Línea de Tiempo contra el Racismo

1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly on December
10, 1948, which was henceforth designated Human Rights Day.

1960
March 21, 1960 is a historic day for humanity as it set the precedent for the impact of racial
discrimination on society.

1981
Colombia ratified Law 22 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination (CIERD).

1991
The Political Constitution and national legislation have recognized the rights of indigenous
peoples, Afro-Colombians, men, women and children. As well as the recognition of
religion, politics and education.

2004
Ethnic-racial self-recognition is recognized in Colombia, through documents and laws.

2005
According to DANE, there are 87 indigenous peoples in Colombia, with a population of
approximately 1,400,000 inhabitants who do not receive economic and political restitution
from the state.
The most representative demographic areas of this inequality are found in some
departments (Guainía, Vaupés, La Guajira, Amazonas and Vichada).

2009
On April 21, the Colombian government announced its "unilateral endorsement of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, its spirit and the principles
that inspired it".

2017
Article 323˚ states: Whoever, by himself or through third parties, discriminates against one
or more persons or group of persons, or incites or promotes in a public manner
discriminatory acts, based on racial, religious, sexual, genetic factor, filiation, age,
disability, language, ethnic and cultural identity, clothing, political opinion or of any kind,
or economic condition, with the purpose of nullifying or impairing the recognition,
enjoyment or exercise of the rights of the person, shall be punished with deprivation of
liberty.
2021
The Inclusion for Peace Program of the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), implemented by the International Organization for Migration
(IOM), accompanies and leads different activities and campaigns that seek to highlight the
different forms of racial discrimination that affect, fundamentally, ethnic, Afro-descendant
and indigenous populations in the country.