More than Twenty years later, Colombia found responsible for Journalist’s Abduction, Judgment in the Jineth Bedoya Lima case

Jineth Bedoya Lima is an internationally known Colombian journalist whose notoriety has come at enormous personal cost. In 2011, the Bedoya Lima y Otra v. Colombia was brought on her behalf before the Inter American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)  for events on May 25, 2000.  The case has now concluded, and after a lengthy process, Bedoya has been granted an important judgment against Colombia by the IACHR.  Relief includes directives for training and education to prevent future violence against female journalists.