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

14 Oct 2026

Colombia: UN experts welcome landmark corporate accountability decision, call for victim-centred reparations

28 Sep 2026

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Colombia - Türk welcomes landmark restorative justice steps involving former FARC leaders and army officers

24 Sep 2026

Multiple Mechanisms

Colombia: New security policies must not deepen systemic racial discrimination, UN experts warn

10 Jun 2026

Special Procedures

Colombia: Leprosy remains a human rights concern amid persistent discrimination and exclusion, says UN expert

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Latest statements & messages

27 Feb 2026

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris updates Human Rights Council on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Cyprus, and Afghanistan

14 Mar 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

Türk urges transformative change in global drug policy

01 Mar 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

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

28 Nov 2023

Multiple Mechanisms

Colombia: UN expert Antonia Urrejola concludes second official visit

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Featured Stories

30 January 2026 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Changing the lens: New narratives on migration

A regional initiative by UN Human Rights brings together young journalists across Latin America to reshape how migration is reported, challenging stereotypes and promoting fair, human rights–based narratives that place people and their dignity at the centre of the story.
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24 October 2025 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

When pregnancy and birth are a death sentence

Adopting a human rights-based approach to eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity can save the countless lives of women and girls lost to preventable complications from childbirth and pregnancy around the world.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/58/24: Situation of human rights in Colombia - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/55/23: Situation of human rights in Colombia-Report of the United Nations 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

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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/62/46/Add.1: Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Graeme Reid, on his visit to Colombia

A/HRC/61/46/ADD.1: Visit to Colombia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Heba Hagrass

A/HRC/60/77/Add.1: Visit to Colombia - Report of the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent

A/HRC/59/53/Add.1: Visit to Colombia - Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

A/HRC/59/51/Add.1: Visit to Colombia Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter

A/HRC/57/47/Add.1: Visit to Colombia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CRC/C/COL/CO/6-7: Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Colombia - Committee on the Rights of the Child

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

CAT/C/COL/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth 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

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Latest Videos 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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