Acuerdo entre el Gobierno y el Ejercito Revolucionario Guevarista (ERG)

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Country/entity: Colombia
Region: Americas
Agreement name: Acuerdo entre el Gobierno y el Ejercito Revolucionario Guevarista (ERG)
Date: 2 Aug 2008
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
Peace process: Colombia IV - Uribe
Parties: Colombian National Government and the Guevarista Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario Guevarista, ERG).
Third parties: Witnesses, Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó and the Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó.
Description: A statement of commitment to demobilise and decommission by the ERG and a statement of commitment by the Government to guarantee the reinsertion programme for ERG members. Moreover, the high commission for peace will take over the zone occupied by the ERG and help with the development of the zone in the name of the state.

Agreement document: CO_080802_Acuerdo Gobierno Nacional y Ejercito Revolucionario Guevarista-tr.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

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: Page 2, Signatories,
... FATHER JESÚS ALBEIRO PARRA S., Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó, witness ...
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: 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: Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
Page 1, Article 6,
The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will conduct an
evaluation with the communities in the area where the concentration and
demobilisation takes place to prioritise state resources to ensure the peaceful
development of the region.
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: No specific mention.
Police: No specific mention.
Armed forces: Page 1, Article 5,
The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will make the respective
arrangements with the civil and military authorities to ensure the full presence of the
state in the area in which ERG was operating.
DDR: Security sector→DDR→DDR programmes
[Summary]
The whole agreement provides for the demobilization and re-integration of the members of the Guevarista Revolutionary Army. For this purpose, a Temporary Concentration Zone for the concentration, demobilisation and disarmament of ERG members shall be established with the duration of one month. The demobilized rebels will receive the benefits set out in the Programme for the Reincorporation into Civil Life of the Office of the President of the Republic. The presence of state authorities and the peaceful development of the area where the ERG was operating shall be ensured.
Intelligence services: No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: [Summary]
The whole agreement provides for the demobilization and re-integration of the members of the Guevarista Revolutionary Army. For details please see 'DDR'.
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: No specific mention.
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: UN Peacemaker, https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/CO_080802_Acuerdo%20Gobierno%20Nacional%20y%20Ejercito%20Revolucionario%20Guevarista.pdf

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE GUEVARISTA

REVOLUTIONARY ARMY

2 August 2008

The High Commissioner for Peace, Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez, representing the national

government, and Lizardo Sánchez Caro and Efraín Sánchez Caro, as representative members

of the Guevarista Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario Guevarista, ERG), recognised

by Presidential Resolution No.

262, 2008, have reached the following agreement:

1. All ERG members undertake to demobilise, surrender their arms and re-join civil life.

2. The process will take place in the framework of Laws 1,106 (2006) and 975 (2005).

The

demobilised members who give their consent and members of the organisation who are

deprived of liberty when demobilisation takes place will be submitted to the Law for

Justice and Peace by the national government.

3. The national government assumes logistic and operational responsibility for

implementing the Temporary Concentration Zone for the concentration, demobilisation

and disarmament of ERG members.

4. Demobilised ERG members will receive the benefits set out in the Programme for the

Reincorporation into Civil Life of the Office of the President of the Republic.

5. The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will make the respective

arrangements with the civil and military authorities to ensure the full presence of the

state in the area in which ERG was operating.

6. The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will conduct an

evaluation with the communities in the area where the concentration and

demobilisation takes place to prioritise state resources to ensure the peaceful

development of the region.

7. The Temporary Concentration Zone will be established in Alto Guaduas in the

municipality of Carmen de Atrato in the department of Chocó.

The zone will have a

duration of one month from the date on which the respective resolution is issued.

8. The dialogue process, signing of agreements, disarmament and demobilisation of ERG

will be carried out with full transparency and the public will be kept informed.

Signed in witness whereof in Alto Guaduas in the municipality of Carmen de Atrato on 2

August 2008.

LUIS CARLOS RESTREPO RAMÍREZ, High Commissioner for Peace

LIZARDO SÁNCHEZ CARO, Representative Member of ERG

EFRAÍN SÁNCHEZ CARO Representative Member of ERG

FATHER JESÚS ALBEIRO PARRA S., Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó, witness

VICTOR RAUL MOSQUERA G., Regional Ombudsperson of Chocó, witness