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Viewing cable 07BOGOTA7038, NGO CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND

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07BOGOTA7038 2007-09-27 23:00 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9188
INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 9350
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 007038 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
SUBJECT: NGO CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND 
INDIGENOUS LAND ISSUES 
 
1.  Summary: On September 14, we hosted a discussion of 
Afro-Colombian and indigenous issues with human rights 
groups. Participants criticized the GOC's "democratic 
security" policy as a pretext to transfer lands traditionally 
belonging to indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities to 
large commercial interests, but acknowledged the need for 
these communities to strengthen internal organization and 
eliminate corruption.  Several charged racism remains 
widespread in Colombian society, contributing to security 
force abuses against Afro-Colombians and indigenous.  The 
groups applauded Colombian National Police Director (CNP) 
General Oscar Naranjo's invitation to provide input to its 
plans to reform CNP training and methods, and urged the 
Colombian Armed Forces to do the same.   End Summary. 
 
2.  On September 14, we hosted our quarterly consultations 
with human rights groups.  As agreed previously with the 
human rights groups, the discussions focused on issues 
affecting Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. 
Attendees included: Alejandra Vega of Comision Colombiana de 
Juristas (CCJ), Mildrey Corrales Charry of Coordinacion 
Colombia-Europa EU, Amaury Padilla of Asociacion Para La 
Promocion Social Alternativa (MINGA), Juan de Dios Mosquera 
of Movimiento Nacional por los Derechos Humanos de las 
Comunidades Afrocolombianas (CIMARRON), Augustin Jimenez of 
Comite de Solidaridad con los Presos Politicos (CSPP), Raul 
Molina Franco of Fundacion Reiniciar, Geilar Romana of 
Asociacion de Afrocolombianos Desplazados (AFRODES), Diana 
Munoz of Colectivo de Abogados, Mario Gomez of Fundacion 
Restrepo Barco, Dario Senerjia of Organizacion Nacional 
Indigena de Colombia (ONIC) and Ivan Danilo Rueda of Comision 
de Justicia y Paz. 
 
3.  Participants voiced concern over the lack of a strong 
legal framework to protect collectively titled land held by 
Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities, as well as weak 
protection of such rights at the local level. They said many 
local authorities conspire with commercial interests to 
defraud Afro-Colombian and indigenous groups of their land. 
ONIC and CIMMARON criticized past laws for not being 
sufficiently sensitive to the historic injustices suffered by 
these communities, but said the situation has deteriorated 
further under President Uribe.  Several charged that the 
GOC's approach to rural development--embodied in the rural 
development law as well as new Forestry and Mining 
Codes--promotes the transfer of land and resources from 
Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities to powerful 
commercial interests.  They also claimed the rural 
development law will facilitate the legalization of 
paramilitary seizures of Afro-Colombian and indigenous lands. 
 
4.  ONIC said indigenous communities--especially in Putumayo, 
Cauca and Cauca--are victims of security force violence, 
including killings, stigmatization, and displacement. ONIC, 
AFRODES, and CIMARRON claimed racial discrimination remains 
widespread and called for legal reforms to address these 
concerns.  AFRODES and CIMARRON said Afro-Colombian community 
leaders ("consejos comunitarios") have the authority to 
administer collective lands and negotiate with private firms 
over land use, but complained many consejos are inefficient 
or corrupt.  They acknowledged the communities need better 
political and internal organization.  CIMARRON Director Juan 
De Dios Mosquera said the GOC has still not collectively 
titled large tracts of land traditionally used by 
Afro-Colombians.  He also noted the GOC has not met its 
obligation to make credit available to communities with 
collective titles, adding that it is impossible for such 
groups to access private credit. 
 
5. Several participants complained against the 
ineffectiveness of Plan Colombia and displacement caused by 
aerial eradication.  Colectivo de Abogados representative 
Diana Munoz said Plan Colombia contributes to the 
"militarization" of the GOC's response to social protests, 
noting the GOC's use of helicopters to break up an indigenous 
protest in Cauca.  Agusto Jimenez of CSPP said human rights 
groups recently met with Colombian National Police Chief 
General Oscar Naranjo to discuss their concerns.  Naranjo 
welcomed civil society to assist his efforts to reform CNP 
training and methods.  Jimenez said it would be useful if the 
Armed Forces launched a similar initiative. 
 
6.  All participants thanked us for hosting the exchange and 
for continuing regular meetings with human rights groups. 
Several voiced appreciation for visits by Embassy officials 
to local human rights groups' offices, saying such visits 
 
raise their profile and provide them an extra degree of 
protection.  We will hold the next consultations--which will 
focus on the statutorily setting human rights conditions--in 
early December. 
Brownfield