A/HRC/10/82 Page 23 President has rejected attacks against non-governmental organizations. Special attention is being paid to investigations into these allegations. 84. It was noted that there are significant elements in place, which indicate that there is a strong political debate in Colombia. Colombia rejected the idea that it allows impunity and reiterated its commitment to the fight against all forms of human rights violations. It also rejected any accusation with regard to non-compliance with rights to victims. The delegation stated that non-governmental organizations have decided to abandon voluntarily the scenario of discussion with regard to the national plan of action and have undertaken a worldwide campaign to isolate the Government. The Government expressed its willingness to maintain dialogue and its commitment to protect non-governmental organizations as much as possible. 85. The delegation reiterated that, in Colombia, the entire State is working together to respect the independence of the judiciary. It stressed that, today, the situation in Colombia is different, as there is extensive support from the population because the Government is aware of its obligations and is making every effort to comply with those obligations in protecting its people. It indicated that the Government would analyse the recommendations very carefully. 86. In conclusion, the Vice-President of Colombia thanked the States for their questions, and stated that Colombia would respond to all of them and make those answers public. He also thanked them for the recommendations, which Colombia will analyse to decide on the ones it can implement and the ones it cannot, although many of them are already reflected in the State’s own voluntary commitments. He also stated that there are practices that do not contribute to the enjoyment of human rights, one of them being evaluating from a political standpoint, or evaluating human rights without objectivity, or with erroneous information, which Colombia thinks in good faith might have happened to the delegation of Denmark. He added that the use of differentiated standards does not favour the practice of human rights. The Vice-President believes that there must be an objective analysis of the Justice and Peace Law and the Law on victims currently under discussion that will show the world that Colombia has made progress. Colombia noted that overestimation of achievements or problems do not help in the area of human rights either. Although the situation in Colombia is difficult, it has improved dramatically in the last six years, and these achievements do not belong just to Colombia or the Government, but also to the Judiciary, thanks to complementary efforts and contributions of the United Nations system, the international community and civil society. He stressed that there have been many changes in Colombia with regard to human rights but that it is always necessary to acknowledge there are also many problems. He reiterated the 69 voluntary commitments assumed by the Government, many of them similar to the recommendations made during the discussion. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 87. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue have been examined by Colombia and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of Colombia. Colombia has submitted its views on recommendations noted in the report in paragraphs 19(a), 19(b), 19(f), 20(a), 20(e), 21(a), 21(b), 22(a), 22(b), 23(c), 23(f), 25(b), 26(a), 27(a), 27(b), 27(c), 29(a), 30(c), 30(d), 30(e), 30(f), 32(b), 33(d), 34(a), 35(a), 35(d), 37(a), 37(b), 38(a), 40(a), 40(d), 40(g), 42(a), 42(b), 43(a), 43(b), 45(b), 45(c), 45(d), 45(e), 46(b), 46(d), 47(a), 49(a), 49(c), 49(d), 51(b), 54(a), 54(c), 54(d), 55(b), 55(c), 55(d), 56(b), 57(a), 57(b), 58(a), 60(b), 60(c), 60(d). These views are included in an addendum to the report of the Working Group (A/HRC/10/82/Add.1):

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