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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-27more like thismore than 2014-11-27
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Colombia more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the government of Colombia's land restitution process. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Kennedy of Southwark more like this
uin HL3241 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-12-10more like thismore than 2014-12-10
answer text Whilst security for claimants and those returning to their land is a key concern, our 2013 Human Rights Report (released on 10 April 2014) notes that some progress has been made on the issue of land restitution. Since January 2012 there have been 64,815 registered land restitution claims. In his recent meeting with President Santos on 7 November, the Deputy Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam (Mr Clegg), welcomed the Colombian government’s efforts to improve respect for human rights in Colombia, including through its land restitution and victims reparations processes. Our Embassy in Bogota runs several human rights projects to help improve Colombia’s land registry process, increase access to protection measures and raise awareness of the UN guiding principles on business and human rights. Officials from our Embassy also meet regularly with indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and we also funded a project aimed at developing the role of organisations in protecting communities’ rights to the territories. We are following closely several emblematic land restitution cases; our Ambassador raised the cases of the Curvaradó and Jiguamandó communities with the Ministry of the Interior in July and acts as an observer on the case.
answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-12-10T14:08:23.993Zmore like thismore than 2014-12-10T14:08:23.993Z
answering member
3474
label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
tabling member
4153
label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark more like this