U’wa people await implementation of landmark court ruling against Colombian gov’t

U’wa people await implementation of landmark court ruling against Colombian gov’t

On Dec. 20, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights publicly announced a landmark decision against the Colombian government and found it responsible for multiple human rights violations against the U’wa Indigenous people. In a more than 200-page document, the court determined there were violations of the right of access to a healthy environment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the self-determination of Indigenous peoples, coll…