2008 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for more than 300 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.

In Colombia, the impact of paramilitary intimidation can be seen in the lack of transparency in the judicial decision-making process, as judges often worry about violent reprisals after issuing decisions. At the same time, courts are often not accessible to the average citizen because of bias, geographic location and high costs. With low trust in the judicial system, the national ombudsman continues to be the "most trusted institution for citizen complaints [about] human rights violations." There are no requirements for Colombian non-governmental organizations to disclose their funding, but there is a growing national movement towards transparency that has seen such groups voluntarily release this information.