Leading Organizations

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

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.

Leads civil society efforts to combat corruption. It focuses on transforming and guiding public and private institutions towards more transparent practices.

Led by the Secretariat of Transparency of the Presidency of the Republic, it contributes to raising the level of transparency in public management. It measures and analyses the phenomenon of corruption based on the interactions between citizens and public and private organizations.

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.

An initiative of academics, former state officials, and organizations, with the objective of analyzing the country's tax structure, monitoring the contributions that large national and foreign companies make to the economy, and demanding transparency in tax information. Their initiatives include Gender and Economic Justice and Transnational Companies Fair Tax.

It works to consolidate a national movement to denounce and eradicate the impunity, and the strategies, methods, and criminal models of violence perpetrated by state officials.

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 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 combats practices of racial discrimination through strengthening alliances and collaborations between young defenders of racial justice. Its members belong to the Human Rights and Global Justice Program of the University of the Andes, the Black Communities Process, and the Center for Legal, Justice and Societal Studies – Dejusticia. It facilitates courses, workshops, and master programs for its members.

It contributes to the access of justice for vulnerable persons, communities, and organizations, through the volunteer work of highly qualified lawyers.

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.

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.

It is oriented towards the monitoring, study, and analysis of the processes and problems related to the construction of peace and the dynamics of the conflict. It develops educational initiatives for the construction of peace in different regions of the country.

It works against discrimination and exclusion, and towards the protection of the rights of historically vulnerable communities. They implement critical and participative strategies to create political and social impact at the national and international level.

It is a feminist social movement that works towards the pacific conflict resolution in Colombia, and to make visible the consequences of war in the lives of women. It is composed of more than 300 organizations and groups representing nine regions of the country.

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.

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.

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.

It coordinates and articulates local based initiatives with government, businesses, churches, and international agencies for the construction of a nation in peace through local and regional developmental processes. It assembles approximately 27 regional programs for development and peace.

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

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 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.

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 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.