Protocolo de Comunicación para Evitar Incidentes y el Contacto Armado entre el Estado Mayor Central de las FARC-EP y la Fuerza Pública Durante la Vigencia del Cese al Fuego Bilateral Temporal de Carácter Nacional con Impacto Territorial (CFBTNT)
- Country/entity
-
Colombia
- Region
-
Americas
- Agreement name
- Protocolo de Comunicación para Evitar Incidentes y el Contacto Armado entre el Estado Mayor Central de las FARC-EP y la Fuerza Pública Durante la Vigencia del Cese al Fuego Bilateral Temporal de Carácter Nacional con Impacto Territorial (CFBTNT)
- Date
- 10 Mar 2024
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/intrastate conflict
- Stage
- Implementation/renegotiation
- Conflict nature
- Government/territory
- Peace process
- Colombia VII - Petro Peace Dialogues with FARC-EP
- Parties
-
[Government of Colombia]:
Camilo González Posso
Coordinator
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Gloria Quinceno Acevedo
High Commissioner for Peace
Nacional Government
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 Dávila
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 National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No Signature]
Pedro Arenas
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[Central General Staff of the FARC-EP]:
Leopoldo Durán García
Head of Delegation of the Central General
Staff of the FARC-EP
Calarcá Córdoba
Delegation of the Central General
Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Willy Romero
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Andrey Avendaño
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
José Tomás Ojeda
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Javier 33
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Fernanda Briceño
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Robinson Caicedo Ríos
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Sebastián Martínez
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Cipriano Cortés
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP - Third parties
-
Signed the guarantors as witnesses and depositaries:
Armando Franchi
Counsellor, Embassy 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
Edelma Gómez
Mission to Support the
Peace Process of the
Organisation of American
States (MAPP-OEA)
Padre Eliecer Soto Ardila
Representative Episcopal Conference of Colombia
Humberto Martín Shikiya
Representative World Council of Churches - Description
- This protocol establishes communication procedures to prevent incidents and armed contact between FARC-EP and state security forces during the bilateral ceasefire. It establishes FONDOPAZ as the main communication channel, requires 24/7 availability, and sets up procedures for coordinating movements and responding to incidents. The protocol includes special provisions for medical emergencies and emphasizes the protection of civilian populations.
- Agreement document
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- Agreement document (original language)
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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
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
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
No specific mention.
- 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
- When it is necessary, in exceptional circumstances, for members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP to pass through Population Centres where there is no National Police presence, the MVMV will be informed in advance for the corresponding coordination.9. Following coordination with the MVMV, the transfer of sick and wounded persons will be facilitated, as well as the actions of Medical Missions, the flow of medicines, and the supplies necessary for primary care and treatments related to tropical and other diseases.
- 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
No specific mention.
- Ceasefire
- Security sector→Ceasefire→General commitmentsBy virtue of Agreement I for the ‘Respect for the Civilian Population and the Implementation of the Bilateral and Temporary Ceasefire of National Character with Territorial Impact (CFBTNT) between the National Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, this protocol establishes the necessary communication measures to avoid incidents and armed contact between the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and the Public Forces during the validity of the CFBTNT, with the aim of avoiding affecting the civil population.
- Police
- 2. The Public Force personnel appointed to form part of the local and regional levels of the MVMV will have a directory that will allow them to quickly identify the contact numbers for immediate and direct communication with the Operations Centres of the Military Forces or National Police, or with the Military and Police Commanders who have operational responsibility in the areas where the local Mechanism will be acting.
- Armed forces
- 1. The Public Force, through FONDOPAZ, will provide its personnel designated to form part of the local, regional and national instances of the MVMV with the necessary equipment for voice and data transmission to facilitate positive, secure, permanent and uninterrupted communication 24 hours a day.2. The Public Force personnel appointed to form part of the local and regional levels of the MVMV will have a directory that will allow them to quickly identify the contact numbers for immediate and direct communication with the Operations Centres of the Military Forces or National Police, or with the Military and Police Commanders who have operational responsibility in the areas where the local Mechanism will be acting.15. The Public Force will develop the corresponding pedagogy for its personnel; in the same way, the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP will do the same for its members.17. The present Protocol applies to the Public Force and all the Structures of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
- 3. The Central General Staff of the FARC-EP will appoint the necessary representatives to the MVMV in its local and regional instances, with the necessary equipment for the transmission of voice and data to facilitate immediate and direct communication with the selected members in each of its structures, to attend to situations that may arise 24 hours a day, in the area where they are present and where the local Mechanism will operate.5. The parties will determine, upon recommendation of the Technical Committee , the geographical areas in which the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP has presence and in which the local and regional MVMV will operate, always analysing and considering the differential security problems that arise in each one of the territories.6. The areas proposed for the action of the local and regional MVMV, where the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP is present, will be presented by the Technical Committee to the Peace Dialogues Table (MDP) in a plenary session for the corresponding approval and to begin their implementation.8. The Central General Staff of the FARC-EP ratifies its commitment not to remain or transit armed or in uniform in municipal capitals or on primary roads; this commitment extends to Populated centres where there is a permanent presence of the National Police, primary and secondary land routes.When it is necessary, in exceptional circumstances, for members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP to pass through Population Centres where there is no National Police presence, the MVMV will be informed in advance for the corresponding coordination.In the case of members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP who require medical attention in hospital centres and have outstanding arrest warrants, the necessary arrangements will be made in advance with the competent authority in accordance with the provisions of Law 2272 of 2022.12. The members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP reserve their legitimate right of defence in the areas where they are present.15. The Public Force will develop the corresponding pedagogy for its personnel; in the same way, the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP will do the same for its members.The parties, including the international component, will contribute to the development of pedagogies by providing the corresponding logistical facilities to the representatives of the National Directorate of the FARC-EP Central General Staff to travel to the meeting places with their structures, in accordance with the Agreements, Protocols and regulations in force.17. The present Protocol applies to the Public Force and all the Structures of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP.18. The parties agree to create a joint commission, which will include the international component of the MVMV, to analyse in the next cycle (V) alleged corruption (connivance and paramilitarism) and aspects related to the confrontations between organised armed groups operating outside the law.
- 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
- Raúl Rosende, Delegate of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia
- Other international signatory
- Armando Franchi, Counsellor, Embassy 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 NorwayEdelma Gómez, Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organisation of American States (MAPP-OEA)Humberto Martín Shikiya, Representative World Council of Churches
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanism
- 10. The MVMV at national, regional and local levels will establish the procedure to be followed to report situations that require immediate attention, to prevent or mitigate incidents that may occur within the framework of the CFBTNT, or are considered possible violations of Agreements and Protocols signed between the parties.11. When any structure of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP comes into armed contact with another illegal armed actor, the MVMV, in accordance with its mandate, will carry out the necessary coordination to allow the confrontation to cease.It should be borne in mind at all times that the initial intention of the MVMV is to develop preventive actions.The National Government guarantees that the verification of the MVMV in the area of the confrontations will be carried out diligently and promptly, with clarity and without interference.CAVEAT:This commitment implies permanent evaluation and adjustments according to the dynamics of each territory.13. The local and regional instances of the MVMV will keep a record of the coordination carried out, with which a confrontation was avoided, or a critical situation in progress was mitigated;the National instance of the MVMV will periodically present to the MDP reports on possible incidents or violations to the CFBTNT, and will include the actions carried out that managed to prevent unwanted situations.
- 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
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL TO AVOID INCIDENTS AND ARMED CONTACT BETWEEN THE FARC EP CENTRAL GENERAL STAFF AND THE PUBLIC FORCE DURING THE TERM OF THE BILATERAL AND TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE OF NATIONAL CHARACTER WITH TERRITORIAL IMPACT (CFBTNT)
By virtue of Agreement I for the ‘Respect for the Civilian Population and the Implementation of the Bilateral and Temporary Ceasefire of National Character with Territorial Impact (CFBTNT) between the National Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP, this protocol establishes the necessary communication measures to avoid incidents and armed contact between the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP and the Public Forces during the validity of the CFBTNT, with the aim of avoiding affecting the civil population.
1. The Public Force, through FONDOPAZ, will provide its personnel designated to form part of the local, regional and national instances of the MVMV with the necessary equipment for voice and data transmission to facilitate positive, secure, permanent and uninterrupted communication 24 hours a day.
2. The Public Force personnel appointed to form part of the local and regional levels of the MVMV will have a directory that will allow them to quickly identify the contact numbers for immediate and direct communication with the Operations Centres of the Military Forces or National Police, or with the Military and Police Commanders who have operational responsibility in the areas where the local Mechanism will be acting.
3. The Central General Staff of the FARC-EP will appoint the necessary representatives to the MVMV in its local and regional instances, with the necessary equipment for the transmission of voice and data to facilitate immediate and direct communication with the selected members in each of its structures, to attend to situations that may arise 24 hours a day, in the area where they are present and where the local Mechanism will operate.
4. The coordination to be carried out by the members of the MVMV stem from the principle of good faith;
the information to be transmitted through the established communication channels must be timely, truthful, agile and complete in order to facilitate the decision-making process and the management of critical situations that may arise.
5. The parties will determine, upon recommendation of the Technical Committee , the geographical areas in which the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP has presence and in which the local and regional MVMV will operate, always analysing and considering the differential security problems that arise in each one of the territories.
In the same sense, it should present the work schedule to advance in the joint definition of the areas of action of the local and regional instances of the mechanism in the National territory.
6. The areas proposed for the action of the local and regional MVMV, where the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP is present, will be presented by the Technical Committee to the Peace Dialogues Table (MDP) in a plenary session for the corresponding approval and to begin their implementation.
7. The implementation of this protocol will be carried out progressively at a regional level, in the areas where the local MVMVV will act, following the recommendation of the Technical Committee, which will take into account the differential approach by region, its problems and particularities.
8. The Central General Staff of the FARC-EP ratifies its commitment not to remain or transit armed or in uniform in municipal capitals or on primary roads; this commitment extends to Populated centres where there is a permanent presence of the National Police, primary and secondary land routes.
When it is necessary, in exceptional circumstances, for members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP to pass through Population Centres where there is no National Police presence, the MVMV will be informed in advance for the corresponding coordination.
9. Following coordination with the MVMV, the transfer of sick and wounded persons will be facilitated, as well as the actions of Medical Missions, the flow of medicines, and the supplies necessary for primary care and treatments related to tropical and other diseases.
In the case of members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP who require medical attention in hospital centres and have outstanding arrest warrants, the necessary arrangements will be made in advance with the competent authority in accordance with the provisions of Law 2272 of 2022.
10. The MVMV at national, regional and local levels will establish the procedure to be followed to report situations that require immediate attention, to prevent or mitigate incidents that may occur within the framework of the CFBTNT, or are considered possible violations of Agreements and Protocols signed between the parties.
11. When any structure of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP comes into armed contact with another illegal armed actor, the MVMV, in accordance with its mandate, will carry out the necessary coordination to allow the confrontation to cease.
It should be borne in mind at all times that the initial intention of the MVMV is to develop preventive actions.
The National Government guarantees that the verification of the MVMV in the area of the confrontations will be carried out diligently and promptly, with clarity and without interference.
CAVEAT:
This commitment implies permanent evaluation and adjustments according to the dynamics of each territory.
12. The members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP reserve their legitimate right of defence in the areas where they are present.
13. The local and regional instances of the MVMV will keep a record of the coordination carried out, with which a confrontation was avoided, or a critical situation in progress was mitigated;
the National instance of the MVMV will periodically present to the MDP reports on possible incidents or violations to the CFBTNT, and will include the actions carried out that managed to prevent unwanted situations.
14. The present Protocol is conditional upon the designation of delegates and representatives of the parties to effectively integrate the MVMVs in their various instances.
15. The Public Force will develop the corresponding pedagogy for its personnel; in the same way, the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP will do the same for its members.
The parties, including the international component, will contribute to the development of pedagogies by providing the corresponding logistical facilities to the representatives of the National Directorate of the FARC-EP Central General Staff to travel to the meeting places with their structures, in accordance with the Agreements, Protocols and regulations in force.
16. The information requested or transmitted in the course of the present Protocol must not be used to gain a military advantage or mislead an adversary.
17. The present Protocol applies to the Public Force and all the Structures of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP.
18. The parties agree to create a joint commission, which will include the international component of the MVMV, to analyse in the next cycle (V) alleged corruption (connivance and paramilitarism) and aspects related to the confrontations between organised armed groups operating outside the law.
19. This Protocol may be reviewed and amended as the parties deem appropriate.
It is signed at San José del Guaviare, on 10 March 2024
Signed by the parties:
Camilo González Posso
Coordinator
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Leopoldo Durán García
Head of Delegation of the Central General
Staff of the FARC-EP
Gloria Quinceno Acevedo
High Commissioner for Peace
Nacional Government
Calarcá Córdoba
Delegation of the Central General
Staff of the FARC-EP
PEACE DIALOGUES TABLE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA AND THE CENTRAL GENERAL STAFF OF THE FARC-EP
Fabio Valencia Cossio
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Willy Romero
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Feliciano Valencia Medina
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Andrey Avendaño
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Luz Dari Landázury Segura
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
José Tomás Ojeda
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No signature]
Carlos Murgas Dávila
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Javier 33
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Coronel (r) Genny Calvo Olmos
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Fernanda Briceño
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Yesid Arteta Dávila
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
[No signature]
Robinson Caicedo Ríos
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
PEACE DIALOGUES TABLE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA AND THE CENTRAL GENERAL STAFF OF THE FARC-EP
Oscar Gerardo Salazar Muñoz
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Sebastián Martínez
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Coronel (r) Luis Alfonso Novoa Díaz
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Cipriano Cortés
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
[No Signature]
Pedro Arenas
Delegation of National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table
Signed the guarantors as witnesses and depositaries:
Armando Franchi, Counsellor, Embassy 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
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Accompanying persons:
Raúl Rosende, Delegate of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia
Edelma Gómez, Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organisation of American States (MAPP-OEA)
Padre Eliecer Soto Ardila, Representative Episcopal Conference of Colombia
Humberto Martín Shikiya, Representative World Council of Churches