Colombia resource page

Links to resources on Colombia within the PfL site and around the Web

International opinion tribunals:

• Brussels Declaration Concerning Human Rights Violations in Colombia – 2008 September 15-17
  • Printable versions (.pdf): English | Spanish
• Dictámen Final Audiencia Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos (Verdict of the Permanent People’s Tribunal Final Session on Colombia) – 2008 July 21-23
• Veredicto Tribunal de Opinión sobre Desaparición Forzada en Colombia (Verdict of the International Tribunal of Opinion on Forced Disappearance: A Crime of State) – 2008 April 24-26
• Verdict of the International Tribunal on Forced Displacement in Colombia – 2007 November 21-23
• Verdict of the International Tribunal Against Impunity: The Cases of Ciudad Bolívar and Cazucá – 2006 November 24-25
  • Spanish version

Analysis/Commentary:

• Displacement, Disappearances and Extrajudicial Executions Increase Under Uribe – Garry Leech, Colombia Journal, 6 October 2008
• Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal In Colombia: Corporations With A License To Kill – Dawn Paley, Upside Down World, 07 August 2008
• U.S. Military Looks to Colombia to Replace Base in Ecuador – Teo Ballvé, North American Congress on Latin America [NACLA], June 6, 2008
• Blood on Britain’s hands – Jeremy Dear, Red Pepper, June/July 2008 issue
• Distorted Perceptions of Colombia’s Conflict – Garry Leech, Colombia Journal, June 2008
• US Military Doctrine and Colombia’s War of Terror – Doug Stokes, Colombia Solidarity Campaign Bulletin, Issue 9, Jan–Mar 2003

Video:

• Empire in the Andes, the war against the poor – 50-minute film about Colombia (human rights, the armed conflict, Plan Colombia, US intervention and military aid, the war on drugs, the war on terror, FTAA, etc.); produced by Barricade Films, 2 March 2007

Web sites:

• Justice for Colombia (JFC) – a British NGO of trade unionists that campaigns for human rights, workers’ rights and the search for peace with social justice in Colombia; produces a wide range of materials on Colombia (campaign leaflets/posters, bulletins, special reports, photo gallery, film, magazine, etc.)
• Colombia Journal – provides information and analysis on US foreign policy in Colombia through investigative reports based on field research conducted in Colombia and editorial analysis from a variety of perspectives on the left as an alternative to the mainstream corporate media
• Colombia: Uncovering the hidden story – campaign materials and other resources on Colombia, maintained by KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
• International Crisis Group - Latin America and Caribbean Program: Colombia – the Crisis Group runs a Bogotá office from where it supports efforts for a negotiated solution to the internal conflict, focusing on identifying strategies to strengthen democratic governance and reduce social inequalities, to resume peace talks, further reduce the level of violence and eliminate the spill-over of the conflict into bordering states. The Crisis Group has produced in-depth reports on Colombia since 2002.