Reports on Colombia and U.S. Policy
Booklet: What’s Land Got to Do with it?
Colombia: Answers to the questions you’ve always wanted to ask. 36 pages, 2011.
Military Aid and Human Rights: Colombia, U.S. Accountability and Global Implications
U.S. military aid flowing to Colombia is having a direct, negative effect on the human rights of Colombians. Though the “Leahy Law” prohibits aid to military units that have committed gross violations, the United States continues to support such units in Colombia. Worse, areas where Colombian army units received the largest increases in U.S. assistance reported increased extrajudicial killings on average. Published July 2010
“I Will Never Be Silenced”: Voices from Colombian Women
FOR and the American Friends Service Committee have released a report documenting the first-person experiences of women peace activists in Colombia. “I Will Never Be Silenced: Testimonies of Hope from Colombian Woman” highlights the words and work of 17 women from throughout Colombia — rural and urban, old and young, Afro-Colombian, indigenous and mestizo, artists, religious, political, feminists. These women have tirelessly and fearlessly worked to create peace and justice. Published 2007.
FOR-Amnesty International Report:
Call to Investigate US Military Policy in Colombia
A Call to Investigate US Military Policy
FOR and Amnesty International-USA have produced a report (download it here) on extrajudicial killings committed by Colombian army brigades financed by the United States, product of research by both organizations. The report reviews US law regulating military assistance, includes extensive data on US-trained army units, violations, maps, analyzes the extent of army killings in areas of US-supported brigades, and includes recommendations to US policy makers. May 2008
