Colombia

Since 2020, the Danish Institute for Human Rights has worked in Colombia to support local actors engage with business and human rights and sustainable development related issues.

In 2020 we signed a memorandum of understanding with the national human rights institution of Colombia – Defensoria del Pueblo de Colombia. We provide support and explore opportunities to jointly engage on issues related to human rights and business and the human rights approach to sustainable development. We also support the Defensoria del Pueblo to strengthen its capacities to provide access to remedy in business and human rights complaints.

We further promote the national action plan on business and human rights process and an energy transition with respect of human rights.

The Danish institute for Human Rights will maintain a strong focus on the environment and on gender in its work in Colombia.

Examples on what we do in Colombia

Projects

Strengthening non-judicial remedy mechanisms in Peru and Colombia

This one-year project aims at reinforcing the National Human Rights Institutions and the OECD National Contact Points in Colombia and Peru in their role of facilitating access to remedy in business-related human rights abuses.

The national human rights institutions of Latin America and the 2030 Agenda