The year 1996 was marked by the first mass forced displacements and attacks against human rights defenders, as well as the forced disappearance of lawyers, causing high levels of fear. Continue reading 1996: Year of political instability
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1995: The Magdalena Medio region at the centre of socio-political violence
The Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (Corporación Regional para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos – CREDHOS) is one of the organisations that originally requested the presence of PBI in Colombia. Continue reading 1995: The Magdalena Medio region at the centre of socio-political violence
1994: Father Javier Giraldo shares with us about the arrival of PBI to Colombia
Father Javier Giraldo is a great human rights defender who worked with the then Inter-congregation Commission for Justice and Peace (CIJP), also supporting victim’s organizations Continue reading 1994: Father Javier Giraldo shares with us about the arrival of PBI to Colombia
Memories of PBI: 25 years of solidarity
In the months of May and June of 1992 an exploratory team from Peace Brigades International (PBI) arrived in Colombia with the task of investigating the posibility of opening a project in the country. Continue reading Memories of PBI: 25 years of solidarity
2018: integral accompaniment in time of uncertainties
Two years after the signature of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP guerrilla, a long journey has been undertaken to implement the agreed upon points. 2018 will be remembered as the year Continue reading 2018: integral accompaniment in time of uncertainties