Declaration on the process of suspension of membership of the National Center for Historical Memory of Colombia (International Coalition of Sites of Conscience)

On February 1, 2020, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience suspended the membership of the National Center for Historical Memory in Bogotá, Colombia, of its worldwide network of more than 275 historical sites, museums and initiatives of memory. To be clear, only the National Center for Historical Memory has been suspended; the Coalition continues to fully support its other Colombian members, including  the Center for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation, the Casa de la Memoria Museum and the Colombian Network of Places of Memory.

The measure was taken after the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, along with its Network of Memory Sites in Latin America and the Caribbean - RESLAC and the Colombian Network of Places of Memory - RCLM, which includes 28 memory sites in Colombia, express their concern about some biased and exclusive public statements made on behalf of the Center. The Coalition requested clarification of the positions of the Center in a letter addressed to its director, Rubén Darío Acevedo, on September 24, 2019.

Read the original statement in Spanish here.