In a strong statement from Great Britain to Colombia, Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley, reiterates the UK’s commitment to supporting peace in Colombia through the full implementation of the Peace Accord with the FARC, at the UN Security Council meeting on Colombia.[i] On 11 January 2023, the United Nations Security Council...
24 November 2022, marks the sixth anniversary of the signing of the 2016 Final Peace Accord between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia‑Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) guerrilla group. The ambitious Peace Accord addresses the structural causes of over 50 years of armed conflict. As we pass the six-year mark, there has been a...
Colombia was the first country in the world to sign a Peace Accord which declared ‘no amnesties’ for conflict related sexual and gender-based violence. It is also the first country to prosecute in a national case in the Transitional Justice System, crimes of sexual and gender-based violence and crimes related to sexual orientation, and gender...
10 November 2021 The signatories to this press release celebrate that 24 November 2021 marks the fifth anniversary of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP), which put end to the internal armed conflict between them, that left more than nine million victims, and...
24 November 2020 marks the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the Peace Accord signed between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP). Considered one of the most comprehensive and inclusive Peace Accords to date. Four years after signing what is happening? There were a range of...
The following is an excerpt from the ABColombia report “Towards Transformative Change: Women and the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Accord”. To access the full report in English and Spanish, click here. Indigenous women want peace, but not in any form or incompletely. For us, peace means guarantees that we can implement our Life Plans....
Summary: Joint letter calls government draft bill ‘unconstitutional’ and in violation of the Peace Accord, saying it threatens indigenous, afro-Colombian and rural communities’ rights Joint Letter On 18 April 2017, a joint letter, signed by civil society organisations including: Colombian Commission of Jurists [i], Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular- Programa por la Paz...
ABColombia welcomes the ratification by the Colombian Congress of the revised Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People’s Army (FARC). But remains seriously concerned about the escalating levels of violence against human rights defenders with over 70 killed so far in 2016. Following the initial...
The armed conflict in Colombia has lasted for over 50 years. Peace negotiations, like the historic Peace Accord between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP in 2016, have attempted to bring an end to decades of violence, and the administration of President Gustavo Petro has introduced an ambitious policy of Paz Total (Total Peace). Under...
