Leading Organizations

It contributes to the construction of a sustainable culture of peace through an approach of rights and gender equality. Their work is based on three main principles: transformation of the belief system that legitimizes the use of violence; citizen education and participation; and a differential approach that incorporates ethnicity, territory and gender.

Participates in debates about law, institutions, and public policy. It is based on research and activism to promote social inclusion, democracy, and human rights in Colombia, Latin America, and the Global South.

An initiative that includes social and academic organizations from different regions of the country. It was formed in 2013 with the purpose of promoting greater levels of transparency and access to public information in the extractive sector (oil, mining and gas) in Colombia.

A group of diverse organizations united to strengthen social, community, and business initiatives to build a peaceful society.

It is an independent organization based in Bogota, with consultative status in the United Nations. It is a subsidiary of the International Commission of Jurists (Geneva), and the Andean Commission of Jurists (Lima).

Its objective is the study and improvement of Colombian procedural law, through academic activities such as seminars and investigations. In addition to their academic work, the institute serves to bring accountability to the decisions of the Constitutional Court in matters of procedural law.

Its objective is establishing a network of national and international experts that contribute to the improvement of the contractual activity of the Colombian State through the publication of academic articles that analyze good practices, public policies, and current legislation.

Founded in 1992, it promotes the awareness of victims of human rights abuses. They utilize empirical cases of international humanitarian law, international refugee law, and the guiding principles on internal displacement. The organization strives for the democratic construction of peace, justice, and social equity, as an effective way to prevent exile and displacement. In 2010, the Ecuadorian chapter of the organization opened in Quito.

It collects the official information concerning the different institutions that take part in a policy, as well as statistical information, documents, and relevant issues such as judicial decisions for the incarcerated LGTBI population, and the Criminal Policy Information System.

It is the academic center for research and analysis of public opinion, and political and social behavior, of the political science department of the University of the Andes. It manages the main repository of public opinion in the Americas: the Barometer of the Americas.

It attends to the population vulnerable to forms of political persecution, especially peasant communities, students, victims of forced displacement, and political prisoners. It also advises the National Prison Movement in the fight for a dignified and respectful treatment of the human rights of the prison population.

Founded in 2004, it is the leading human rights advocacy organization for LGBTI people in Colombia. It has had significant achievements such as the recognition of civil union rights for same sex couples; the constitutional recognition of LGBTI issues in cases of discrimination and violence; and the inclusion of LGBTI rights in the law for victims of the armed conflict, among others.

Founded in 1996, it promotes excellence in justice through public policies and opinion, and legal education. It encourages a cultural and institutional transformation based on the efficient and effective access to justice for all Colombians.

A research center that contributes to the rule of law in Colombia through the empowerment of the citizenry in their relationship with the government, private organizations, enterprises, and other institutions. They facilitate access to justice through the publication of legal analyses of empiric cases in vernacular language.

It defends the freedom of the press, the right to information, human dignity and the free work of journalists. It has a multidisciplinary team of professionals that works to investigate the conditions of journalists in Colombia and to advance actions that promote the guarantees for this activity throughout the country.

It generates knowledge and promotes initiatives for the construction of a stable and lasting peace in Colombia. It also seeks to contribute to understanding the struggles of the country, exercising the necessary leadership to mobilize citizens, public servants, and entrepreneurs around the common goal of building a society in peace.

Aims to reincorporate the current and former prison population with civil society, through three programs: Internal Theater, Internal Growth, and Internal Work.

It is an interinstitutional body charged with monitoring, evaluating, and improving the Accusatory Penal System in Colombia. It is composed of eleven governmental institutions.

Defends and promotes human rights through the principles of indivisibility and interdependence of all rights and freedoms. It contributes to overcome impunity and consolidate a democratic society respectful of the rule of law for the achievement of a stable and lasting peace.

Follows and supports communitarian processes and organizations against the use of violence in conflict zones. It offers humanitarian, legal, pedagogical, psychological, and communicative assistance, and seeks the integral affirmation of the rights of victims of human rights violations from the internal armed conflict in Colombia.

A non-profit Colombian organization with experience in the design, promotion and monitoring of justice policies that aim to make the collective desire for speedy and timely justice a reality.

Founded in 1999, it works towards reinforcing the rule of law and peaceful coexistence, through an active cooperative relationship with partner organizations and a significant participation of the populace. It focuses on education, organizational and community strengthening, legal assistance for victims, and the restitution and legalization of land, among others.

It contributes to strengthening the Colombian Congress through the facilitation of publicly accessible quality information and the establishment of communication channels between civil society and the legislature.

It surveys the activity of the Congress and publishes an open access database that contains the pertinent information concerning legislative proposals in constitutional commissions, as well as the laws that are being sanctioned by the President.

It assembles local, regional, and national viewpoints towards peace, with the purpose of defending the fundamental right of peace for the Colombian people.