The Secretariat of State for Human Rights (SEDH) was created by Complementary Law No. 830 on July 5, 2016 and meets an old civil society claim, which aims to strengthen policies for the promotion, protection and defense of human rights, bringing them together in a single state structure, capable of articulating both with other secretariats and with social movements. On September 2, 2016, the organizational structure of SEDH was changed by Decree No. 4012-R, and then by Decrees 4195-R, of December 29, 2017, and 4244-R, of May 9 2018.