E/C.12/COL/CO/6
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Distr.: General
19 October 2017
English
Original: Spanish
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of
Colombia*
1.
The Committee considered the sixth periodic report of Colombia (E/C.12/COL/6) at
its 52nd and 53rd meetings (see E/C.12/2017/SR.52 and 53), held on 19 and 20 September
2017. At its 78th meeting, held on 6 October 2017, it adopted the following concluding
observations.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the submission of the sixth periodic report of Colombia
and the written replies to the list of issues (E/C.12/COL/Q/6/Add.1), which were
supplemented by the oral responses provided by the delegation. The Committee appreciates
the frank and constructive dialogue held with the delegation of the State party. The
Committee is also grateful for the additional information provided during the dialogue.
B.
Positive aspects
3.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of or accession to the
following international instruments:
(a)
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, on 11 June 2012;
(b)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 10 May 2011.
4.
The Committee welcomes with great satisfaction the signature and adoption of the
Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace, between
the State party and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo
(Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army, FARC-EP). It also welcomes
the commencement of peace negotiations and the bilateral ceasefire agreement between the
State party and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army).
5.
The Committee welcomes the legislative, institutional and policy measures that have
been taken to promote the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights in the State
party, including:
(a)
The Act on formalizing and generating employment, of 2010 (Act No. 1429),
and the National Network for the Formalization of Employment, set up in 2014;
(b)
The Victims and Land Restitution Act, of 2011 (Act No. 1448);
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-second session (18 September-6 October 2017).
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