Colombia
Program
Active since 2003.
Projects in progress Projects in progress
3– Justice, Gender and Peace in Colombia – GENPAZ (2023-2025)
– Strengthening capacities to combat human trafficking – FINTRATA (2022-2026)
– Access to justice, transitional justice and women (2021-2024)
Partners Partners
11– Caribe Afirmativo
– Corporación Guassimi
– Corporación Justicia y Dignidad
– Corporación Humanas
– Generación V+
– Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz
– Red de Mujeres Comunales de Cali
– Unidad Indígena del Pueblo Awá (UNIPA)
Lawyers Without Borders Canada has been operating in Colombia since 2003 and has had a permanent presence since 2011. Its team operates from its office in Bogotá.
“There is no other organization that is this committed to women, that comes to our villages to tell us, ‘You have the right to speak, to express yourself, there are people, institutions, that must hear you’.”
- Beneficiary of the Transitional Justice and Women project
Projects
From 2003 to present.
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In progress
Justice, Gender and Peacebuilding - GENPAZ
Funded by Global Affairs Canada
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In progress
Strengthening capacities to combat human trafficking – FINTRATA
Funded by Global Affairs Canada
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In progress
Access to justice, transitional justice and women
Funded by the ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie
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En cours
Volunteer Cooperation Program
Mainly funded by the Quebec Bar
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2021-2022
Capacity-Building of Institutional Actors Involved in the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons (No to Trafficking)
Financé par Affaires mondiales Canada
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2021-2022
Maintaining Access to Justice for Women Victims of Gender-Based Violence in the Context of the COVID Pandemic
Funded by the ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie
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2017-2022
Transitional Justice for Women
Financé par Affaires mondiales Canada
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2018-2020
Access to Transitional Justice and Reintegration of Demobilized Women
Funded by the ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie
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2010-2016
Promote the Full Implementation of the Principles of the Rome Statute
Funded by the European Commission
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2008-2013
Access to Justice for Indigenous Communities and Other Victims of the Conflict
Financé par Affaires mondiales Canada
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2003-2005
Solidarity and defense of the defense lawyers
Funded by Global Affairs Canada
Results
Advances that have been made in the Colombia program.
RETEJIENDO SABERES: Women as Protagonists in the Mechanisms of Transitional Justice and Peace building in Colombia
News
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The Inter-American Forum Closes with the Signing of a Declaration to Strenghten Coordination and Collaboration to Fight Trafficking in Persons in the Americas
News Press releases
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Publications
Legal legacies on critical issues addressed in the Colombia program.
The Principle of Complementarity in the Rome Statute and the Colombian Situation: A Case that Demands More than a “Positive” Approach
Publications
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The Colombian Peace Negociations- Observations on the Preliminary Agreement on Victims
Publications
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Acting
in Colombia
Together, let’s fight human trafficking and facilitate the transitional justice process in Colombia.