Violence Against Communities In Colombia Seeking Land Restitution

EDM number 1145 in 2013-14, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 05/03/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights and Latin America.

That this House welcomes the Victims and Land Restitution Law in Colombia; notes with concern, however, the escalation of violence against communities seeking land restitution; further notes that in several cases this is due to the implementation of development projects involving foreign businesses and the production of agro-industrial crops for export; is alarmed by reports of violence against several communities in the process of land reclamation, notably the Afro-Colombian communities of Curvarad

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.