1. Community of Soacha, near Bogota, Colombia’s capital, where most of the Afro Colombian displaced people live. The Association of Afro Colombian Displaced (AFRODES) has built a cultural centre and offers some assistance to the new displaced people who come everyday. Photo taken during Global Rights mission to Colombia in November, 2004.

3. Participants in the Community La Florida near Cali, Colombia, hear about the Inter-American Human Rights System and how they can access the Organization of American States, November, 2004.

5. Afro Colombians discuss the main problems they face during a working group session during the Cartagena training on the use of the Inter-American Human Rights System. February, 2004.

7. Visit to an Afro Colombian community school near Cartagena, Colombia, to learn about classroom conditions for Afro- Colombian students.  Picture was taken during the Global Rights training session on the use of the Inter-American Human Rights System.

2. Rosalba Castillo — from the National Network of Afro-Colombian Lawyers and Activists and s member of Afro America XXI — speaks with participants in Cali, Colombia, about the creation of the Special Rapporteurship on Racial Discrimination at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. November, 2004.

4. Participants of a training workshop on the use of the Inter-American Human Rights System in Cartagena, Colombia. One of the conclusions of the workshop was the creation of the National Network of Afro Colombian Lawyers and Activists, February 2004.

6. Afro Colombian participants of the Cartagena workshop visit a community near Cartagena to learn more about where local Afro Colombians live. February, 2004.