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26 August 2016 by Human Rights Watch
Colombia: Peace Pact a Key Opportunity to Curb Abuses (Washington, DC, August 25, 2016) – The agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas on August 24, 2016, to end their 52-year conflict is an unprecedented opportunity [...]
25 August 2016 by AFP
Timeline of the Colombian conflict After a half-century of conflict, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Colombian government announced Wednesday they have reached a historic peace deal. Here are key dates in Latin America's longest armed conflict [...]
25 August 2016 by AFP
Six Key points of the colombian peace deal Here are key points of the peace deal announced Wednesday to end five decades of conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government. The deal consists of six agreements:   - Ceasefire a [...]
25 August 2016 by Hector Velasco
Colombia announces historic peace agreement Colombia's government and FARC rebels announced Wednesday that they have reached a historic peace deal to end their half-century civil war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives. After nearly four years of negotiations in Cuba, [...]
8 August 2016 by Jamie Rowen
Rethinking a Truth Commission in Colombia For nearly six decades, the Colombian government has struggled to quell the country’s armed conflict that has left hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, and much of the countryside ungovernable. In June 2015, the Colombi [...]
7 June 2016 by Christine Renaudat, Bogota correspondent
Colombia Puts Civil War Archives Online The archives of Colombia’s National Centre of Historic Remembrance (CNMH) were put online a month ago. They comprise just over 160,000 documents compiled over four years. They can be freely consulted on the website of the CNMH, wh [...]
2 May 2016 by François Sergent
The week in review: from Colombia to Burundi Transitional justice does not always go smoothly with orderly procedures, exemplary trials and fair judgments. This is illustrated in Colombia, where, despite an agreement in principle between FARC rebels and the government signed [...]
26 April 2016 by Christine Renaudat, Bogota correspondent
Replacing Arms with Ideas in Colombia Colombian political scientist Ariel Avila is a specialist on the country’s guerrilla movement. He talked to JusticeInfo about the last hurdles to overcome before a peace accord can be signed to end 50 years of civil war. At the he [...]
10 February 2016 by Christine Renaudat, Toribío
Native Colombians Prepare for Peace The indigenous people of southwest Colombia, known for years of unarmed resistance to guerillas, hope to be remembered in the peace accord between the government and FARC rebel movement which could be signed this spring. JusticeIn [...]
16 December 2015 by AFP
Colombia, FARC rebels sign key deal on victims Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas signed an agreement Tuesday on paying reparations and providing justice for victims of their half-century conflict, a key breakthrough after three years of peace talks. "The national gover [...]
27 November 2015 by Dr Phil Clark
Are International Human Rights Organisations an Impediment to Peace? On 23 September 2015, the Colombian government and FARC rebels reached an historic agreement on transitional justice, the fifth of six agenda items, paving the way for a final peace deal to be signed by March 2016. In a joint anno [...]
27 October 2015 by Christine Renaudat
Bogota Centre pioneers remembrance in Colombia Bogota’s Centre for Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation (CMPR), opened in December 2012, aims to be a meeting space rather than a museum.  The monolithic, earth-coloured building has narrow windows that by night seem to glow lik [...]
25 September 2015 by Virginia Bouvier
Colombia Breakthrough a Model for Peace Talks Thursday’s breakthrough in peace talks between Colombia’s government and rebels reveals the outlines of a final deal and puts the grueling process firmly back on track, says USIP’s Virginia Bouvier. The agreement may serve as a mo [...]
24 September 2015 by AFP
Key points in Colombia-FARC deal on post-conflict justice The Colombian government and FARC rebels signed a breakthrough agreement Wednesday on bringing justice for crimes committed during their half-century conflict. Here are key points of the deal: - The creation of special courts and [...]
24 September 2015 by AFP
Peace in Colombia : a real breakthrough The Colombian government and FARC rebels will sign a definitive peace deal within six months to end half a century of conflict, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday, as the two sides announced a major breakthrough.Santos an [...]
10 August 2015 by Christine Renaudat, Bogota Correspondent
COLOMBIA’S PAIN THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST Doris Salcedo, considered to be one of Colombia’s most important artists, only speaks rarely to the press. This solitude feeds her work, which is a constant quest around violence and absence. It is palpable in her work. Her sculpt [...]
1 July 2015 by Christine Renaudat, Bogota correspondent
IN COLOMBIA, "ONLY TRUTH WILL GUARANTEE NON-REPETITION" José Antequera was five years old when his father was shot dead by a Colombian death squad. This young lawyer and founder of the HIJOS association, which brings together children of left wing activists assassinated since the end o [...]
5 June 2015 by Dr Clara Sandoval
Facing the justice dilemma in Colombia Peace negotiations are currently taking place in Havana between the Colombian government and the FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) to end the oldest internal armed conflict in the world, with more than 6 million vi [...]