Colombia – Five years after the peace agreement – Peace Research Institute Oslo
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November 24, 2021 marks the fifth anniversary of the Colombian peace agreement.
Since 2016, thousands of ex-FARC-EP combatants have laid down their arms and numerous institutions have been created to implement what is called one of the most sophisticated peace agreements to date. Yet violence is pervasive in many, mostly rural communities, both in the form of dissidents from the FARC and other violent and criminal groups. In more urban areas, the past year has been marked by massive protests against the government, and partly also against the slow implementation of the peace agreement.
In this seminar, we take stock of the current situation in Colombia, five years after the signing of the peace agreement.
- What do the inhabitants of the regions affected by the conflict think about the implementation of the peace agreement?
- How do people experience the policies initiated to seek truth and justice in their communities?
- What is the status of the reintegration of former FARC soldiers into society?
- And, in short, what are the prospects for the peace process preventing another round of violence in Colombia?
The seminar will begin with 10 minute presentations by the speakers, followed by a Q&A with the audience.
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Helga Malmin Binningsbø, Principal Investigator at PRIO, will present a preliminary analysis of the second round of the MAPS public opinion survey, describing what people in the Colombian regions most affected by conflict think about security, local challenges and implementation. implementation of the peace agreement.
BÃ¥rd Drange, doctoral researcher at PRIO, recently returned from fieldwork in Colombia, discusses the legacy of the first five years of the peace process, seen from one of the areas most affected by armed conflicts, and also the higher priority in the implementation phase.
Wenche Hauge, Senior Research at PRIO, will present the preliminary results of the Choice of ex-combatants: reintegration together or alone project, focusing on the implications of collective reintegration (mainly in ETCRs) in relation to the individual reintegration of ex-combatants from FARC for their political participation.
Chairman: Henrik Urdal, director of PRIO
A light breakfast will be served.
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