Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Colombia

Title: 
Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Colombia
Document Type: 
Documents by United Nations Bodies and Agencies
Reference: 
37th Sess, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/COL/CO/6 (2007)
Annotation: 
Commenting on the country report submitted by Colombia for its 37th Session, the Committee notes the positive steps that Colombia has taken to combat VAW, including measures to strengthen legislative, policy and institutional frameworks with respect to persistence of violence. The Committee is concerned, however, that the general climate of violence and insecurity negatively impacts the full implementation of the Convention and that the links between drug trafficking and other forms of trafficking, including sex tourism and economic exploitation, are particularly harmful to women.