Antonia Urrejola, the international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify obstacles to the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, concludes her second visit to Colombia today. The...

GENEVA/BOGOTA (20 November 2023) – Antonia Urrejola, the international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify the obstacles to the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, will visit...

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a report on follow-up to views concerning Colombia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Paraguay and Tajikistan. José Manuel Santos Pais, Committee...

GENEVA (2 November 2023) – Colombia’s human rights record will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 7...

GENEVA (29 September 2023) – Colombia must guarantee the right of victims to truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence in its peace and transitional justice agenda in compliance with international...

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli, will conduct an official visit to Colombia from...

Good morning, Today I conclude my first visit to Colombia in compliance with the mandate I was tasked with by the UN Human Rights Council, to identify and verify the obstacles to the implementation of...

We are worried about the risks and vulnerabilities faced by an unprecedented number of migrants and refugees who are crossing the Darien Gap – the dense tropical jungle that separates Colombia and...

GENEVA/BOGOTA (30 August 2023) – Antonia Urrejola, the international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify the obstacles to the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, today begins...

Francisco Vera at UN Human Rights HQ During his visit to Geneva in July, 13-year-old Colombian activist Francisco Vera presented the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, with a manifesto...