The Creating Safer Space network has published a new working paper, ‘Unarmed Civilian Protection and Community Self-Protection in Colombia: A Literature Review’. The working paper is written by Laura Jiménez Ospina and Beatriz Elena Arias López at the University of Antioquia, and it is available in both Spanish and English.
The working paper draws upon 617 records that were collected, including academic literature, reports from civil society organisations and audiovisual material. The working paper explores literatures regarding the self-protection mechanisms that exist in Colombia and the communities that have used them; national and international NGOs that support human rights defenders and communities that live in contexts of violence; and other important discussions around UCP and self-protection.
All Creating Safer Space working papers are available here: