Human Rights Balance of the third Year of the Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez Administration

This report, ‘The Challenge of Change: Contention Remains,’ encompasses the third year of the Gustavo Petro administration. Nevertheless, as it has been pertinent in these Reports, it does not aim at an overall balance of the government; it strictly focuses on analysing the Human Rights situation and the responsibility the Colombian State has regarding it. Assessing structural factors explaining the violation of many of said rights is especially significant in this analysis, as it gauges how much they have been modified or whether they still remain, taking into consideration that a change was projected, an offer awakening much expectation.

It has been split into six chapters, each of which touches upon a particular point of view to lay on the facts and analyse the Human Rights situation in Colombia. Its starting point is the international framework via a general assessment; it is followed by evaluating the result of the social reform endeavours; later on, the difficult situation faced in six regions is reported, followed by a chapter devoted to the balance of the ‘Total Peace’ policies; it finishes off with appraising the current democratic conditions in Colombia from a number of angles, as that has been highly controversial. Each chapter comprises a series of articles, having an interpretation hypothesis as a guiding thread.

Chapters

Chapter 1. International Context

Chapter 2. Right to Life: Old and New Risks

Chapter 3. Change Indicators

Chapter 4. Territorial Voices

Chapter 5. Perspectives on Peace: An Early Balance

Chapter 6. Democracy Redefinition Attempts

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