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947083

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the killing of nine human rights defenders in Colombia in the first week of July.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL9773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>​We are concerned about reports of violence against human rights defenders and social activists in Colombia. Illegal armed groups are responsible for the majority of these attacks. In response, I welcome the recent commitment by both President Santos and President-elect Duque to new special protective measures for social leaders, especially in rural areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2018 15:18:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

947084

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage the government of Colombia to invite the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to visit Colombia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL9774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The UK encouraged the Colombian Government to invite the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in our submission to Colombia's Universal Periodic Review in May of this year. The British Ambassador in Bogota has also raised with the incoming Foreign Minister.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2018 15:18:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

947085

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: Internally Displaced People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their assessment that Colombia has the highest number of internally displaced persons in the world; and why, at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, they did not include Colombia in the references made to countries where there are large numbers of internally displaced persons.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL9775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>Colombia's 52 year conflict has claimed over 8 million victims including more than 7 million displaced persons. In recent years, only the conflict in Syria has seen a larger number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) caused by internal conflict.</p><p>Speaking times at the Human Rights Council are limited, so it is impossible to cover every country of concern in the UK intervention. On this occasion, the UK chose to prioritise raising Iraq, Syria, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the situation for IDPs had deteriorated significantly during recent months.</p><p>Concerns about major displacements in Colombia were also included the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's 2017 Human Rights report, published on 16 July.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2018 15:19:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

947086

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking following the declaration by the paramilitary group Aguilas Negras that the non-governmental organisations Sisma Mujer and Somos Defensores are regarded as military targets, given that those two NGOs are in receipt of funds from the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL9776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of the list of 'military targets' announced by the group that calls itself the Aguilas Negras, or 'Black Eagles'. As well as NGOs, the list also includes prominent politicians, journalists and other human rights defenders. The British Embassy in Bogota has publicly denounced these threats.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2018 15:19:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

947087

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Colombia about the humanitarian crisis in Chocó, specifically in relation to the reports of sexual violence being used by armed actors.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL9777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bogota has raised the situation in Choco with the Colombian authorities.</p><p>In September 2017, members of our Embassy in Bogota accompanied a UK delegation including the honourable Lady, on a visit to Choco, organised by the NGO ABColombia. Since then, Embassy staff have visited the region twice.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office worked closely with NGOs in preparation for Colombia's Universal Periodic Review at Geneva in May, raising concerns about violence against human rights defenders and conflict related sexual violence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2018 15:19:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

916558

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
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	Armed Conflict: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to table a resolution at the UN Security Council during the UK's presidency in August on the subject of the protection of interpreters and translators working in conflict zones.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL8264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has no plans to table a resolution on this subject.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/06/2018 13:07:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

910405

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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: Dams
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Colombia about the flooding of the Hidroituango hydro-electric dam scheduled for 1 July, given its possible impact on access to evidence by family members of victims of war crimes who may be buried in the area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL8163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is aware of reports of blockages to the flow of the Cauca River caused by landslides in the area of the Hidroituango dam project. Details are unclear, but it is up to the Colombian authorities to decide how to respond to the risk of flooding in affected areas. The British Embassy in Bogota is monitoring the situation closely.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:30:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

910406

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, or are planning to make, to the government of Colombia regarding the recent killings of two environmental human rights defenders from the Rios Vivos non-governmental organisation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL8164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>We condemn the killings of Luis Alberto Torres Montoya and his brother Duvián Andrés Correa Sánchez on 8 May. Both were active members of the Antioquia Ríos Vivos organisation which champions the rights of local communities.</p><p>Through our advocacy and project work the UK has supported the work of human rights defenders in Colombia. The British Ambassador in Bogota raised our concern about levels of violence against human rights defenders most recently with the Colombian Defence Minister on 11 May. We also raised these concerns during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Colombia's human rights on 10 May in Geneva. During the review, Colombia also accepted UK recommendations to improve protective measures for human rights defenders.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:31:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

868208

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on human rights and the Peace Accord of the delay in accrediting a new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL6480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We welcome the appointment of Mr Alberto Brunori, who was announced as the new representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia on 21 March. We also thank the departing representative, Mr Todd Howland, for his leadership of the UN Office for Human Rights in Colombia since 2012, which has played a vital role in supporting all those working to improve human rights in the country.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/04/2018 14:04:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

802501

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they were represented at the 6th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, held in Geneva in November; and if so, by whom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL3963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government was represented at the 6th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva on 27-29 November by officials from the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Trade.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 13:36:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins