A/HRC/31/3/Add.2 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 23 June 2016 Original: English and Spanish Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia. In the present report, the High Commissioner celebrates the advances in the negotiations to end the internal armed conflict between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army, highlights the positive effects they have had during 2015 and identifies risks and opportunities for peacebuilding, on the basis of the human rights situation observed and international experience. The High Commissioner examines structural human rights challenges considered priorities that must be addressed in order for the peace process to transcend the end of hostilities and bring about transformation towards the enjoyment of human rights by all men, women, girls and boys in Colombia. The report includes 13 recommendations. GE.16-10565(E) 