Construyendo territorio,
sembrando justicia.

El Centro Sociojurídico para la Defensa Territorial – SIEMBRA es una organización no gubernamental (ONG) que trabaja por la defensa de los derechos humanos en Colombia, la protección de la naturaleza y el fortalecimiento de la autonomía de los procesos territoriales frente a la amenaza del extractivismo, en aras de contribuir a la construcción de una sociedad justa y plural.

PUBLICACIONES

Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Leadership in Loss and Damage Solutions

14/11/2025

Together with SCIAF, Caritas Colombia, and the Diocese of Quibdó, we produced a thorough analysis on how climate change is causing profound losses and damage…

30 years of environmental licenses in Colombia and… where are they? The need to overcome the transition regime

21/03/2024

Law 99 of 1993 incorporated environmental licenses in Colombia as an instrument to control and monitor activities that may cause great impacts to the environment….

COCOMOPOCA’s Restitution of Territorial Rights Judgment

15/11/2023

On July 27, 2021, the Superior Court of Antioquia (Civil Chamber Specialized in Land Restitution) ruled in favor of COCOMOPOCA in response to the lawsuit…

NOTICIAS

Zepa Judgment Timeline

This sentence arose as a result of a litigation process promoted by the communities of the Chocoano Pacific Coast. By means of this judgment, the…

Court Ruling leaves firm popular consultation and “No” to La Colosa project in Cajamarca

03/11/2023

The Legal Coalition to defend Cajamarca celebrates decision to protect environmental democracy and prevent gold megamining in Colombia’s agricultural pantry. In a first instance judgment…

Why should Colombia intervene in the negotiations of the Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights?

06/10/2023

Social organizations and congressmen debated, together with representatives of the national government, on the need for mechanisms that oblige transnational corporations to be responsible in…