With Tony Lloyd MP and Jo Stevens MP (Labour Party), John McCallister (Member of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission), Stephen Cavalier (Chief Executive of Thompsons Solicitors), Nick Crook (Head of International Relations at UNISON), Mark Fairhurst (Chair of POA ), Paul Glover (Executive Committee member of UNISON), Sally Hunt (President of the TUC and General Secretary of UCU), John Metcalfe (Executive Committee of ASLEF ), Joe Simpson (Deputy General Secretary of POA), and Mick Whelan (Chair of the Justice for Colombia Governing Committee and General Secretary of ASLEF).
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John Metcalfe – ASLEF, Mark Fairhurst and Joe Simpson – POA, and Jo Stevens MP during meeting the UN Verification Mission

The delegation meeting with the Head of the UN Verification Mission, Jean Arnault, and the Director of Verification, Raul Rosende

The delegation met with the Colombian trade union organisation the CUT

The delegation met with the Colombian trade union organisation the CUT

Cesar Loza, President of the Colombian oil workers’ union, USO, addresses the delegation

The delegation meets with representatives from three human rights organisations – The Permanent Committee for Human Rights (CPDH), The Interchurch Commission for Peace and Justice, and the Patriotic March

John McCallister, of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, during meeting with Colombian human rights organisations

Stephen Cavalier, Chief Executive of Thompsons Solicitors, addresses meeting with the legal team of the imprisoned FARC member Jesus Santrich

Joseph Simpson, Deputy General Secretary of the POA, meeting the President of the FARC political party, Rodrigo Londoño

Jo Stevens MP, Mick Whelan – General Secretary of ASLEF, and Paul Glover – UNISON Executive Committee member during meeting with the President of the FARC political party, Rodrigo Londoño

The delegation visited the northeastern region of Catatumbo where they were hosted by the local community organisation ASCAMCAT. A few weeks before the visit ten local residents were murdered in a massacre by an as yet unidentified group.

The delegation met with local authorities in the town of Tibu in the northeastern Catatumbo region

The delegation heard from a representative of the United Nations during the meeting with local authorities in Catatumbo

Meeting with local community members in Catatumbo

Meeting with members of local community in Catatumbo

The Chair of JFC and General Secretary of ASLEF speaks with the local community representatives in Catatumbo

A local distributor of cacao gave a demonstration to the delegation of the process to produce chocolate

A local distributor of cacao gave a demonstration to the delegation of the process to produce chocolate

Jo Stevens MP together with women members of the local community organsiation ASCAMCAT

The delegation together with members of the local community organisation ASCAMCAT. In the weeks prior to the visit a member of ASCAMCAT was murdered and another was kidnapped for several days

The coordinators of the FARC reincorporation zone give a welcome to the delegation

The FARC representative on the National Reincorporation Council, Pastor Alape, addresses the delegation and the members of the FARC reincorporation zone in Araruca

A member of the FARC reincorporation zone reads the recently published JFC Peace Monitor report

The library with a mural of former FARC Commander Mono Jojoy at the FARC reincorporation zone in Arauca

Murals in the FARC reincorporation zone in Arauca. “Colombia’s destiny must not be war” “The correct path is one of peace”

The delegation travelled to a FARC reincorporation zone in the Department of Arauca.

Representatives from the different opposition parties that make up the “Caucus for Peace, Life and Democracy” meet with the delegation

The delegation meets with recently elected members of the Colombian Congress

Senator Feliciano Valencia, from the Mais party, speaks with the delegation

The delegation meets with representatives from the EU and British embassies

The delegation meets with the British Ambassador