Dramatic Results Still Required by Colombia WOLA Testifies in Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearing on Colombia FTA http://www.wola.org/news/dramatic_results_still_required_by_colombia

"The level of impunity for labor killings—is an absolutely crucial goalpost,” states Adam Isacson in his testimony. “The failure to hold killers accountable to the justice system goes way beyond labor cases. Even some of Colombia’s most infamous human rights cases have moved at a snail’s pace through the courts, if at all, because of the power enjoyed by their traditionally “above the law” perpetrators.” Isacson argues that the alarming level of trade union violence, the violent drug fueled armed conflict, inequality, threats posed by successor paramilitary groups, and the country’s five million displaced persons differentiate Colombia from the conventional FTA debates focused on labor laws and conditions. Isacson insists, "The number one obstacle to immediate FTA approval is in one word—impunity.”