Report to IACHR on Human Rights Violations Against Afro-Colombians During the National Strike

An update on Colombia from Charo Mina Rojas of BAP affiliate organization Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN, or Black Communities’ Process):

We would like to share the report presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) delegation by several organizations during its working visit to Colombia, to collect information on the human rights abuses by state forces during the repression of the National Strike that initiated on April, 28th, 2021. Although there have been some agreements and national and international pressure brought the Commission to Colombia, repression hasn't stopped. During the delegation, police and ESMAD the anti-riot force continued attacking the demonstrators. Yesterday two other people were killed and apparently several police injured.

The immediate step to follow up the IACHR visit is to make this report to reach the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and encourage the Commissioner to include the information in the report she has to present to the UN HR Council in the context of the Resolución A/HRC/RES/43/1 this month. We expect to count with your support.

Thank you.

You can read the report here.

Banner photo: Afro-Colombians meeting with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) delegation which arrived in Cali. Acts of gender-based violence, racism & repression by the Colombian state during the National Strike were denounced. (Proceso de Comunidades Negras - PCN, or Black Communities’ Process)