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Viewing cable 09BOGOTA3027, GETTING OUT IN FRONT ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BOGOTA3027 2009-09-21 19:56 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bogota
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DE RUEHBO #3027/01 2641956
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 211956Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0029
INFO RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RHMFISS/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS BOGOTA 003027 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV KJUS ELAB PREL CO
SUBJECT: GETTING OUT IN FRONT ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
 
REF: REF A. BOGOTA 1047; REF B. BOGOTA 1826; REF C. BOGOTA 2836 
REF D. BOGOTA 2958 
 
SUMMARY 
 
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1. (SBU) Our review of the principal human rights issues in 
Colombia has prompted Embassy Bogota to adopt a new human rights 
strategy that will more clearly state the USG's support for human 
rights here and those who defend them.  We will adopt a rigorous 
agenda of meetings at the Ambassadorial and senior level with human 
rights groups who have received threats or allege to have been 
victims of state harassment.  The Ambassador, DCM, and other senior 
Qficers will systematically raise human rights concerns with 
President Uribe, Foreign Minister Bermudez, the Prosecutor 
General's Office and the Supreme Court, inter alia.  The Ambassador 
will work with Defense Minister Silva to revive an informal 
consultation mechanism on human rights, supported by key 
international organizations.  The Ambassador's central message is 
that human rights organizations perform an essential function in a 
healthy democratic society.  Post will continue quarterly NGO 
consultations on our assistance to the military.  In addition to 
press and diplomatic outreach, we will implement our human rights 
programs, including actions by U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the U.S. 
Military Group (MILGROUP).  End Summary. 
 
 
 
PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS REMAINS A CHALLENGE 
 
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2. (U) Colombia faces several disquieting human rights challenges. 
Chief among those are extrajudicial executions (EJEs), violence by 
illegal armed groups leading to internal displacements, illegal 
surveillance by the civilian and military intelligence agencies, 
and continuing threats against human rights defenders.  While 
Embassy Bogota implements a wide array of human rights programs and 
maintains a healthy dialogue with Colombian NGOs, we plan to 
increase public and diplomatic activities that express USG support 
for the human rights community and advance our overall human rights 
goals. 
 
 
 
SPEAKING WITH A CLEAR VOICE:  PUBLIC OUTREACH 
 
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3. (U) We have heard repeatedly that human rights groups feel 
besieged by threats from illegal armed groups (refs A, B).  There 
is also a "culture of threats" unhindered by the state, according 
to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders.  We intend 
to express our support for these groups through the following 
activities: 
 
 
 
-- Ambassadorial Visits to NGOs Under Threat:  The Ambassador 
visited the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) on September 4 
(ref D).  After a frank exchange of views, the Ambassador and CCJ 
Director gave a press conference in which the Ambassador emphasized 
the essential role of human rights defenders in a healthy 
democracy.  We intend to make visits like these on a monthly basis. 
In future months the Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission plan to 
visit indigenous groups, labor unions, and Afro-Colombian 
organizations. 
 
 
 
-- Ambassadorial and DCM Travel:  We will look for opportunities to 
visit human rights groups during the Ambassador's and DCM's visits 
outside of Bogota.  We will highlight USAID human rights projects 
in the field.  Unless NGOs oppose it for their own security, we 
will publicize these visits. 
 
 
 
-- Utilizing Network Technologies:  The CCJ visit demonstrated the 
challenge in getting our main points out via the Colombian press. 
We will reinforce our message through alternative media, the 
Embassy's Facebook page, including clips of the Ambassador's 
comments in our weekly news program, and posting the Ambassador's 
statements on our public website. 
 
 
 
-- Political Section Visits:  Polcouns and Human Rights Officer 
will make less public but more frequent visits to human rights 
groups. 
 
 
 
PROMPTING ACCOUNTABILITY:  DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS 
 
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4. (U) Our dialogue with the GOC on human rights is a daily 
occurrence, but we will give priority to the following activities: 
 
 
 
-- GOC Informal Consultative Mechanism:  Ambassador has engaged the 
Foreign Minister, Minister of Defense, other ambassadors, and key 
international organizations with the hope of reviving a regular 
consultation to discuss the military's human rights performance 
(ref C). 
 
-- The Ambassador, DCM, and other senior officers will 
systematically raise specific human rights concerns with President 
Uribe, Foreign Minister Bermudez, the Prosecutor General's Office, 
and the Supreme Court, inter alia. 
 
 
 
-- Quarterly NGO Consultations:  Although current legislation 
requires NGO consultations on the human rights certification every 
180 days, Post believes it beneficial to maintain a 90-day 
 
schedule.  Information from these consultations provides useful 
information in the Embassy's engagement with the GOC. 
 
 
 
-- UNDP Labor Violence Study:  As reported in septel, the UN 
Development Program launched a study, with Embassy support, to 
analyze the causes of violence againsQunionists in Colombia and 
provide recommendations for eliminating the causes of violence. 
These efforts, we hope, will produce the first comprehensive review 
of this phenomenon and inform our efforts to obtain the right kind 
of Free Trade Agreement with Colombia. 
 
 
 
MAKING HEADWAY:  PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES 
 
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5. (U) USG-supported programs in Colombia are designed to help 
protect human rights, strengthen justice, and combat impunity: 
 
 
 
-- USAID Programs:  Provide support to the GOC and civil society to 
protect the human rights of the Colombian people, with a focus on 
vulnerable populations, increasing the legitimacy of human rights 
defenders, and strengthening the institutions responsible for 
monitoring and defending human rights. 
 
-- DOJ Support to the Prosecutor General's Office: DOJ's Justice 
Sector Reform Project is targeting support to the Prosecutor 
General's Human Rights Unit, particularly in the area of 
extrajudicial executions by the military.  The project aims to 
improve investigation and prosecution techniques, crime scene 
management, witness interviews, and use of forensic evidence.  The 
Unit has made significant progress in more effective investigations 
and prosecutions resulting in increased convictions. 
 
 
 
-- MILGROUP Support for Rules of Engagement (ROE):  MILGROUP is 
working with the Ministry of Defense to define and implement its 
ROE and new human rights and international humanitarian law 
policies. 
BROWNFIELD