Intervention on behalf of FORPP and Conpazcol at the UN round table with the Netherlands, Costa Rica, the Philippines and Sierra Leone en español TODAY COLOMBIA IS IN A PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION AND TOTAL PEACE THANKS TO CIVIL RESISTANCE, PROTECTION, SELF-PROTECTION...
Human Rights, Impunity and Justice
Intervención por Enrique Chimonja Coy
Intervención a nombre de FORPP y Conpazcol en la mesa redonda con misiones permanentes de Países Bajos, Costa Rica, Filipinas y Sierra Leona, ante ONU. in english COLOMBIA, EN PROCESO DE RECONCILIACIÓN Y DE PAZ TOTAL, GRACIAS AL...
The Casa Madre: weaving a safety net and sowing peace
You may have heard us talking about the Casa Madre (in English, The Mother House), a gathering space for collective reflection and peacebuilding in Blanquita-Murrí. You may be wondering how we got here, what we are doing in Blanquita-Murrí, and why are we here. Our...
Palestina, Huila: 40 years searching for the disappeared
August 30, 2023. We find ourselves standing at the entrance to Palestina, Huila – a tiny municipality found in the south of Colombia and nestled amongst the Macizo Colombiano, an extensive geographic region from which many of Colombia’s most important rivers and...
Commemorating the Past
On July 8th, FORPP accompanied the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó in the commemoration of a massacre that occurred twenty-three years ago. The massacre, perpetrated by paramilitaries in the settlement of La Unión, occurred despite the presence of state...
Celebrating 26 Years of Resistance: The Peace Community’s Struggle to Protect Water and Land
On March 22, 2023, while the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó was preparing to go to the river under intense heat, a member of Community reflected: "Without water, we are nothing." He continued: "We need to plant more naceros (plants that help prevent...
2022 Year in Review
Despite escalating conflict in 2022, leading to the murders of 189 human rights defenders (registering 18 more than the year before), we can look back on a challenging but successful year for FOR Peace Presence. Do you want to know more about our work over the past...
Colombia’s Truth Commission delivers Final Report
Colombia’s Truth Commission has presented its final report on the country’s long-running civil conflict, announcing that at least 450,664 people were killed over nearly six decades of fighting. The commission was set up as part of the 2016 peace deal between the...