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date	08/05/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the risks to human rights defenders in Colombia.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	252050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The situation facing human rights defenders in Colombia is concerning: over the past year they have faced increasing levels of threats, intimidation and killings. We regularly express our concern over this issue to the Colombian government. On 9 May the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon met with Colombian High Counsellor for Stabilisation, Emilio Archila, and directly raised the issue. Our Embassy in Bogotá funds human rights programmes that help human rights defenders, and we work closely with civil society groups to bring individual cases to the Colombian government’s attention.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/05/2019 16:09:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

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registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart on human rights abuses of workers of the Esbarbosa ESP water and other services company in Colombia.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	3813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>We will raise this case with the Colombian Embassy. Human rights continue to form an integral part of our dialogue with the Colombian government. Our Embassy in Bogota meets regularly with non-govermental organisations and trade unions and, as appropriate, raises our concerns with the Colombian government. On 5 June, our Ambassador met trade unionists who came to Colombia in a delegation lead by Justice for Colombia.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 30/06/2015 10:46:09 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

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registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason Colombia was included in his Department's Human Rights and Democracy Report 2014, as a country of concern; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	3721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Colombia was first included in the Human Rights and Democracy Report as a “Country of Concern” in 2001, primarily due to human rights abuses perpetrated by state and non-state actors involved in the ongoing internal conflict. <br><br>The Colombian government has committed to improving the human rights situation and has made some progress, for example through the creation of the National Protection Unit (NPU). However, significant challenges remain, not least in the number of threats to human rights defenders. President Santos has stated that the most effective way to improve human rights in the country is to make progress on a negotiated peace settlement and we strongly support the efforts of the negotiating team in Havana to achieve this objective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 30/06/2015 13:32:23 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens