Fundación Paz y Reconciliación (Pares) is an NGO that works to promote peace, reconciliation, and democracy in Colombia
Since the signing of a peace deal ending the country’s armed conflict in November 2016, more than 80 Colombian human rights defenders have been killed, several of whom have been involved in implementing the peace process. According to a recent report on human rights, most of the victims were “indigenous rights activists, rural community representatives,…
In Spanish: http://blog-redlad.blogspot.com.co/2017/10/alerta-la-paz-en-colombia-debe-proteger.html With the purpose of giving compliance to the fourth chapter of the Final Agreement for the termination of the conflict and the construction of a stable and lasting peace, the peasants, mostly Afro and indigenous of Tumaco, a town in the department of Nariño, to the south of Colombia, held a peaceful…
Gina is co-founder and Executive Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy (REDLAD). She also serves as an independent consultant for international and local organizations working on civic participation, political affairs, and youth and gender issues. Romero has an accomplished career as a democracy activist and has administered dozens of projects on…