ENGLISH REPORT

ISAAHRD
Information System on Attacks Against Human Rights Defenders in Colombia

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

JANUARY – JUNE 2023
ISAAHRD
Information System on Attacks Against Human Rights Defenders in Colombia

The present biannual report of the Information System on Aggressions against Human Rights Defenders in Colombia -SIADDHH of the Somos Defensores Program, which corresponds to the period from January to June 2023, is entitled “The Wait”, alluding to the expectation of the arrival of a new situation in the Colombian context, based on its origin in the Latin word sperare, which means to have hope.

We wanted to capture this image of the hopeful waiting in a train station, where multiple expectations and joys, but also sadness and pain, are usually combined.

During the period of preparation of the report, the current government led by President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Márquez has completed its first year, it has been an intense and convulsive year, in which the dynamics of violence are still present with greater force, which has generated multiple aggressions against defenders and social leaders, as well as affectations to the civilian population in general.