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Colombia

Status of Ratifications
Reporting Status
Standing invitation to Special Procedures
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
(Not member of the Human Rights Council)

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Colombia and UN Charter-based Bodies

Colombia and UN Treaty Bodies

Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the independent expert on minority issues - Mission to Colombia (A/HRC/16/45/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of the judges and lawyers - Mission to Colombia (A/HRC/14/26/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - Mission to Colombia (A/HRC/14/24/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - Mission to Colombia (A/HRC/13/22/Add.3)

Report of the Working Group on arbitrary detention - Mission to Colombia (A/HRC/10/21/Add.3)

Most recent reports by the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretariat

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

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

Addendum of the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia - A/HRC/28/3/Add.3

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia (A/HRC/22/17/Add.3)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia (A/HRC/19/21/Add.3)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia (A/HRC/16/22)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia (A/HRC/13/72)

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of her office in Colombia (A/HRC/10/32)

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Main page of the Special Procedures

Most recent concluding observations

Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Concluding observations (2021) CED/C/COL/OAI/1

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2020) CERD/C/COL/CO/17-19

Committee on Migrant Workers
Concluding observations (2019) CMW/C/COL/CO/3

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2019) CEDAW/C/COL/CO/9

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations (2017) E/C.12/COL/CO/6

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2016) CCPR/C/COL/CO/7

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Concluding observations (2016) CRPD/C/COL/CO/1

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2015) CAT/C/COL/CO/5

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2015) CRC/C/COL/CO/4-5

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Concluding observations (2010) CRC/C/OPAC/COL/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
Concluding observations (2010) CRC/C/OPSC/COL/CO/1

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OHCHR in Colombia

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. It currently operates from the capital city, Bogotá, and nine sub-offices across the country. Read more about OHCHR in Colombia.

Contact Information

Headquarters

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

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48