The UN commissioner on human rights has also said that “significant progress” has been made in terms of a dramatic reduction in the numbers of complaints of extrajudicial executions.
She also said that she was
impressed by the increased expenditure on government programmes to protect and support vulnerable groups. Such efforts, in a country facing such a complex and multifaceted armed conflict, must be acknowledged and encouraged.
And President Barack Obama has said:
I commended President Uribe on the progress that has been made in human rights in Colombia and dealing with the killings of labor leaders there, and obviously we've seen a downward trajectory in the deaths of labor union[ists] and we've seen improvements when it comes to prosecution of those who are carrying out these blatant human rights offenses.
Very few people I have met in Colombia, even those opposed to the FTA, when asked if things have improved in Colombia since 2002.... In fact, none of the people we met, including some who were opposed to the FTA, said that the situation had not improved since 2002 in terms of security, rights, and economic opportunity.
In terms of homicide rates—