A/HRC/43/3/Add.3 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 May 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 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 Situation of human rights in Colombia Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights*, ** Summary In the present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights describes the human rights situation in Colombia in 2019, focusing on the situation of human rights defenders, the use of the military in situations relating to public security, the fight against impunity, and inequalities in the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. The High Commissioner also assesses the implementation of the human rights aspects of the peace agreement signed between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP). In the report, the High Commissioner puts forward recommendations to contribute to improving the human rights situation. * The summary of the present report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission and in Spanish only. ** The present report was submitted after the deadline so as to reflect developments that took place in November and December 2019. GE.20-06515(E) 