Bachelet alarmed by attempts to undermine national human rights institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
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GENEVA (6 May 2021) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Governments and others in positions of power.
Over the last two years, the UN Human Rights Office has received increasing complaints from NHRIs (Defensorías del Pueblo, Procuradurías para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Ombudsperson Offices) in the region, who have been harassed and threatened by Governments, parliamentarians, officials, vigilante groups and others simply for doing their work and fulfilling their mandate.
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Colombia Humanitarian Needs Overview Summary 2021
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Despite years of continuous socio-economic progress and the signing of the 2016 Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace1 between the Government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP), which brought a period of relief unseen in decades, numerous humanitarian challenges persist, in some remote regions of the country due to the presence of criminal organizations and non-state armed groups continue to generate violence and new conflict dynamics2 , with humanitarian implications for vulnerable populations. In addition to the above, the natural disasters and the influx of mixed-migration flows from Venezuela.