Ms Erlendy Cuero Bravo Item III Final Remarks
9th session of the Forum on Minority Issues - ohchr
24/25 November 2016
Unites Nations - Geneva
Thank you Mr Chairperson. I would like to in having listened to the different human
rights defenders, and given the need to strengthen monitoring mechanisms, I would
say that there is a difference between preparing reports and ensuring the rights of
minorities. For example, Colombia ratified the ILO Convention 167 and yet this right
has not been fully guaranteed in their communities. A second example one of the
main problems of displacement has meant that Colombia has incorporated the
guiding principles in the legislation and yet there is a problem of the promotion of
indigenous peoples rights on the ground, Thank you very much.