Despite this bleak panorama, we observe a lot of different and inspiring examples of civil resistance in Colombia, where communities have developed innovative strategies to protect their land and their way of life. Continue reading Resistance
Tag Archives: landcultureandconflict
Defending the land: a dangerous activity
Land rights defenders are “those individuals, groups or institutions who seek to promote and protect land-related human rights, in particular through peacefully confronting adverse impacts of investment projects. Continue reading Defending the land: a dangerous activity
Land: accumulated and badly used
Land in Colombia is concentrated in the hands of a few, and the recent evidence from Oxfam International shows that this tendency is on the increase.[1] Continue reading Land: accumulated and badly used
The dark history of stolen land
Throughout over fifty years of armed conflict and many other social, political and cultural conflicts, internal displacement continues to be a systematic violation of human rights in the Colombian context. Continue reading The dark history of stolen land
Land and peace
Since the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Government and the Farc in September 2016, expectations have been high for rural reform and new policies on land distribution, as some of the historic causes of the conflict have been promised to be addressed. Continue reading Land and peace