Colombia

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Overview

OHCHR has been present in Colombia since 1997, playing a unique role based on its technical assistance and monitoring mandate, as well as strengthening capacity in relation to the promotion and protection of human rights with both the State and civil society.


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News & Statements

Latest news

24 May 2024

Special Procedures

Colombia must be accountable to people of African descent in conditions of risk and “resistance”, say UN experts

10 May 2024

Special Procedures

UN experts on people of African descent to visit Colombia

26 Mar 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Colombia: UN expert calls for implementation of Peace Agreement as a State policy

22 Mar 2024

Treaty bodies

Human Rights Committee Holds Thirteenth Informal Meeting with States Parties

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Latest statements & messages

14 Mar 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Türk urges transformative change in global drug policy

01 Mar 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner presents updates on human rights in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cyprus and Sri Lanka

28 Nov 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Colombia: UN expert Antonia Urrejola concludes second official visit

08 Sep 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Colombia: UN expert Antonia Urrejola concludes first official visit

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Featured Stories

Representation of people of African descent © OHCHR
26 April 2024 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Podcast: Breaking Racial Stereotypes

Representation matters. For people of African descent, representation is key because it shapes stereotypes and can help fight racism. In this episode of the UN Human Rights Podcast, we explore how culture and art can challenge perceptions and reframe narratives on race and identity, with Cuban rapper Robe L Ninho, Afro-Colombian author Edna Liliana Valencia, dancer Anisha Thai, and Dominique Day, member of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.
Supporters rallying for the peace during a march in Bogota, Colombia.© REUTERS/John Vizcaino
26 July 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

A war victim’s search for peace, reconciliation in Colombia

A pillar of Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement between the government and FARC rebels is an effort to address victims’ rights to truth, justice and reparations, as well as guarantees of non-repetition. UN Human Rights is supporting such efforts.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/52/25: Situation of human rights in Colombia - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/49/19: Situation of human rights in Colombia - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/46/76: Situation of human rights in Colombia - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/43/3/Add.3: Situation of human rights in Colombia - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/40/3/Add.3: Situation of human rights in Colombia - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/37/3/ADD.3: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/56/60/Add.1: Visit to Colombia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally

A/HRC/43/51/Add.1: Visit to Colombia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CCPR/C/COL/CO/8: Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Colombia

CED/C/COL/OAI/1: Colombia - Observations on additional information

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Colombia

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding observations on the combined seventeenth to nineteenth periodic reports of Colombia

Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Colombia

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Colombia

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

Field

OHCHR Office in Colombia
Calle 113, N°7-45, Torre B, Oficina 1101, Edificio Teleport Business Park
Tel.: (562) 2210-2970/+507 (1) 658 3300
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