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Weekly Report - 12 July 2018 (WR-18-27)
COLOMBIA: Duque will face multiple security challenges
“You can be sure that our government will not spare any effort in protecting the life of social leaders, politicians, and union members all around the country”. This was the reaction by Colombia’s President-elect Iván Duque to the release of new official data confirming that a record number of social leaders have been murdered in the country in the last two years. The systematic killing of social leaders has been pinpointed as one of the main public security problems in Colombia following the signing of the peace deal with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc). Duque’s incoming government will soon be responsible for improving the safety of these individuals even if it is not clear how this can be achieved.
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