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Colombia 'wanted to completely erase my report': UN rapporteur on human rights defenders
by Adriaan Alsema March 1, 2020
Colombia’s government “wanted to completely erase my report,” the United Nations special rapporteur on the situations of human rights defenders told weekly Semana.
Special Rapporteur Michael Forst was additionally refused entry to the country while studying the situation of human rights defenders in Colombia, Semana reported.
The Foreign Ministry fiercely disputed a preliminary 2018 version of the report whose final version will be presented in Geneva on March 4 in a letter sent to the General Assembly, the weekly reported last month already.
According to Semana, the government’s 20-page letter said Forst sought to “examine if the State is facilitating a safe and supportive environment for defenders” of human rights and “observe the efforts of the new administration.”
If so, Duque is in for more international scorn as his administration’s failures are painfully evident.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-wanted-to-completely-erase-my-report-un-rapporteur-on-human-rights-defenders/