Acuerdo para la construcción de la Agenda del Acuerdo de Paz

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Country/entity: Colombia
Region: Americas
Agreement name: Acuerdo para la construcción de la Agenda del Acuerdo de Paz
Date: 14 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: Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature: Government/territory
Peace process: Colombia VII - Petro Peace Dialogues with FARC-EP
Parties: [Government of Colombia]

Camilo Gonzalez Posso
Coordinator Delegation of the National Government

Gloria Quinceno
Delegation Government

[Signature, no name]
Delegation Government

Luis Novoa
Delegate Government

Pedro Arenas
Delegation of the National Government

[Signature, no name]
Delegation of the National Government

Luz Dary L.
Delegation G.

[FARC-EP]:

Leopoldo Durán G.
Coordinator Delegation FARC-EP

Cipriano Cortés
Delegation FARC-EP

Caicedo Rios
Delegation FARC-EP

José Tomás Ojeda Soleimani
José Tomás Ojeda Soleimani
Delegate FARC-EP
Third parties: Fiona
Ireland

[Only signature, no name]
Delegation of the European Union

[Only signature, no name]
Delegate of the Especial Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia

[Only signature, no name]
Swiss Confederation

Humberto M. Shikiya
World Council of Churches

Camila Forero García
Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Armando Franchi P.
Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

[Only signature, no name]
Ambassador of Norway
Description: The Peace Dialogues Tables, comprising of the Government of Colombia and certain blocs of the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) FARC-EP, set an agenda to work towards a peace agreement focused on social and environmental justice, and identified themes which would form the basis for the 'participation protocol'.

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Main category: the rights of women; boys, girls and adolescents;

Women, girls and gender

Participation: No specific mention.
Equality: Equality→Equality (general)
the rights of women;
boys, girls and adolescents;
Particular groups of women: No specific mention.
International law: No specific mention.
New institutions: No specific mention.
Violence against women: No specific mention.
Transitional justice: No specific mention.
Institutional reform: No specific mention.
Development: No specific mention.
Implementation: No specific mention.
Other: No specific mention.

Agreement on the construction of the Agenda of the Accord for Peace, at the Peace Dialogues Table between the National Government delegation and the General Staff of the Blocs commander Jorge Suarez Briceño, Magdalena Medio - commander Gentil Duarte and the Front commander Raúl Reyes

Bogotá D.C. on 14 July of 2024

The Peace Dialogue Table has adopted an agenda for building a Peace Agreement with social and environmental justice, initially identifying key thematic areas, participatory criteria, and a work plan.

We understand that the construction of the Peace Agreement requires the active contribution of the various economic and social sectors of Colombian society, in those territories directly involved in the critical conflicts situations, at local, regional and national levels.

Consequently, we define the Agreement and the participation protocol as the backbone of the route for the Peace Agenda, with criteria of pluralism, autonomy, inclusion, respect for diversity, the rights of peoples and to self-government.

Both in the participation and in the thematic contents, proposals related to territorial, population, ethnic, intersectional, differential and human rights approaches will be taken into account, including DESCA.

As well as the rights of peasants and the relationship between urban-rural;

the rights of women;

boys, girls and adolescents;

young people, LGBTIQ+ people or people with Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender (OSIGD) and all vulnerable populations and protected groups within the framework of applicable national and international regulations.

Progress in territorial transformations and in the participatory construction of the contents of the Peace Agreement requires strict compliance with the ceasefire agreements and protocols and respect for the civilian population.

Thematic axes for the construction of the Peace Agreement:

1. Axis 1 Territorial transformations and immediate implementation agreements.

2. Axis 2 Lands and territory.

3. Axis 3 Environmental Peace.

4. Axis 4 Economic, labour and social affairs.

5. Axis 5 Political Affairs, corruption and culture of Peace.

6. Axis 6 Rights of all vulnerable and specially protected populations

7. Axis 7 Models of justice and victim's rights.

8. Axis 8 Conflict, security and weapons.

9. Axis 9 Guarantees for the parties after the agreement.

10. Axis 10 Normative frameworks and International relations for Peace.

Signed by the parties at the Peace Dialogues Table:

[Translation of the handwritten signature blocks in page 2]

Camilo Gonzalez Posso

Coordinator Delegation

of the National Government

Leopoldo Durán G.

Coordinator Delegation FARC-EP

Gloria Quinceno

Delegation Government

Cipriano Cortés

Delegation FARC-EP

[Signature, no name]

Delegation Government

Caicedo Rios

Delegation FARC-EP

Luis Novoa

Delegate Government

José Tomás Ojeda Soleimani

Delegate FARC-EP

Pedro Arenas

Delegation of the National Government

[Signature, no name]

Delegation of the National Government

Luz Dary L.

Delegation G.

[Translation of the handwritten signature blocks in page 3]

Agreement construction agenda

Continuation

Fiona [Illegible], Ireland

[Signature Illegible], Delegation of the European Union

[Signature Illegible] Delegate of the Especial Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia

[Signature Illegible], Swiss Confederation

Humberto M. Shikiya, World Council of Churches

Camila Forero García, Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Armando Franchi P., Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

[Signature Illegible], Ambassador of Norway

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