The Ombudsman urged citizens to immediately denounce any act of racism or discrimination, noting that there are various instances to which they can go according to the place where these events occur.
The pronouncement was known after a video was spread on social networks where a metropolitan user launched racist expressions against other passengers. The images caused generalized outrage and rejection of this type of behavior.
“What we have to do is immediately after this (racist act) to file a complaint, in order to be able to transfer all the information we have and then give it the respective monitoring,” Carlos Fernández explained, Deputy Human Rights of the Ombudsman’s Office.
According to the institution, The facts on public roads or transport They must be denounced in police stations or prosecutors, In consumer spaces before Indecopi and in municipal cases to local authorities. With this, it seeks to strengthen the measures against discrimination and protect the rights of all people.
