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Colombia: Don’t Cut Ombudsperson’s Office Budget

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par Human Rights Watch

Headquarters of the Ombudsman’s Office in Bogotá, Colombia, June 15, 2020. © Defensoría del Pueblo 2020 (Bogotá) – Proposed budget cuts to Colombia’s Ombudsperson’s Office would be a blow to the protection of human rights in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.The Ombudsperson’s Office requested a very modest budget increase for 2026, partly to keep pace with the roughly 5 percent annual inflation rate and partly to allow for an expansion of work that is sorely needed in light of Colombia’s evolving human rights concerns. Instead, the budget proposed by the government of Gustavo…

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