Colombia holds a dark record among Latin American countries: more than 400 human rights defenders were killed since 2016, according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). This violence reveals the many challenges the country faces, since an ambitious peace agreement was signed by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) in 2016, ending a decades-long armed conflict.

Full article on Human Rights Pulse, March 3rd, 2022