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IACHR CONDEMNS THE MURDER OF JUDITH VERGARA CORREA
Washington, D.C., April 30, 2007. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of human rights defender Judith Vergara Correa, who chaired the community action board of the El Pesebre neighborhood of Medellín’s District 13 and was a member of various peace and social development organizations. Judith Vergara Correa was shot on April 23, 2007, while riding a public bus on the Coonatra loop route from her home to her workplace.
According to the information available, Ms. Vergara Correa worked as a leader of the nongovernmental organization Corporation for Peace and Social Development (CORPADES). She also provided advisory services to the association Madres de la Candelaria and to the organization Peace Network (REDEPAZ), working with children and young people.
Ms. Vergara Correa had monitored the voluntary depositions conducted in Medellín under the Justice and Peace Act. The IACHR calls upon the Colombian state to investigate, to prosecute and punish those responsible, and to adopt emergency measures to protect the human rights defenders who monitor and assist victims of human rights violations and victims of armed conflict. |
