A/HRC/55/7 Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the approval of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement); the endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration; and the drafting of a national plan of action on safe schools in line with Security Council resolution 1612 (2015). 8. Colombia sought to guarantee spaces free of explosive devices and anti-personnel mines. 9. The delegation highlighted the country’s commitment to protecting women’s rights, evidenced by, for example, the opening of an eleventh macrocase, involving instances of sexual violence in the context of the armed conflict. Furthermore, the State’s interpretative declarations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women were withdrawn. 10. The delegation reported the development of the first national action plan on women, peace and security, to implement Security Council resolution 1325/2000. In addition, a feminist foreign policy, with a pacifist, participatory and intersectional approach, was being formulated. 11. In terms of equality, a historic rate of participation of women in management positions had been achieved, and the LGBTIQ+ population had been recognized in the National Development Plan. 12. Colombia had developed the National Plan of Action to Combat Violence against Children (2021–2024) and would host, in Bogotá in November 2024, the first Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence against Children. 13. Policies had been adopted to promote the participation of all populations, especially through prior consultation with ethnic peoples to consolidate the vision of comprehensive support for populations of displaced victims and to strengthen humanitarian aid routes. 14. Colombia was one of the countries currently piloting the action agenda of durable solutions promoted by the United Nations, to better understand forced displacement from a development and human rights approach. 15. Decree No. 1623 of 2023 was aimed at promoting human security, entry to territories where there were public order problems, guarantees for secondary occupants, compensation and processing in areas of unassignable land. 16. The delegation highlighted work in the areas of prevention and of public policy promoting human rights. It referred to the development of the national human rights action plan; the implementation of the National Human Rights Education Plan; and the policy for the prevention of the recruitment and use of, and sexual violence against, children and adolescents through the intersectoral commission for preventing the recruitment and exploitation of, and sexual violence against, children and adolescents. 17. The delegation mentioned the second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. 18. The delegation reaffirmed the importance of aligning foreign policy with the State’s international commitments, and reported that several special procedure mandate holders and representatives of the Secretary-General had visited the country. It highlighted the campaign to address the migration crisis; the statute on temporary protection for migrants; the country’s compliance with commitments on the prevention of statelessness; the administrative measure entitled “Children first”; and the country’s accession to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. In addition, the draft law for the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons had been brought to Congress, and the Law on the Arms Trade Treaty had been adopted. 19. Colombia had submitted eight reports to the treaty bodies. 20. The head of the delegation concluded by stating that Colombia sought to become a member of the Human Rights Council and to actively participate in the sessions for the period 2025–2027, with a view to strengthening international human rights standards and mechanisms at the global level. GE.23-25026 3