A/HRC/RES/53/22
Recognizing the commitment of Colombia to peace through the Final Agreement for
Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace, signed in November 2016
between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia –
People’s Army (FARC-EP), and mindful of the functions given to the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the context of the peace agreement, in
addition to the Office’s monitoring and technical assistance functions enshrined in the
mandate given by the Commission on Human Rights on 23 April 1996 and in the host country
agreement signed in January 2023 and based on the mandate of the High Commissioner under
General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993,
Bearing in mind the importance of the existing structures and mandates from the
United Nations system in the country and the need to avoid duplication or the overlapping of
their functions and to ensure they are complementary,
Taking into account the importance of international support, including from civil
society, for the efforts of Colombia to implement fully all provisions of the peace agreement,
including through the technical assistance and cooperation of the Office of the High
Commissioner,
Acknowledging the important work carried out by the United Nations Verification
Mission in Colombia, whose mandate was established by the Security Council in its
resolution 2366 (2017) of 10 July 2017 and extended by resolution 2673 (2023) of 11 January
2023, and duly noting the reference to obstacles to the implementation of the peace agreement
contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the Verification Mission,1
Acknowledging also the continued support provided by the Mission to Support the
Peace Process in Colombia of the Organization of American States, accompanying peace
efforts in the territories most affected by the internal armed conflict, organized crime and
inequality,
Recognizing the important role played by the host country of the peace talks and the
guarantors and accompanying countries of the peace process that began in Oslo on 18
October 2012, and reached a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia – People’s Army on 12 November 2016 in Havana, as well as the invaluable
support of all guarantors and companions in the peace negotiations with the National
Liberation Army (ELN),
Recognizing also the work carried out by the Commission for the Clarification of
Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition to identify and clarify the patterns and causes of
human rights violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law in the context
of the armed conflict in Colombia, as well as promoting the recognition of victims and
guarantees of non-repetition and contributing to coexistence,
Emphasizing the need to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations made
by the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition in its final
report, published in June 2022, which is a key instrument for the comprehensive fulfilment
of the peace agreement,
Noting that, in his report on the situation of human rights in Colombia,2 the High
Commissioner reported that violence, including sexual and gender-based violence,
displacement and confinement by armed actors in rural areas and in some urban centres,
disproportionately affected human rights defenders, environmental activists, social leaders,
Indigenous Peoples, local communities, people of African descent, peasant leaders, peace
agreement signatories, women and girls, as well as persons on the basis of their sexual
orientation or gender identity,
Reaffirming the vital role that human rights defenders play in speaking for people in
the most vulnerable situations, and stressing the importance of assisting the Government in
the implementation of policies to protect human rights defenders,
Stressing the importance that the Government of Colombia has given to strengthening
the rule of law and participatory development in territories affected by violence, notably by
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S/2023/222.
A/HRC/52/25.