Declaración Conjunta Del V Ciclo De La Mesa De Diálogos De Paz Entre El Gobierno Nacional Y El Estado Mayor De Los Bloques

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Country/entity: Colombia
Region: Americas
Agreement name: Declaración Conjunta Del V Ciclo De La Mesa De Diálogos De Paz Entre El Gobierno Nacional Y El Estado Mayor De Los Bloques
Date: 15 Jul 2024
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Colombian Conflict (1964 - )
The Colombian conflict is really a set of conflicts and the peace agreements reflect both different processes relating to different conflict groups and dyads, and processes taking place at different times in a complex peace process history. The Colombian civil war has its roots in the late 1940s and the violent infighting between liberal and the conservative factions. Emerging from the liberal tradition with a thorough grounding in nationalist communist ideology, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) began its armed insurrection against the Colombian government in 1964. Other left-wing guerrillas emerged as well, most notably the socialist/populist M-19, which would later be integrated into the formal political system in the peace process of 1990s; the National Liberation Army (ELN), which has strong roots in liberation theology, and the Maoist Ejército Popular de Liberación (EPL) (also part of the 1990 process, less successfully). Several stages of peace processes were undertaken by the various sides, which were further complicated by the emergence of right-wing paramilitary ‘self-defence’ forces. The peace agreement between the Colombian government under President Uribe and the main alliance of the paramilitary groups, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), concluded in 2005 and is still heavily disputed as several remnants are still active, but now subsumed under the heading ‘Bacrim’ (Bandas criminales). In addition, FARC and ELN maintain a military presence, but both demonstrate a strong interest in completing successful peace negotiations with the government, with the most recent agreements being between FARC and the Government.
Stage: Framework/substantive - partial
Conflict nature: Government/territory
Peace process: Colombia VII - Petro Peace Dialogues with FARC-EP
Parties: [Government of Colombia]:

Camilo [illegible]
Coordinator Delegation
National Government

Gloria Quinceno
Government Delegation

Genny Calvo Olmos
Government Delegation

Luz Dary [illegible]
Government delegation

[FARC-EP]:

Leopoldo Durán García
Head of Delegation of the FARC-EP

Calarca Cordoba
FARC-EP Delegation

José Tomás Ojeda Soleimani
FARC-EP Delegate

Cipriano Cortés
FARC-EP Delegate
Third parties: MAPP-OEA
[illegible] Gomez

[name illegible]
Delegate of the Special Representative
of the General Secretary
of the UN in Colombia

Humberto Shikiya
World Council of Churches

[name illegible]
Episcopal Conference of Colombia
Description: This agreement comes from the fifth round of talks between the Colombian government and dissident blocs of the FARC-EP. The agreement addressed various issues, including the functioning of the ceasefire monitoring mechanism, environmental commitments, and the 'thematic axes' of a potential peace agreement.

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Groups

Children/youth: No specific mention.
Disabled persons: No specific mention.
Elderly/age: No specific mention.
Migrant workers: No specific mention.
Racial/ethnic/national group: No specific mention.
Religious groups: No specific mention.
Indigenous people: No specific mention.
Other groups: Groups→Other groups→Rhetorical
6. Rights of all vulnerable and specially protected populations.
Refugees/displaced persons: No specific mention.
Social class: No specific mention.

Gender

Women, girls and gender: No specific mention.
Men and boys: No specific mention.
LGBTI: No specific mention.
Family: No specific mention.

State definition

Nature of state (general): No specific mention.
State configuration: No specific mention.
Self determination: No specific mention.
Referendum: No specific mention.
State symbols: No specific mention.
Independence/secession: No specific mention.
Accession/unification: No specific mention.
Border delimitation: No specific mention.
Cross-border provision: No specific mention.

Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed): No specific mention.
Elections: No specific mention.
Electoral commission: No specific mention.
Political parties reform: No specific mention.
Civil society: No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders: No specific mention.
Public administration: No specific mention.
Constitution: No specific mention.

Power sharing

Political power sharing: No specific mention.
Territorial power sharing: No specific mention.
Economic power sharing: No specific mention.
Military power sharing: No specific mention.

Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general: 9. The National Government delegation will ask the international community, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to contribute to the deliberations on the scope and application of the norms of International Humanitarian Law, including the figure of exaction.
Bill of rights/similar: No specific mention.
Treaty incorporation: No specific mention.
Civil and political rights: Human rights and equality→Civil and political rights→Liberty and security of person
humanitarian attention to persons deprived of their liberty who are members of the aforementioned Fronts and Blocs that are at the Dialogue Table;
Socio-economic rights: No specific mention.

Rights related issues

Citizenship: No specific mention.
Democracy: No specific mention.
Detention procedures: No specific mention.
Media and communication: No specific mention.
Mobility/access: No specific mention.
Protection measures: Rights related issues→Protection measures→Protection of civilians
3. Progress was made in georeferencing with the definition of criteria, identification of the fronts of each bloc represented at the Peace Dialogues Table, and a technical committee was formed for the exchange of information in order to contribute to the protection of the population, territorial transformations and the prevention of confrontations.
Other: No specific mention.

Rights institutions

NHRI: No specific mention.
Regional or international human rights institutions: No specific mention.

Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law: No specific mention.
State of emergency provisions: No specific mention.
Judiciary and courts: No specific mention.
Prisons and detention: 7. The Peace Dialogues Table accepts the agreements of the Joint Legal Commission, composed of delegates of the parties and permanent accompaniers, on urgent humanitarian efforts to attend to persons, members of the Blocs and Fronts that are represented in the MDP, who are deprived of their liberty with serious health problems.
These agreements also include arrangements for educational programmes, the evaluation of possible relocations, consultations on criminal policy issues and the proposal of humanitarian peace camps within the framework of the legal provisions in force.
Traditional Laws: No specific mention.

Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction: No specific mention.
National economic plan: No specific mention.
Natural resources: No specific mention.
International funds: No specific mention.
Business: No specific mention.
Taxation: No specific mention.
Banks: No specific mention.

Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights: 1. Territorial transformations and immediately applicable agreements.
2. Land and territory.
Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Land reform and management
2. The Roundtable decided to hold social dialogues with special groups such as those in Peasant Reserve Zones, forest development zones, national natural parks, and inhabitants in possession of vacant land for adjudication, families occupying areas of the Law N° 2 of 1959, signatories of the 2016 Peace Agreement who are included in the social processes in the territories, collective ethnic territories and in populated centres, and communities in critical areas.
Pastoralist/nomadism rights: No specific mention.
Cultural heritage: No specific mention.
Environment: socio-environmental initiatives in the Amazon, Catatumbo and Antioquia for the protection of biodiversity and sustainable development;
...
2. The Roundtable decided to hold social dialogues with special groups such as those in Peasant Reserve Zones, forest development zones, national natural parks, and inhabitants in possession of vacant land for adjudication, families occupying areas of the Law N° 2 of 1959, signatories of the 2016 Peace Agreement who are included in the social processes in the territories, collective ethnic territories and in populated centres, and communities in critical areas.
...
3. Environmental peace.
...
5. Environmental commitment of the V cycle.
Taking into account the country's commitments to the necessary protection of the Amazon, and the importance of the environmental agenda for peace building, the parties agree to develop a space for dialogue with ethnic peoples and peasants, occupants of the north-western arc of this region, institutional framework, private sector, academia, among others, with the sole purpose of listening to proposals and alternatives aimed at avoiding deforestation in the next summer period, as well as other impacts on natural resources and biodiversity.
The MDP urges the inter-institutional and community commissions and roundtables to speed up the inclusive dialogue between the environmental institutions and the grassroots communities, in order to reach agreement between all the relevant parties, which will make possible the implementation in the short term of socio-environmental programmes and projects that benefit the communities while at the same time recognising their rights as caretakers of areas of environmental importance, including the strategic environmental ecosystems of Catatumbo and Antioquia.
6. Accepted as agreements of the Roundtable are the commitments on Territorial Transformation and environmental issues derived from the social dialogue sessions, which have been approved by the parties.
Water or riparian rights or access: No specific mention.

Security sector

Security Guarantees: 9. Guarantees for the parties after the agreement.
Ceasefire: 1. The Oversight, Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVMV) presented by consensus its Final Report to the Dialogues Table in the framework of the CFBTNT, in accordance with Decree 016 of 2024, for the period between 16 January and 25 June of this year.
The evaluation of the fulfilment of commitments made it possible to ascertain the parties' interest in continuing to make progress on key issues of respect for the civilian population.
Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
Commander Jorge Suárez Briceño, Commander Gentil Duarte and the Commander of the Raúl Reyes Front of the FARC-EP have held the V cycle of talks, in the city of Bogotá, amidst a constructive spirit, taking decisions on ceasefire monitoring and respect for the civilian population;
georeferencing of zones of presence;
...
territorial transformations;
...
Taking into account the events following the suspension of the ceasefire on 20 March 2024 by the National Government in Nariño, Cauca and Valle del Cauca, it was agreed that, from now on, the ceasefire will be with the Blocs and Fronts that remain at the Table, with full validity of the agreements and protocols signed since the installation in Tibú on 16 October 2023 until those adopted in Cycle V and those defined by mutual agreement between the parties.
...
The MVMV will provide monthly reports and equip itself with the necessary tools and logistics for its urgent actions to prevent incidents, respond to alerts and community complaints, and verify cases, with a rapid response to those of greatest gravity and impact on the life, liberty, dignity and living conditions of the population.
...
3. Progress was made in georeferencing with the definition of criteria, identification of the fronts of each bloc represented at the Peace Dialogues Table, and a technical committee was formed for the exchange of information in order to contribute to the protection of the population, territorial transformations and the prevention of confrontations.
Security sector→Ceasefire→General commitments
Based on the recommendations and warnings of the MVMV, the Peace Dialogues Table agreed to strengthen regional and local bodies for the prevention of events not permitted in the agreements, rules and commitments.
Police: No specific mention.
Armed forces: No specific mention.
DDR: Security sector→DDR→DDR programmes
8. Conflict, security and weapons.
Intelligence services: No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: humanitarian attention to persons deprived of their liberty who are members of the aforementioned Fronts and Blocs that are at the Dialogue Table;
and progress in terms of social participation in the process.
Withdrawal of foreign forces: No specific mention.
Corruption: 5. Political issues, corruption and culture of peace.
Crime/organised crime: As well as the issues of dissent raised in the MVMV report such as extortion, among others.
Drugs: No specific mention.
Terrorism: No specific mention.

Transitional justice

Transitional justice general: 7. Models of justice and victims' rights.
Amnesty/pardon: No specific mention.
Courts: No specific mention.
Mechanism: No specific mention.
Prisoner release: No specific mention.
Vetting: No specific mention.
Victims: 7. Models of justice and victims' rights.
Missing persons: No specific mention.
Reparations: No specific mention.
Reconciliation: No specific mention.

Implementation

UN signatory: Signed by the delegations:
...
Delegate of the Special Representative
Of the General Secretary
Of the UN in Colombia
Other international signatory: No specific mention.
Referendum for agreement: No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar: No specific mention.
Enforcement mechanism: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
Source: No specific mention.

JOINT DECLARATION OF THE V CYCLE OF THE PEACE DIALOGUES BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE BLOCS:

COMMANDER JORGE SUÁREZ BRICEÑO, COMMANDER GENTIL DUARTE AND THE FRONT COMMANDER RAÚL REYES OF THE FARC-EP

Bogotá D.C. 15 July 2024

The delegations of the National Government and the General Staff of the Blocs:

Commander Jorge Suárez Briceño, Commander Gentil Duarte and the Commander of the Raúl Reyes Front of the FARC-EP have held the V cycle of talks, in the city of Bogotá, amidst a constructive spirit, taking decisions on ceasefire monitoring and respect for the civilian population;

georeferencing of zones of presence;

agenda for the construction of the Peace Agreement;

socio-environmental initiatives in the Amazon, Catatumbo and Antioquia for the protection of biodiversity and sustainable development;

territorial transformations;

humanitarian attention to persons deprived of their liberty who are members of the aforementioned Fronts and Blocs that are at the Dialogue Table;

and progress in terms of social participation in the process.

Taking into account the events following the suspension of the ceasefire on 20 March 2024 by the National Government in Nariño, Cauca and Valle del Cauca, it was agreed that, from now on, the ceasefire will be with the Blocs and Fronts that remain at the Table, with full validity of the agreements and protocols signed since the installation in Tibú on 16 October 2023 until those adopted in Cycle V and those defined by mutual agreement between the parties.

1. The Oversight, Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVMV) presented by consensus its Final Report to the Dialogues Table in the framework of the CFBTNT, in accordance with Decree 016 of 2024, for the period between 16 January and 25 June of this year.

The evaluation of the fulfilment of commitments made it possible to ascertain the parties' interest in continuing to make progress on key issues of respect for the civilian population.

Based on the recommendations and warnings of the MVMV, the Peace Dialogues Table agreed to strengthen regional and local bodies for the prevention of events not permitted in the agreements, rules and commitments.

The MVMV will provide monthly reports and equip itself with the necessary tools and logistics for its urgent actions to prevent incidents, respond to alerts and community complaints, and verify cases, with a rapid response to those of greatest gravity and impact on the life, liberty, dignity and living conditions of the population.

2. The Roundtable decided to hold social dialogues with special groups such as those in Peasant Reserve Zones, forest development zones, national natural parks, and inhabitants in possession of vacant land for adjudication, families occupying areas of the Law N° 2 of 1959, signatories of the 2016 Peace Agreement who are included in the social processes in the territories, collective ethnic territories and in populated centres, and communities in critical areas.

3. Progress was made in georeferencing with the definition of criteria, identification of the fronts of each bloc represented at the Peace Dialogues Table, and a technical committee was formed for the exchange of information in order to contribute to the protection of the population, territorial transformations and the prevention of confrontations.

The parties will invite, when they consider it necessary, to this technical committee the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Colombia, as well as the one of the Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organisation of American States (MAPP-OAS), the Colombian Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.

4. Taking into account the initial thematic guidelines agreed at the installation of the roundtable in Tibú and the contributions of the social dialogue sessions, we, the parties, agreed on the thematic axes for the construction of the Peace Agreement, which, with a participatory methodology and a common route, will be at the centre of the work of the Peace Dialogue Table.

These axes are:

1. Territorial transformations and immediately applicable agreements.

2. Land and territory.

3. Environmental peace.

4. Economic, labour and social issues.

5. Political issues, corruption and culture of peace.

6. Rights of all vulnerable and specially protected populations.

7. Models of justice and victims' rights.

8. Conflict, security and weapons.

9. Guarantees for the parties after the agreement.

10. Regulatory frameworks and international relations for peace. (

See text of the Agreement on the agenda for the Peace Agreement).

5. Environmental commitment of the V cycle.

Taking into account the country's commitments to the necessary protection of the Amazon, and the importance of the environmental agenda for peace building, the parties agree to develop a space for dialogue with ethnic peoples and peasants, occupants of the north-western arc of this region, institutional framework, private sector, academia, among others, with the sole purpose of listening to proposals and alternatives aimed at avoiding deforestation in the next summer period, as well as other impacts on natural resources and biodiversity.

The MDP urges the inter-institutional and community commissions and roundtables to speed up the inclusive dialogue between the environmental institutions and the grassroots communities, in order to reach agreement between all the relevant parties, which will make possible the implementation in the short term of socio-environmental programmes and projects that benefit the communities while at the same time recognising their rights as caretakers of areas of environmental importance, including the strategic environmental ecosystems of Catatumbo and Antioquia.

6. Accepted as agreements of the Roundtable are the commitments on Territorial Transformation and environmental issues derived from the social dialogue sessions, which have been approved by the parties.

For the continuity of these dialogues, the following special zones of intervention and execution of partial agreements are defined for the next period:

Sur del Meta - north of Guavíare, Catatumbo, north-northeast and Bajo Cauca Antioqueño, Sur de Bolívar and Caquetá-Yarí.

By agreement of the parties, other areas may be included.

7. The Peace Dialogues Table accepts the agreements of the Joint Legal Commission, composed of delegates of the parties and permanent accompaniers, on urgent humanitarian efforts to attend to persons, members of the Blocs and Fronts that are represented in the MDP, who are deprived of their liberty with serious health problems.

These agreements also include arrangements for educational programmes, the evaluation of possible relocations, consultations on criminal policy issues and the proposal of humanitarian peace camps within the framework of the legal provisions in force.

8. The Peace Dialogue Table invites all sectors of the state and civil society to deepen their efforts to achieve significant achievements in the political solution of the social conflict, in order to explore routes towards the elimination of the causes that generate the conflict.

9. The National Government delegation will ask the international community, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to contribute to the deliberations on the scope and application of the norms of International Humanitarian Law, including the figure of exaction.

As well as the issues of dissent raised in the MVMV report such as extortion, among others.

10. The General Staff of the Blocs: Commander Jorge Suárez Briceño and Commander Gentil Duarte and, of the Front Commander

Raúl Reyes of the FARC-EP declares that he only assumes as commitments the Agreements and protocols signed by the parties in the Peace Dialogues Table.

The parties are grateful for the accompaniment of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Colombia, as well as the Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organisation of American States - MAPP-OAS, the Colombian Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.

Likewise, they are grateful for the continued support of the group of guarantor countries:

Norway, Venezuela, Switzerland and Ireland.

They also thank the Public Force and the National Protection Unit for guaranteeing security on the day.

Bogotá DC, July 15, 2024.

Signed by the delegations:

Camilo [illegible]

Coordinator Delegation

National Government

Leopoldo Durán García

Head of Delegation of the FARC-EP

Gloria Quinceno

Government Delegation

Calarca Cordoba

FARC-EP Delegation

[illegible]

Government Delegation

José Tomás Ojeda Soleimani

FARC-EP Delegate

Genny Calvo Olmos

Government Delegation

[illegible]

Luz Dary [illegible]

Government delegation

Cipriano Cortés

FARC-EP Delegate.

Joint declaration of the V Cycle of the Peace Dialogues Table between the national government and the Central General Staff of the Blocs:

Commander Jorge Suárez Briceño, Commander Gentil Duarte and of Front Commander Raúl Reyes of the FARC-EP.

MAPP-OEA

[illegible]] Gómez

[illegible]

Delegate of the Special Representative

Of the General Secretary

Of the UN in Colombia

Humberto Shikiya

World Council of Churches

[illegible]

Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Declaración Conjunta Del V Ciclo De La Mesa De Diálogos De Paz Entre El Gobierno Nacional Y El Estado Mayor De Los Bloques

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

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