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Colombia

Colombia is a constitutional, multiparty republic. It is a presidential democracy (bicameral congress with a senate and a house of representatives).
The last presidential and legislative elections were considered free and fair and the most peaceful in decades by observers. There were reports that members of the security forces committed some abuses. The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses. The government generally investigated and prosecuted human rights abuses and violent crimes committed by nonstate armed groups, drug-trafficking organizations and small criminal gangs, when reported.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Threats of violence against LGBTQI+ persons
  • Threats of violence against and forced displacement of racial and ethnic groups, incl. Afro-Colombian and Indigenous peoples
  • Killings and violence against trade unionists and labor activists

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

53/100
10,0/100 (5)
75,8/100 (0,758)
79,2/100 (0,792)
60,0/100 (4,0)
49,0/100 (51,0)
87,5/100 (T1)
75,1/100 (0,751)
48,0/100 (0,48)
34,9/100 (78,1)
70,0/100 (70)
49,4/100 (49,4)
40,0/100 (40)
73,0/100 (73)