Protocolo II - Protocolo para Mandato del Mecanismo de Veeduría, Monitoreo y Verificación en el Marco del Acuerdo para el Respeto a la Población Civil y la Implementación del Cese al Fuego Bilateral, Temporal de Carácter Nacional con Impacto Territorial
- Country/entity
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Colombia
- Region
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Americas
- Agreement name
- Protocolo II - Protocolo para Mandato del Mecanismo de Veeduría, Monitoreo y Verificación en el Marco del Acuerdo para el Respeto a la Población Civil y la Implementación del Cese al Fuego Bilateral, Temporal de Carácter Nacional con Impacto Territorial
- Date
- 16 Oct 2023
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/intrastate conflict
- Stage
- Ceasefire/related
- Conflict nature
- Government/territory
- Peace process
- Colombia VII - Petro Peace Dialogues with FARC-EP
- Parties
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[National Government]:
Camilo González Posso
Coordinator
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Iván Danilo Rueda
High Commissioner For Peace
National Government
Gloria Quinceno Acevedo
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Fabio Valencia Cossio
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Feliciano Valencia Medina
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Luz Dari Landázury Segura
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Carlos Murgas Guerrero
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Pedro José Arenas García
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Coronel (r) Genny Calvo Olmos
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Yesid Arteta Dávila
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Oscar Gerardo Salazar Muñoz
Delegation of National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
Coronel (r) Luis Alfonso Novoa Díaz
Delegation of the National Government in the Peace Dialogues Table
[Central General Staff of the FARC-EP]:
Andrey Avendaño
Head of Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
Sebastián Martínez
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
José Tomás Ojeda
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
Leopoldo Durán García
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Alexander Farfán
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
Javier 33
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
Franco Ramírez
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Angela Izquierdo
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP
Fernanda Briceño
Delegation of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP - Third parties
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Signed the guarantors as witness and depositaries:
Carlos Eduardo Martínez Mendoza
Ambassador of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Louise Wilson
Deputy Head of Mission
Embassy of Ireland
Phillip Lustenberger
Special Envoy
Swiss Confederation
Dag Nagoda
Minister Counsellor
Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway
Accompanying persons:
Raúl Rosende
Delegate of the Special Representative of the General Secretary
Of the United Nations in Colombia
Roberto Menéndez
Head of Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organization of the American States (MAPP-OEA)
Padre Eliecer Soto Ardila
Representative Episcopal Conference of Colombia
Humberto Martín Shikiya
Special Envoy of the
World Council of Churches
Signed as witness:
Jörg Schreiber
Business Manager a.i.
Delegation of the European Union - Description
- This protocol establishes a technical mechanism (MVMV) for monitoring, verifying and overseeing the implementation of the bilateral ceasefire agreement between the Colombian government and FARC-EP. The mechanism operates at national, regional and local levels, with participation from both parties, international organizations, and civil society. It creates a comprehensive verification structure with clear roles and responsibilities for preventing and resolving potential incidents during the ceasefire period.
- Agreement document
- CO_231016_Protocolo_II_MVMV_2_EN (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
- Agreement document (original language)
- CO_231016_Protocolo II_MVMV (opens in new tab)
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
No specific mention.
- 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
- The MVMV will be accompanied by the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches in their ministerial work.The Social Oversight of the Population, its Communities, and Grassroots Organizations, rooted in the territory as outlined in the Participation Protocol of the CFBTNT Agreement, will accompany and support the activities of the MVMV.Social organisations agreed between the parties will contribute to the MVMV, with the aim of strengthening monitoring aimed at preventing armed incidents between the parties, reporting and raising the alarm about the presence of armed actors and armed actions against the life and safety of communities that may be carried out by any armed actor.Social and citizens' organisations contribute through their autonomous monitoring activities to the situation of human rights and the observance of IHL rules in the regions and local areas defined by the MVMV.This Mechanism will establish the procedures for interacting with this Social Oversight of the Population, its Communities and grassroots Organisations, safeguarding the security of the spokespeople of the population....Participation will incorporate a special section focused on the role of these contributions, materialised in a protocol ‘for the Participation and Social Oversight of the Population, its communities and organisations’.This chapter will be implemented through territorial social organisations agreed upon by the parties.Given their deep connection with the community and access to territorial information, they will be an essential and complementary element in the activities of the MVMV.In addition, they shall provide information on the technical component of the mechanism responsible for carrying out the corresponding verifications in the territory, stressing the importance of the Social Oversight of the Population, its communities and its grassroots organisations.The territorial social organisations will contribute to the MVMV in order to support the fulfilment of its functions.The Mechanism will define the form of this contribution, respecting its autonomy and security conditions.Purpose and scope of the Mechanism...The representatives of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches will not issue technical concepts, and their role in the national, regional and local bodies of the Mechanism will be framed within their mission-related work.Teams of the Mechanism....• The accompaniment team: will be comprised of the Catholic Church, the World Council of Churches and representatives of social organisations to be accredited by mutual agreement between the parties.Instances of the Mechanism....a. National instance.The national level will be located in the city of Bogotá D.C., and will comprise five (05) representatives of the National Government appointed by the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, five (5) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, the delegates of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the Head of the the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia of the Organization of American States, one (1) representative of the Catholic Church appointed by its ecclesiastical authorities and one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches....b. Regional Instance...One (01) representative of the Catholic Church, one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches shall accompany them....The social organisations and civil authorities will contribute....c. Local Instance....One (01) representative of the Catholic Church, one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches shall accompany them....Social organisations and civil authorities will contribute.
- 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
- Social and citizens' organisations contribute through their autonomous monitoring activities to the situation of human rights and the observance of IHL rules in the regions and local areas defined by the MVMV.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- 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
No specific mention.
- 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
No specific mention.
- 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
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
- Purpose and scope of the Mechanism...The members of the Mechanism will not carry arms and will enjoy guarantees of security, in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol dedicated to the safety and protection of its members.
- Ceasefire
- Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionThe National Government and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP agree to establish an Oversight, Monitoring and Verification Mechanism -MVMV- (hereinafter the Mechanism) of technical character, which will be responsible for verifying compliance with the Agreement on Respect for the Civilian Population and the Bilateral and Temporary Ceasefire of National Character with Territorial impact (CFBTNT)....Purpose and scope of the MechanismTo impartially analyse the facts alleged as incidents or breaches agreed between the National Government and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, within the framework of the Ceasefire.The Mechanism will define the weighting criteria and the classification of serious incidents or breaches and their treatment.The Mechanism will be responsible for the resolution and prevention of any incidents that may arise between the parties....Instances of the Mechanism....a. National instance....The technical component of the Mechanism at the national level will be in charge of the verification and resolution of disputes related to possible incidents and breaches that affect the Ceasefire, and will rely on the regional and local level for support....It will also present to the Peace Dialogues Table, on a monthly and quarterly basis and twenty (20) days before the end of the agreed Ceasefire period, reports on possible incidents reported by the parties that are in the verification stage or that have been assessed, along with the relevant recommendations.
- Police
- The Mechanism will include the participation of delegates from the National Government, which will be represented by the Ministry of National Defence (MDN Staff, Military Forces and National Police) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace....Instances of the Mechanism....b. Regional InstanceThe regional instance will be located at 5 points of the national geography and will be composed of two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (2) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and two (t02) repæsantantes of the international component....c. Local Instance....This instance will be integrated by two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (02) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, and two (02) representatives of the international component.
- Armed forces
- The Mechanism will include the participation of delegates from the National Government, which will be represented by the Ministry of National Defence (MDN Staff, Military Forces and National Police) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace....Instances of the Mechanism....b. Regional InstanceThe regional instance will be located at 5 points of the national geography and will be composed of two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (2) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and two (t02) repæsantantes of the international component....c. Local Instance....This instance will be integrated by two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (02) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, and two (02) representatives of the international component.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
- Likewise, it will include delegates from Central General Staff of the FARC-EP....Teams of the Mechanism....• The technical team: will be in charge of the functions of monitoring and verification and will be comprised of members of the National Government, the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and the above-mentioned international component....Instances of the Mechanism....a. National instance.The national level will be located in the city of Bogotá D.C., and will comprise five (05) representatives of the National Government appointed by the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, five (5) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, the delegates of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the Head of the the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia of the Organization of American States, one (1) representative of the Catholic Church appointed by its ecclesiastical authorities and one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches....b. Regional InstanceThe regional instance will be located at 5 points of the national geography and will be composed of two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (2) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and two (t02) repæsantantes of the international component....c. Local Instance....This instance will be integrated by two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (02) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, and two (02) representatives of the international component.
- Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatory
- c. Local Instance....Accompanying persons:Raúl Rosende, Delegate of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia
- Other international signatory
- c. Local Instance....Signed the guarantors as witness and depositaries:Carlos Eduardo Martínez Mendoza, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaLouise Wilson, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of IrelandPhillip Lustenberger, Special Envoy, Swiss ConfederationDag Nagoda, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Kingdom of NorwayAccompanying persons:...Roberto Menéndez, Head of Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organization of the American States (MAPP-OEA)...Humberto Martín Shikiya, Special Envoy of the World Council of ChurchesSigned as witness:Jörg Schreiber, Business Manager a.i. Delegation of the European Union
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
- It will have an international component made up of the United Nations (UN) Verification Mission in Colombia and the Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organization of American States (MAPP-OEA)....Teams of the Mechanism....• The technical team: will be in charge of the functions of monitoring and verification and will be comprised of members of the National Government, the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and the above-mentioned international component....Instances of the Mechanism....a. National instance.The national level will be located in the city of Bogotá D.C., and will comprise five (05) representatives of the National Government appointed by the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, five (5) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, the delegates of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the Head of the the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia of the Organization of American States, one (1) representative of the Catholic Church appointed by its ecclesiastical authorities and one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches....b. Regional InstanceThe regional instance will be located at 5 points of the national geography and will be composed of two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (2) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and two (t02) repæsantantes of the international component....c. Local Instance....This instance will be integrated by two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (02) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, and two (02) representatives of the international component.
- Enforcement mechanism
- The National Government and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP agree to establish an Oversight, Monitoring and Verification Mechanism -MVMV- (hereinafter the Mechanism) of technical character, which will be responsible for verifying compliance with the Agreement on Respect for the Civilian Population and the Bilateral and Temporary Ceasefire of National Character with Territorial impact (CFBTNT)....Purpose and scope of the MechanismTo impartially analyse the facts alleged as incidents or breaches agreed between the National Government and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, within the framework of the Ceasefire.The Mechanism will define the weighting criteria and the classification of serious incidents or breaches and their treatment.The Mechanism will be responsible for the resolution and prevention of any incidents that may arise between the parties.The members of the Mechanism will not carry arms and will enjoy guarantees of security, in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol dedicated to the safety and protection of its members.The members of the Mechanism will have badges that allow their full identity to be known.The Mechanism will establish its own regulations, as well as the procedures for its operation.Each component integrating the Mechanism will be able to make changes in the personnel representing it, when circumstances so require.It will have a Technical Secretariat, defining its functions and composition.Decisions within the Mechanism will be based on consensus....When the behaviour transcends punishable acts or disciplinary infractions, it is the obligation of the Mechanism to report to the competent authority of each party....Teams of the Mechanism....• The technical team: will be in charge of the functions of monitoring and verification and will be comprised of members of the National Government, the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and the above-mentioned international component....Instances of the Mechanism....a. National instance.The national level will be located in the city of Bogotá D.C., and will comprise five (05) representatives of the National Government appointed by the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, five (5) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, the delegates of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the Head of the the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia of the Organization of American States, one (1) representative of the Catholic Church appointed by its ecclesiastical authorities and one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches.The technical component of the Mechanism at the national level will be in charge of the verification and resolution of disputes related to possible incidents and breaches that affect the Ceasefire, and will rely on the regional and local level for support.The members of the national level may travel to wherever appropriate, present recommendations and generate specific reports with a view to resolving disputes and maintaining the Agreement....The national instance will be responsible for centralising the information coming from the regional and local bodies....It will also present to the Peace Dialogues Table, on a monthly and quarterly basis and twenty (20) days before the end of the agreed Ceasefire period, reports on possible incidents reported by the parties that are in the verification stage or that have been assessed, along with the relevant recommendations.b. Regional InstanceThe regional instance will be located at 5 points of the national geography and will be composed of two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (2) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and two (t02) repæsantantes of the international component....The members of the Regional Instance may travel to wherever is appropriate, present recommendations, generate specific reports with a view to resolving disputes and maintaining the Agreement.The Regional Instance will be responsible for centralising the information received from the Local Instance and will escalate serious incidents to the National Instance.c. Local Instance....This instance will be integrated by two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (02) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, and two (02) representatives of the international component....The Local Instance of the Mechanism is responsible for monitoring in its area of competence and acts as a link and first point of contact for potential incidents in the territory, reporting to the Regional Instance and, where appropriate, to the competent authorities on each side.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
- Source
No specific mention.
Source agreement
PEACE DIALOGUES TABLE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA AND THE CENTRAL GENERAL STAFF OF THE FARC-EP
PROTOCOL II
PROTOCOL FOR THE MANDATE OF THE OVERSIGHT, MONITORING AND VERIFICATION MECHANISM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE RESPECT OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BILATERAL AND TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE OF NATIONAL CHARACTER WITH TERRITORIAL IMPACT
The National Government and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP agree to establish an Oversight, Monitoring and Verification Mechanism -MVMV- (hereinafter the Mechanism) of technical character, which will be responsible for verifying compliance with the Agreement on Respect for the Civilian Population and the Bilateral and Temporary Ceasefire of National Character with Territorial impact (CFBTNT).
The Mechanism will include the participation of delegates from the National Government, which will be represented by the Ministry of National Defence (MDN Staff, Military Forces and National Police) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace.
Likewise, it will include delegates from Central General Staff of the FARC-EP.
It will have an international component made up of the United Nations (UN) Verification Mission in Colombia and the Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organization of American States (MAPP-OEA).
The MVMV will be accompanied by the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches in their ministerial work.
The Social Oversight of the Population, its Communities, and Grassroots Organizations, rooted in the territory as outlined in the Participation Protocol of the CFBTNT Agreement, will accompany and support the activities of the MVMV.
Social organisations agreed between the parties will contribute to the MVMV, with the aim of strengthening monitoring aimed at preventing armed incidents between the parties, reporting and raising the alarm about the presence of armed actors and armed actions against the life and safety of communities that may be carried out by any armed actor.
Social and citizens' organisations contribute through their autonomous monitoring activities to the situation of human rights and the observance of IHL rules in the regions and local areas defined by the MVMV.
This Mechanism will establish the procedures for interacting with this Social Oversight of the Population, its Communities and grassroots Organisations, safeguarding the security of the spokespeople of the population.
Only the technical team verifies, because verification involves scenarios that can put the communities and the verifiers themselves at risk.
Participation will incorporate a special section focused on the role of these contributions, materialised in a protocol ‘for the Participation and Social Oversight of the Population, its communities and organisations’.
This chapter will be implemented through territorial social organisations agreed upon by the parties.
Given their deep connection with the community and access to territorial information, they will be an essential and complementary element in the activities of the MVMV.
In addition, they shall provide information on the technical component of the mechanism responsible for carrying out the corresponding verifications in the territory, stressing the importance of the Social Oversight of the Population, its communities and its grassroots organisations.
The territorial social organisations will contribute to the MVMV in order to support the fulfilment of its functions.
The Mechanism will define the form of this contribution, respecting its autonomy and security conditions.
Purpose and scope of the Mechanism
To impartially analyse the facts alleged as incidents or breaches agreed between the National Government and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, within the framework of the Ceasefire.
The Mechanism will define the weighting criteria and the classification of serious incidents or breaches and their treatment.
The Mechanism will be responsible for the resolution and prevention of any incidents that may arise between the parties.
The members of the Mechanism will not carry arms and will enjoy guarantees of security, in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol dedicated to the safety and protection of its members.
The members of the Mechanism will have badges that allow their full identity to be known.
The Mechanism will establish its own regulations, as well as the procedures for its operation.
Each component integrating the Mechanism will be able to make changes in the personnel representing it, when circumstances so require.
It will have a Technical Secretariat, defining its functions and composition.
Decisions within the Mechanism will be based on consensus.
The members of each instance of the Mechanism undertake to treat each other with respect within the framework of their mission-related work.
When the behaviour transcends punishable acts or disciplinary infractions, it is the obligation of the Mechanism to report to the competent authority of each party.
The International component will autonomously establish its own modus operandi.
The representatives of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches will not issue technical concepts, and their role in the national, regional and local bodies of the Mechanism will be framed within their mission-related work.
Teams of the Mechanism.
The Mechanism will have a technical team and an accompanying team, in its three instances (national, regional and local).
• The technical team: will be in charge of the functions of monitoring and verification and will be comprised of members of the National Government, the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and the above-mentioned international component.
• The accompaniment team: will be comprised of the Catholic Church, the World Council of Churches and representatives of social organisations to be accredited by mutual agreement between the parties.
Instances of the Mechanism.
The Oversight, Monitoring and Verification Mechanism will be made up of three (03) instances, as follows:
one (01) National Instance, five (05) Regional Instance and the Local Instances, distributed throughout the national territory.
These instances may be located and adjusted in accordance with the Mechanism's requirements.
a. National instance.
The national level will be located in the city of Bogotá D.C., and will comprise five (05) representatives of the National Government appointed by the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, five (5) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, the delegates of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the Head of the the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia of the Organization of American States, one (1) representative of the Catholic Church appointed by its ecclesiastical authorities and one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches.
The technical component of the Mechanism at the national level will be in charge of the verification and resolution of disputes related to possible incidents and breaches that affect the Ceasefire, and will rely on the regional and local level for support.
The members of the national level may travel to wherever appropriate, present recommendations and generate specific reports with a view to resolving disputes and maintaining the Agreement.
The pronouncements of the Mechanism will be of the national instance, of a technical nature, agreed upon and delivered to the Peace Dialogues Table.
The national instance will be responsible for centralising the information coming from the regional and local bodies.
The representative of the international component agreed upon by the parties will be designated as the official spokesperson.
It will also present to the Peace Dialogues Table, on a monthly and quarterly basis and twenty (20) days before the end of the agreed Ceasefire period, reports on possible incidents reported by the parties that are in the verification stage or that have been assessed, along with the relevant recommendations.
b. Regional Instance
The regional instance will be located at 5 points of the national geography and will be composed of two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (2) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and two (t02) repæsantantes of the international component.
One (01) representative of the Catholic Church, one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches shall accompany them.
In addition to the above, the persons fulfilling the oversight function shall be accompaniers and will follow up the incidents and recommendations to the Mechanism in accordance with the Protocol for the Social Participation and Oversight of the Population, Communities and Organisations.
The social organisations and civil authorities will contribute.
The headquarters of the Regional Instance may be located and relocated in accordance with the recommendations of the Mechanism, with the aim of developing monitoring in an efficient manner.
The members of the Regional Instance may travel to wherever is appropriate, present recommendations, generate specific reports with a view to resolving disputes and maintaining the Agreement.
The Regional Instance will be responsible for centralising the information received from the Local Instance and will escalate serious incidents to the National Instance.
c. Local Instance.
The location of the local points will be determined jointly by the members of the MVMV.
This instance will be integrated by two (02) representatives designated by the Ministry of Defence (Military Forces and National Police), one (01) representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, two (02) representatives of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, and two (02) representatives of the international component.
One (01) representative of the Catholic Church, one (01) representative of the World Council of Churches shall accompany them.
In addition to the above, the persons fulfilling the oversight function shall be accompaniers and will follow up the incidents and recommendations to the Mechanism in accordance with the Protocol for the Social Participation and Oversight of the Population, Communities and Organisations.
Social organisations and civil authorities will contribute.
The headquarters of the Regional Instance may be located and relocated in accordance with the recommendations of the Mechanism, with the aim of developing monitoring in an efficient manner.
The Local Instance of the Mechanism is responsible for monitoring in its area of competence and acts as a link and first point of contact for potential incidents in the territory, reporting to the Regional Instance and, where appropriate, to the competent authorities on each side.
Signed in Tibú, Norte de Santander, on 16 October 2023.
Signed by the parties:
Camilo González Posso
Coordinator
Delegation of National Government
In the Peace Dialogues Table
Andrey Avendaño
Head of Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Iván Danilo Rueda
High Commissioner For Peace
National Government
Sebastián Martínez
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Gloria Quinceno Acevedo
Delegation of National Government
In the Peace Dialogues Table
José Tomás Ojeda
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Fabio Valencia Cossio
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Leopoldo Durán García
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Feliciano Valencia Medina
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Alexander Farfán
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Luz Dari Landázury Segura
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Javier 33
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Carlos Murgas Guerrero
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Franco Ramírez
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Pedro José Arenas García
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Angela Izquierdo
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Coronel (r) Genny Calvo Olmos
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Fernanda Briceño
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Yesid Arteta Dávila
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Oscar Gerardo Salazar Muñoz
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Coronel (r) Luis Alfonso Novoa Díaz
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Signed the guarantors as witness and depositaries:
Carlos Eduardo Martínez Mendoza, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Louise Wilson, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland
Phillip Lustenberger, Special Envoy, Swiss Confederation
Dag Nagoda, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway
Accompanying persons:
Raúl Rosende, Delegate of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia
Roberto Menéndez, Head of Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organization of the American States (MAPP-OEA)
Padre Eliecer Soto Ardila, Representative Episcopal Conference of Colombia
Humberto Martín Shikiya, Special Envoy of the World Council of Churches
Signed as witness:
Jörg Schreiber, Business Manager a.i. Delegation of the European Union