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Title:

Strengthening Rights and Building Peace in Vulnerable Communities of Colombia

Agreement Number:

7466194 P015661001

Agreement Value:

$1,500,000.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 27, 2025 - Jul 31, 2027

Description:

This project aims to improve the protection of Indigenous peoples at risk of cultural and physical extinction and environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) from the Colombian departments of Arauca, Caquetá, Cauca, Guaviare, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santa Marta and Sierra Nevada. Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to authorities to help them adopt and implement protection measures for Indigenous people; (2) supporting Indigenous peoples with technical assistance and facilitating their participation in dialogue with state institutions. It does so to increase gender-inclusive individual and collective rights in implementing protection policies and improve Indigenous justice and self governance in the peace processes impacting their territories; (3) advocating for increased engagement by Colombian authorities to protect Indigenous people’s rights to land and resources; (4) building the technical capacities of national and local level institutions to protect EHRDs and

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) contributed to protecting human rights and violence prevention measures for Colombian ethnic groups and rural populations; (2) improved protection of Colombian Indigenous women and men from violence by armed, non-state actors and criminal organizations; and (3) improved protection measures for EHRDs to claim their rights to a healthy and sustainable environment for rural communities, including Indigenous and Afro-Colombian populations.

Location:

Geneva 10, CH 1211

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q4-A0080

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

6000000000000

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Additional Information:

Belated reporting.

Recipient's Legal Name:

OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Federal Riding Name:

Not Coded

Federal Riding Number:

Program:

Peace&Stabilizat Ops prog(former GSPF)-G

Program Purpose:

Prog stabilisat oper paix(ancien FPSM)-S