This press release covers the conclusion of a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building of the Human Rights Council. Adrie van der Streek of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, in a joint statement with International Commission of Jurists, called upon the High Commissioner for Human Rights to recommend that Colombia abide by the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers so that they could fulfil their critical role of defending rights and the rule of law without risk to thei personal and professional safety.