Information from governments or international organizations
Published by the United Nations on March 26, 2020.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at undocs.org)
Published by the State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor on March 11, 2020.
The Colombia section of the State Department’s annual worldwide overview of human rights. (Link at state.gov)
The State Department’s annual worldwide overview of the drug trade and efforts to combat it. Includes a chapter on Colombia and mentions of the country throughout. (Link at state.gov)
Publicado por la Corte Constitucional de Colombia el 27 de febrero de 2020 (aunque fechado el 18 de julio de 2019).
The text of the Constitutional Court’s July 2019 decision reinterpreting its 2017 suspension of aerial spraying of coca-growing areas using the herbicide glyphosate. (Link at corteconstitucional.gov.co)
Published by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Colombia field office on February 26, 2020.
The annual report of the UN agency, which has maintained a strong reporting and technical assistance presence in Colombia since the 1990s. (Link to Spanish and English versions at hchr.org.co)
Slideshow accompanying the annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Colombia field office. (Link at hchr.org.co)
Publicado por Migración Colombia el 25 de febrero de 2020.
A national, departmental, and municipal estimate of the number of Venezuelan migrants residing in Colombia. (Link at migracioncolombia.gov.co)
Publicado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas Contra la Droga y el Delito el 4 de febrero de 2020.
A detailed update, as of October 31, 2019, on the state of the Colombian government’s illicit crop substitution program within the framework of chapter 4 of the 2016 peace accord. (Link at unodc.org)
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en febrero de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
Published by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, January 30, 2020.
The DEA’s annual report on drug trafficking patterns affecting the United States. Includes discussion of the cocaine trade and Colombian armed groups and organized crime. (Link at dea.gov)
Publicado por el Gobierno de Colombia el 27 de enero de 2020.
The government’s point-by-point response to the December 26, 2019 report of the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders. (Link at undocs.org)
The UN High Commissioner’s Colombia field office provides its estimate of human rights defenders murdered in 2019, indirectly contradicting the Duque government’s claims of a 25% decrease in such killings. (Link at hchr.org.co)
Published by the United Nations, January 13, 2020.
Transcript of a Security Council discussion of Colombia’s peace process and the latest report from the UN Verification Mission. (Link at undocs.org)
Publicado por el Ministerio de Justicia de Colombia el 30 de diciembre de 2019.
The Colombian government’s draft decree laying out the functioning of a re-initiated aerial herbicide spraying program in coca-growing areas, and how the government would satisfy the Constitutional Court’s restrictions on that program.
Published by the United Nations, December 26, 2019.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at unmissions.org)
Published by the UN Human Rights Council on December 26, 2019.
A report to the UN Human Rights Council analyzing the risks faced by human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia, and the Colombian government’s efforts to protect them. (Link at undocs.org)
Publicado por la Presidencia de Colombia el 16 de diciembre de 2019.
A presidential decree laying out the functioning of “Strategic Comprehensive Immigration Zones,” known as ZEII or “Zonas Futuro,” which seek to establish a state presence in small conflictive territories, complementing the peace accords’ Territorially Focused Development Plans (PDET). (Link at dapre.presidencia.gov.co)
