Enhancement of Technical Cooperation and Capacity-Building in the Field of Human Rights in Colombia to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition Follow-Up to Human Rights Council Resolution 53/22

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2024.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Capacity Building Colombia Human Rights Peace Agreements Technical Cooperation

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Invites Member and observer States, civil society organizations and all relevant stakeholders to continue to actively contribute to the efforts of the Government of Colombia in the effective implementation of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace, including by supporting the work of all institutions involved in the truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition system, and in particular to the efforts to implement the recommendations made by the Truth Commission, the international expert on human rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;

Invites the High Commissioner to accompany, through the Office of the High Commissioner in Colombia, the implementation of the recommendations made by the international human rights expert in her report, as well as those recalled in the present resolution, and include, in the report to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-ninth session pursuant to Council resolution 53/22 of 13 July 2023, follow-up to the implementation of those recommendations and of those made in his first report on technical cooperation and capacity-building in Colombia, to be followed by an interactive dialogue;

Also invites the High Commissioner to include in his report an analysis of the technical assistance and capacity-building provided to national and local authorities and other relevant actors and, in line with Human Rights Council resolution 53/22, to pay particular attention to victims and survivors, integrating inter alia a gender- and ethnic-based approach that considers their different needs in the areas of investigations of human rights violations and abuses, breaches of international humanitarian law and corruption, human rights and security sector reform, the protection of social leaders and human rights defenders, ex-combatants and members of the political opposition, the protection of children, and the definition and development of a public policy for a culture of peace with regard to the situation of human rights in Colombia, as stipulated by the Final Agreement;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General that he ensure that the Office of the High Commissioner is provided with all the resources necessary to facilitate the technical assistance envisaged by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 53/22 and in the present resolution;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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