Third-party groups flagrantly violate human rights often and regularly, limiting Colombia’s score to 50. Colombia is the highest-scoring country to receive this designation. Colombia has fully abolished the death penalty. Cartel presence has greatly diminished in Colombia in recent decades; cartels no longer control much of Colombia and instead operate primarily in insurgency-controlled areas. Cartels still exert direct control over some towns in rural Colombia. Militants continue to control large parts of the jungles in Colombia’s South. While FARC dissidents have diminished in influence and many have moved into Venezuela, the Gaitanista Self-Defence Forces of Colombia and several other insurgencies continue to control villages in the countryside. Clashes among various armed groups and the police often catch civilians in the crossfire. Armed groups have laid anti-personnel mines that have killed civilians and various armed groups have razed entire villages under the control of rival groups. Furthermore, armed groups were responsible for a minimum of sixty-six extrajudicial executions but this figure is likely significantly higher due to the number of unresolved missing persons cases in areas under the control of armed groups. Riot police engaged in brutal tactics to respond to Colombia’s frequent protests. Sixty-five riot police across several cities are under investigation for police brutality over the deaths of protestors. On several occasions, riot police fired live ammunition into crowds of peaceful protestors, resulting in several deaths. Police beat peaceful protestors during detention on several occasions and used multiple-round heavy projectile launchers to fire tear gas canisters and stun grenades into crowds. These tactics were ruled brutal by the United Nations. On several occasions, police violently dispersed legally organized, peaceful protests. This was mostly done in response to escalation by protestors but in some instances, police acted unprompted. Police detained over 1200 people during protests - only 215 were ever charged. Most were released within a few hours or days of detention and never given a reason. Police brutality is a systemic and ingrained issue in Colombia. Police were responsible for several extrajudicial executions in Colombia but few were ever investigated. Native groups defending environmental rights were subject to harassment and attacks. Forty-five human rights defenders were murdered in 2020, most of whom were members of Indigenous groups defending environmental rights. Colombia guarantees a full gamut of LGBT rights. Abortion was legal to preserve the physical and mental health of a woman as well as in cases of rape, incest, and fetal impairment. Since the scoring period elapsed, Colombia expanded abortion protections and it is now legal to twenty-four weeks.