This primer presents an overview of the struggles of black, indigenous and peasant communities in Colombia, with special emphasis on Chocó. These struggles are seen as a process that has allowed them to acquire greater legal recognition, to participate in ethnic-territorial rights, in order to respect their culture, their territories and better living conditions.

Subsequently, a broad legal framework of human rights is presented in which ethnic-territorial rights are inserted, and finally the latter and their mechanisms of self-government and particular organizational schemes are deepened. Through this primer, the Chocó Interethnic Solidarity Forum (FISCH) and the Socio-Juridical Center for Territorial Defense ‘SIEMBRA‘ seek to make a contribution to the ethnic and peasant organizational processes of Chocó, and the country, providing a training tool for new leaderships.