Sources

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Sources

Publicly available sources in English and Spanish have been consulted across a range of types, such as:

  • international organisations: United nations organisations such as UN Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), and UN Security Council; Organisation of American States (OAS) and its Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR);

  • internationally based civil society organisations who conduct human rights monitoring with a focal point in Colombia such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International (AI), Frontline Defenders;

  • Colombian government institutions such as the Victims Unit, Ombudsperson's Office, Attorney General's Office, Ministry of Defence, Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Truth Commission;

  • local and international think tanks and analytical organisations that monitor and report on conflict, armed groups, crime, and human rights, including the situation of ethnic groups, women, and children/youth in Colombia, such as: Fundación Ideas para la Paz (FIP), Pares, Somos Defensores, Indepaz (Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz), International Crisis Group, Insight Crime, and the Washington Office of Latin America (WOLA);

  • European and other governmental publications that report on human rights in Colombia;

  • news media from both Colombian and international sources.