A/HRC/31/3/Add.2 autonomy, those rights remain unsatisfied owing to a lack of funds and agile, strong national institutions specialized in intercultural approaches. Although indigenous and AfroColombian lives, territories and cultures have been disproportionately affected by the conflict, the parties in Havana have yet to engage in dialogue with those populations to ensure the success of the peace process. 96. All persons have the right to participate in decisions affecting them. AfroColombians and indigenous peoples enjoy additional protections. OHCHR-Colombia observed that oversight and evaluation of State investment for these populations are impeded because State entities do not disaggregate their budgets and spending or make such information accessible. 97. Six years after the issuance of the Constitutional Court order to create an ethnic protection plan — an administrative measure to prevent violations of collective territorial rights — it remains insufficiently implemented. Only about 20 per cent of claims presented by indigenous and Afro-Colombian victims of forced displacement, armed conflict and megaprojects have been addressed by State institutions, and those have not achieved effective protections. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 25 of 60 titling claims submitted by Afro-Colombian communities have been processed, while 17 are currently being processed. 98. The High Commissioner previously welcomed the advance represented by Decree No. 1953 of 2014 to enable the autonomous functioning of indigenous territories through direct budgetary implementation of the General Participation System. However, regulatory gaps and prerequisites, considered difficult to comply with by some indigenous reserves, limited implementation. OHCHR-Colombia registered cases that confirm the urgent need to fully implement the constitutionally recognized special indigenous jurisdiction and ensure its respect by and coordination with judicial operators in the ordinary jurisdiction. V. Recommendations 99. The High Commissioner: (a) Calls upon the Government to unify, strengthen and make public its systems on follow-up to recommendations of international and regional human rights systems, and to include the participation of civil society when assessing their implementation; (b) Urges the parties in Havana to seize the opportunity to dialogue with indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombians to ensure that the peace agreements and their implementation maximize the enjoyment of their collective and individual rights. The final agreement should include specific reference to the commitment to ensure respect for internationally and constitutionally recognized indigenous and AfroColombian rights in all aspects of implementation; (c) Encourages the Government to adopt all measures necessary, in the current economic context, to maximize the potential of the peace agreements to bring about a positive transformation of the human rights situation in Colombia, for example by substantially redistributing the State’s human and financial resources; (d) Urges the Government to intensify planning exercises for the future integrated system for truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence, which will require respect for international standards and, given its magnitude, greater human and financial resources than any similar past or current transitional justice process worldwide. This should include an informed budgetary exercise and flexible and agile spending mechanisms; 18

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