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Created: Nov 16, 2007
Updated: Sep 09, 2009
Membership: Open
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Delegation to Colombia: Bilalateral Free Trade Agreements,:Human Rights and Military Repression
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Indigenous Lands | Women's Safety from Violence | Ethnic Equality | Militarism and Violence | Indigenous Rights | Culture and Sustainability | Global Labor | Protected Areas, Individuals, Objects and Property | Institutional Accountability | Global Governance | Restorative Justice | Human Rights Monitoring | Distributive and Economic Justice | Good Governance | Peace and Peace Building | Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants | Human Rights and Civil Liberties | Conflict Resolution | Human Rights Protection | Military Disarmament | Human Rights Education | Indigenous Peoples and Cultures | Women's Rights | Democratic Reform | Worker Rights
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Join staff from 8th Day Center for Justice as we partner with Witness for Peace and return to Colombian communities organizing to resist current military and free trade policies that will further jeopardize human rights and increase miltiary repression against Afro Colombian and indigenous communities. Delegates will meet with community leaders, displaced persons, and human rights defenders, and learn about the Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities struggle for territory, culture and environment.
Right now the U.S. government is trying to push a free trade agreement with Colombia which would further jeopardize the rights of indigenous and Afro Colombian communities. Also, since Plan Colombia began in 2000, the U.S. government has provided Colombia with over $5 billion in mostly military aid used or connected to spread the word about their situation and help call for respect for their rights.
The Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities of Colombia are hopeful that the new U.S. president Obama will continue to oppose the Bilateral Free Trade Agreement with Colombia and renegotiate a relationship wtih Colombia based on mutual respect and human rights.
Join this delegation and gain tools in which to educate and advocate to US citizens and policy makers after witnessing and learning from the Afro-Colombian and indigenous peoples of Colombia.
Please contact Erin Cox or Katie Varatta at 8th Day Center for Justice (312) 641.5151
