Date of publication
Jan. 22, 2022
Document Reference #

CERD/C/COL/CO/17-19

Publishing Organization
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Document Type
Concluding Observations
Country
Colombia
Protected Area Reference
Relevant paragraphs, or extracts

20. …. The Committee is also concerned about the situation currently experienced by some indigenous peoples living in protected areas, including Tayrona National Park, who face restrictions on their right to dispose freely of their lands and natural resources (arts. 2 and 5).

21. The Committee recommends that the State party:

….(d) Take the steps necessary to ensure that indigenous peoples living in protected areas, in particular Tayrona National Park, are able to dispose freely of their lands and natural resources and that they are consulted in all processes and decisions that affect them. Indigenous peoples facing extinction, living in isolation or at the initial-contact stage.