Global church representatives gather in New York City from 15 November to press three issues at the United Nations: peoples being displaced by climate change, indigenous rights and Colombia's protracted internal conflict.

Human rights campaigners have welcomed the decision of the Colombian Supreme Court to allow citizens to opt out of obligatory military service because of religious, moral or philosophical objections.

A Colombian pastor was assassinated at his home on Sunday 13 September, as concern increases about human rights violations against church and human rights workers.

Colombia's Mennonite churches are calling on congregations in Canada and the United States to join together in a unified cry for justice, peace and healing in the war-torn South American country.

Colombia's Mennonite churches are calling on congregations in Canada and the United States to join together in a unified cry for justice, peace and healing in the war-torn South American country.

The Colombian government, with the help of the United States, has been 'fumigating' the communities that Christian Peacemaker Teams accompanies in the Magdalena Medio region, says Chris Knestrick. It must stop.

Christian Peacemaker Teams in Colombia has released its compilation International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations witnessed by or reported to the Colombia team in the calendar year of 2008.

The Colombian security forces, paramilitaries and guerrilla groups are punishing those who refuse to be part of the conflict across Colombia, says human rights group Amnesty International.

In the midst of violent conflict in Colombia, humanitarian zones supported by churches and civic groups are a way of stopping the killing and modelling an alternative.

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe admits that a Red Cross symbol was worn by a member of the military mission that freed 15 hostages including Ingrid Betancourt from Farc rebels recently.