Newsletter Number 9 Produced by the Observatory on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Colombian Commission of Jurists (Comisión Colombiana de Juristas) Original Spanish Version can be found here Unofficial translation by ABColombia in collaboration with ‘Volunteer Student Translators’ from Bristol University: Lucy Courtnall, Ami Houlbrook, Lottie Sinclair and Maisie Bennett This bulletin deals with the...
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Ethnic Focus in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
In recent months the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has started to get into full swing. We have seen interesting developments including meetings between the JEP and Indigenous Authorities to reach a consensus on how the JEP and the Indigenous Justice System will work together on Transitional Justice. The Peace Accord in establishing the principles...
Peaceful Social Protest is essential for Democracy
On 21 November 2019, Colombian citizens, trade unions, students, indigenous groups, peace activists, women’s rights, environmental and other civil society organisations (CSOs), from across Colombia, took to the streets in the Paro Nacional (National Strike). According to the police they numbered around 207,000 people, however the March organisers put the figure closer to half a...
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace
Threat to effective working of JEP: 30% reduction in budget
“The peace process is an objective that everyone shares”: Security Council visit to Colombia
From 11 to 14 July 2019, the 15 members[1] of the UN Security Council made a four-day visit to Colombia on a mission led by the United Kingdom and Peru. The aim of the visit was to assess the progress in the implementation of Colombia’s 2016 Peace Accord, and to better understand the concerns of...
International Community: Emergency Call for a Colombia in Peace – campaign updates
ABColombia supports the international campaign “International Community: Emergency Call for a Colombia in Peace”, which was launched internationally on 6 June 2019. This campaign is supported by 29 international civil society organisations in Europe and across the Americas. On this page you can read news and updates related to this campaign. About the Campaign The campaign “International...
International organisations launch “emergency call” for a Colombia in peace
London/Bogotá – 6 June 2019: “Signing a Peace Agreement is not enough,” say 29 international organisations involved in a mass campaign supporting the Colombian Peace Process. Since the signing of the internationally acclaimed Peace Accord in 2016, violence against peace and human rights activists has surged dramatically in Colombia; at least 155 were killed last...
International Community Emergency Call for a Colombia in Peace
ABColombia supports the international campaign “International Community: Emergency Call for a Colombia in Peace”, which was launched internationally on 6 June 2019. Below you can read the mission statement of the campaign, which is supported by 29 international civil society organisations in Europe and across the Americas. About the campaign The international civil society organisations...
Colombia: Grassroots Perspectives on what makes for Peace
On 11 June, ABColombia, PBI, the Colombian Caravana of Lawyers and UCL Institute of the Americas hosted a panel conversation with Colombian Human Rights Defender Danilo Rueda of the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace (CIJP), a human rights organisation with more than 31 years of experience of working to expose human rights violations in...
Colombia Peace Accord: Women and the Ethnic Chapter
The following is an excerpt from the ABColombia report “Towards Transformative Change: Women and the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Accord”. To access the full report in English and Spanish, click here. Indigenous women want peace, but not in any form or incompletely. For us, peace means guarantees that we can implement our Life Plans....