TThe National Human Rights Network is a communications channel for information exchange among different state entities responsible for Human Rights in Colombia. It was created in 1994 with the support of the Government of the Netherlands for the fundamental purpose of strengthening the institutional response regarding the struggle against impunity in cases of Human Rights violations. At present, the RDH is being technically strengthened through international cooperation, so that it will allow up-to-date and timely data exchange between investigative and punishment agencies on the most relevant cases nationally and internationally of Human Rights violations and infringements of International Humanitarian Law. In addition, it will permit the collection, processing and make known information on the humanitarian situation of this country and State's performance in facing that situation.

The communications network, which is administered by the Office of the High Counselor on Human Rights, has network points in the following user entities: The Prosecutor General's Office, the Attorney General's Office, the Public Defender's Office, the Ministry of Defense, the Forensic Medicine Institute, Administrative Department of Security (DAS), National Police, the National Army and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This network makes inter-institutional programs possible, such as the identification of individuals who have disappeared and unidentified cadavers (NN's).

External users can consult information which is public in nature found on the network, including the work of the Human Rights Observatory, statistics on the situation and policies in this area, through the network's webpage: http://www.rdh.gov.co as well as through their e-mail address: rdh@presidencia.gov.co