US not enforcing human rights conditions tied to aid to Colombia: HRW
US not enforcing human rights conditions tied to aid to Colombia: HRW
Sunday, 22 January 2012 11:49
Adriaan Alsema
The United States fails to enforce human rights conditions imposed on aid to Colombia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday.
In its World Report 2012, the human rights organization stated that Washington "provided approximately US$562 million in aid, about 61 percent of which was military and police aid. Thirty percent of US military aid is subject to human rights conditions, which the US Department of State has not enforced."
The report also criticized the U.S. for failing to "address the paramilitary successor groups believed to be responsible for a large portion of anti-union violence" in the April 2011 Labor Action Plan that was to improve the situation of labor rights workers in Colombia; a condition for the Democrats to ratify a free trade agreement with the South American country.
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http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/21674-us-not-enforcing-human-rights-conditions-tied-to-aid-to-colombia-hrw.html
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