UPR Info

Abolish administrative detention and forced labour without proper trial, access to legal representation and independent supervision

Continue its cooperation with OHCHR

Fully implement the recommendations of the OHCHR field office in Colombia as a means to contribute to the improvement of the human rights situation on the ground.

Make every effort to achieve an agreement with the guerrilla groups in order to achieve peace, as had been attempted in the past.

Consider the timely ratification of the Convention on Enforced Disappearance.

Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Implement a system of budget monitoring, accountability and transparency for each of the three islands and the Union Government as a whole.

Put into effect the declaration of article 22 of the Convention against Torture.

Recommended that the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation and the Working Group on Historical Memory intensify their work to fully clarify past crimes and give voice to victims.

Improve the text of the draft law for victims in order to include victims of state agents, in keeping with United Nations recommendations.

Continue, with the support of the international community, to do everything to protect its population against all forms of human rights violations committed by illegal armed groups.

Continue a constructive dialogue with human rights non-governmental organizations, especially given the current polarization between them and the Government.

Accede to the main international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

Guarantee access to justice and the right to reparation for victims in a non-discriminatory way, in conformity with international standards.

Recommend the accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the establishment of a national preventive mechanism accordingly.

Expedite the process initiated under the Justice and Peace Law passed in 2005 with regard to accelerating the demobilization of paramilitary chiefs and combatants.

Use the terminology droits humains or droits de la personne in French, which reflects true equality between men and women.

Continue the investigation and prosecution of the persons responsible for killing innocent young men said to have been guerrilla fighters.

Continue to work constructively with the United Nations on the implementation of the monitoring and reporting mechanism of Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) on children and armed conflict.

Continue consolidating its policy of integral attention to victims and family members of human rights violations, in keeping with international standards.

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish a national preventive mechanism.

Modify its national legislation in order to eliminate any discriminatory provisions based on gender.

Carry out genuine investigations into cases of human rights violations in order to not allow the atmosphere of impunity to prevail.

Sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.