Leading Organizations

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.

It is an independent association of lawyers who defend victims of human rights violations perpetrated by officials of the Colombian State. They utilize a strategic litigation methodology to create political impact at a national level.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

Founded in 1998 by the department of political science at the University of the Andes, it monitors and analyzes the work of the Colombian Congress and subsequently publishes reports through its legislative activity. Their work aims to strengthen and promote the accountability of the legislative branch and the increased participation of the citizenry.

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.

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.

It is a multidisciplinary organization aimed at developing a critical approach towards public polices, political violence, human rights, and the rights of the victims in Colombia. Their work is based on a direct relationship with local organizations (i.e. communal action boards, peasant associations, trade unions, neighborhood associations, etc.), to provide social and legal assistance in situations of rights infringements.

The organization principally focuses on the defense and promotion of human rights, representation of victims of state crimes, assistance for political prisoners, and others deprived of liberty. They also support organizations that have been criminalized for protesting states actions and private corporations.

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.

Is a research and social action center promoting national reconciliation through initiatives of peace building and security. It contributes to the expansion of participatory democracy through the construction of alternatives for social equity, the recognition of ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity with the aim of strengthening the rule of law.

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.

A feminist organization established in 1998 that works with victims of gender based violence and discrimination in the private and public spheres. They have adopted a legal approach using an interdisciplinary perspective. They are based in Bogota but also have a delegation in Valencia, Spain.

It complies with the work of monitoring the public power, especially regarding the protection, defense, promotion, dissemination, and exercise of human rights and the freedom of all persons to face unlawful acts, threats, or actions.

It is a coalition of nine civil society organizations established in 2008 to follow the elections processes of magistrates to the high courts.

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

It contributes to the debate on the justice system and demands the implementation of a democratic criminal policy with social justice. It demands that guarantees of the rights to search for truth, justice, and reparation are respected. They focus on fair treatment, fair and impartial trials, and other rights for persons deprived of freedom or those prosecuted for political offenses.

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 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.

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.

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 for political, economical and social debates as a mechanism to contribute to the peace building process and for the national reconciliation of the country.