Crimes against Colombia women continue to remain in impunity: IACHR

Crimes against Colombia women continue to remain in impunity: IACHR
Oct 2, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya

In a surprise visit to Colombia, the president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights declared that crimes committed against women continue to remain in impunity.

Tracy Robinson is the president of the Commission. Robinson is from Jamaica and a lawyer by trade. Robinson’s first time in Colombia will take her to Cali, Tumaco, and Buenaventura in the southwest, and Cartagena in the north.

In an interview with El Pais newspaper, Robinson said the surprise visit was meant to be just that. “That was the point. Arrive without notice so that more than one person who wouldn’t dare to tell their case because they didn’t know how to do so could do so. This is the opportunity of the IACHR to known up close the situation of afro-colombian women and the LGBTI community,” Robinson told El Pais.

Colombian NGOs have worked closely with IACHR to expose the dire situation of Colombia’s women victims.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/inter-american-commission-human-rights-denounces-impunity-crimes-women/