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Amnesty International's Position on Plan Colombia
Document released in June 2000 regarding Amnesty International's position on Plan Colombia and it's impact.

 
Amnesty Report on Colombia: 2001
Extensive report on the human rights situation in Colombia.
 
Colombia Human Rights Certification II
Document published jointly by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Washington Office on Latin America in January 2001 concerning human rights in Colombia and US military aid
 
Colombiawar.org: articles
War on Drugs, civil war, U.S. policy toward Colombia in the Press and research articles, 1998-2002. News articles and analysis, articles added periodically to site.
 
Equipo Nizkor: Informes y Documentos (in Spanish)
Numerosos informes de Derechos Humanos en Colombia.
 
Human Rights Reports 1993-2002
Reports and links to a variety of useful articles on human rights and the drug wars on-line. Includes some United Nations reports, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Cambio 16 and others.
 
Human Rights Watch report : Colombia 2002 (English) (Español)
Human Rights Watch extensive 2002 report on the current human rights situation in Colombia and the role of the international community. Informe de HRW sobre los derechos humanos en Colombia durante el año 2002.
 
Human Rights Watch: The Ties that Bind
Powerful and revealing Human Rights Watch February 2000 report The Ties That Bind: Colombia and Military-Paramilitary Links.
 
Peace Brigades International Publications
Bimonthly and Quarterly reports from PBI, including in the field accounts of observers and new releases
 
US State Department: Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Annual Reports by the U.S. Department of State released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor regarding human rights practices, laws and violations in Colombia during 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
 

US Department of State Position on Plan Colombia (English) (Español)
International Information Programs web site with press releases and documents related to development, programs and aid in Colombia. Página web oficial del Departamento de Estado con comunicados de prensa y documentos relacionados con programas de ayuda y otros temas sobre Colombia.

 
US Department of State: "US needs to expand role in Colombia"
Press release of April 2002 regarding US policy in Colombia, Plan Colombia, expansion of US role, FARC, and human rights.
 

USAID outline for Development in Colombia
US Department of State's International Information Programs web site with USAID's alternative plan for development in Colombia

 
Widening US role in Colombia
An article from Colombia Report concerning the expansion of the US role in the implementation of Plan Colombia
 
Documents research in progress  
ACNUR. "La Población Desplazada por la Violencia en Bogotá. Una Responsabilidad de Todos," ACNUR, Colombia (Julio, 2003).
Available at (3-10-2006): http://www.virtual.unal.edu.co/cursos/humanas/2004945/docs_curso/descargas/6ta%20se
sion/B%e1sica/Bogot%e1%20Como%20vamos.pdf
 
Audio: "Bojayá".
Available at (3-10-2006):
http://www.virtual.unal.edu.co/cursos/humanas/2004945/docs_curso/descargas/4ta%20se
sion/Basica/Bojay%e1/Audio.zip
(zip file)
 
Comisión Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación. "Hoja de Ruta de la Comisión Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación," (1-18-2006).
Available at (3-10-2006):
http://www.indepaz.org.co/xsys/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=599&Itemid=2
 
Human Rights Watch. "Colombia: Human Rights Certification Under Public Law 108-7," (2003).
Available at (2-13-2004): http://hrw.org/backgrounder/americas/colombia-certification5.htm
 
Human Rights Watch. "Human Rights Watch World Report 2003: Americas-Colombia," Human Rights Watch, New York (February, 2003).
Available at (2-13-2004): http://hrw.org/wr2k3/americas4.html
 
"Informe de la Comisión de Observación de la Crisis Humanitaria en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta," (Noviembre 21-26, 2003).
Available at (3-10-2006): http://www.virtual.unal.edu.co/cursos/humanas/2004945/docs_curso/descargas/3ra%20se
sion/Basica/Defensoria%20Informe%20Sierra%20Nevada.pdf
 
Informe de la ONU sobre los Derechos Humanos en Colombia (2000).
Available at: http://home.swipnet.se/sinu/ONU%20INFORME.htm
 
Informe sobre violación de derechos humanos en Colombia
English: http://www.ens.org.co/txt/englishreporthr2002.doc
Español: http://www.ens.org.co/txt/infddhh2002esp.doc
 
Ministerio de Defensa Nacional. "Informe Anual de Derechos Humanos y DIH 2002 y Avances Período Presidencial 2003 del Ministerio de Defensa," (Agosto, 2003).
Available at (9-20-2004): http://www.mindefensa.gov.co/derechos_humanos/documentos/informeddhh_2002_2003.pdf
 
Red de Apoyo por la Justicia y la Paz de Venezuela; Programa venezolano de educación "Acción en Derechos Humanos" de Venezuela y la Asociación para la Promoción Social Alternativa "Minga" de Colombia. "Informe Global: el derecho a buscar y recibir refugio en la zona fronteriza colombo-venezolana."
Available at (6-18-2003): http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/venezuela/doc/refu.html
 
United Nations. "Report of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia," Geneva, Switzerland (February 24, 2003).
Available at (2-15-2006): http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/1304674285b7eb3bc1256cf5003906fb/
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U.S. Department of State. "A Report to Congress on United States Policy Towards Colombia and Other Related Issues," (February 3, 2003).
Available at: http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/rpt/17140.htm

 
USAID. "Summary of USAID's Strategy and Program in Colombia for the Period, 2006-2008," USAID, Washington, DC, USA.
Available at (4-4-2005): http://bogota.usembassy.gov/wwwfai01.pdf
 
Vicepresidencia de la República. "Los Derechos Humanos en el Departamento de Norte de Santander," Programa Presidencial de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario, Bogotá, Colombia (2003).
Available at (3-10-2006): http://www.virtual.unal.edu.co/cursos/humanas/2004945/docs_curso/descargas/5ta%20se
sion/Complementaria/separatanorte.pdf
 
Vicepresidencia de la República. "Los Derechos Humanos en el Departamento de Santander," Programa Presidencial de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Available at (3-10-2006): http://www.virtual.unal.edu.co/cursos/humanas/2004945/docs_curso/descargas/5ta%20se
sion/Complementaria/separatasantander.pdf
 
Vicepresidencia de la República. "Panorama Actual de Barrancabermeja," Fondo de Inversión para la Paz, Observatorio del Programa Presidencial de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario, Bogotá, Colombia (Diciembre, 2001).
Available at (3-10-2006):
http://www.virtual.unal.edu.co/cursos/humanas/2004945/docs_curso/descargas/5ta%20se
sion/Complementaria/barrancabermeja.pdf
 

 

 

Books and Monographs

   
Amnesty International. Colombia: Human Rights Developments; "Death Squads" on the Defensive? New York: Amnesty International USA, 1989.  
Amnesty International. Colombia. New York, N.Y: Amnesty International USA, 1988.  
Amnesty Internacional. Violación de los Derechos Humanos en Colombia: Informe de Amnistía Internacional: texto íntegro. Bogotá: Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos, 1980.  
Ceder es Más Terrible que la Muerte: 1985-1996; una Década de Violencia en el Meta. Bogotá: Abogados Demócratas; ASCODAS; Justicia y Paz, 1997.  
Comisión Andina de Juristas. Seccional Colombiana. Urabá. Bogotá: Comisión Andina de Juristas, Seccional Colombiana, 1994.  
Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos. Represión y Tortura en Colombia: Informes Internacionales y Testimonios Nacionales. Bogotá: Fondo Editorial Suramérica, 1980.  
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Republic of Colombia. Washington: Organization of American States, General Secretariat, 1981.  
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Organization of American States. Segundo informe sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Colombia. English Second report on the situation of human rights in Colombia Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Organization of American States. Washington : General Secretariat, , 1993.  
Turbay Ayala, Julio César. Respuesta del Gobierno Colombiano al Informe de Amnistía Internacional. Bogotá: Presidencia de la República, 1980.  
Valencia Villa, Alejandro, 1963-1995 Bibliografía Sobre Derechos Humanos en Colombia. Santafé de Bogotá, D.C. : Defensoría del Pueblo, 1995  

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