin America Report N°68.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
12 July 2018
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/colombia/68-missing-peace-colombias-new-government-and-last-guerrillas
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Colombia. Education Under Attack 2018.
Source:
Global Coalition to Prevent Education from Attack
URL:
http://www.protectingeducation.org/sites/default/files/documents/eua_2018_full.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Colombia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
8 March 2019
URL:
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW/C/COL/CO/9&Lang=En
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Republique de Colombie: Situation sécuritaire. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Commissariat general aux réfugiés et aux apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 June 2018
URL:
https://www.cgra.be/sites/default/files/rapporten/coi_focus_colombie_situation_securitaire_20180607.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Recycled Violence: Abuses by FARC Dissident Groups in Tumaco on Colombia's Pacific Coast
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 December 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/12/13/recycled-violence/abuses-farc-dissident-groups-tumaco-colombias-pacific-coast
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Investigation of criminal complaints, including time limits, expiry of criminal proceedings, and archival of complaints; information on the Office of the Attorney General's database used to consult the status of a criminal complaint, including ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 May 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457465
Accessed Date:
26 April 2019
Title:
State of Privacy: Colombia
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
January 2019
URL:
https://www.privacyinternational.org/state-privacy/58/state-privacy-colombia
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Colombia and Venezuela: Treatment by authorities and society of Venezuelans and Colombians with Venezuelan citizenship in Colombia, and of Colombians and Venezuelans with Colombian citizenship in Venezuela (2015-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457649
Accessed Date:
26 April 2019
Title:
“Stuck in the Middle.” Seeking Durable Solutions in Post-Peace Agreement in Colombia.
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/sites/default/files/publications/documents/201903-colombia-cross-border-report.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
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