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Colombia is a sovereign state situated in South America. It has been a member of the United Nations since 5 November 1945,[1] and is party to a variety of international agreements concerning human rights.[2] It also has a series of domestic laws concerning the protection of human rights.[3] However, Colombia's human rights record often contradicts directly with the laws and agreements to which it is bound; Colombia was referred to as the country with the "worst human rights record in the western hemisphere," by HRW in 2007.[4][5][6][7] The same was said of Guatemala in 1998,[8] as well as Cuba in 2012[9] and Venezuela today.[10] In the UK Foreign Office annual human rights report for 2010, Colombia features as one of 20 "Countries of Concern".[11]
- ^ UN Country Profile: Colombia
- ^ International Geneva Conventions, ILO Conventions, International Bill of Human Rights.
- ^ See the Colombian Constitution of 1991.
- ^ Justice for Colombia, Human Rights in Colombia
- ^ Witness for Peace, Letter to US Ambassador to Colombia Archived 22 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 19 November 2010
- ^ Human Rights Watch, Congressional Testimony on Democracy, Human Rights, and US Policy towards Colombia, 23 April 2007
- ^ Press Briefing on Colombia by UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, 10 May 2004
- ^ Guatemala’s Record on Rights Called Worst in Latin America, La Times
- ^ Worst of the Worst [1] Freedom House
- ^ Venezuela government guilty of 'worst human rights crisis in its history', The Independent
- ^ The 2010 UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report