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Versión Español Suplemento Accord Policy briefing Education pack Events Partners
Key texts and agreements Accord Colombia project Forty years of armed conflict have created a horrific legacy of violence and suffering in Colombia. Yet they have also resulted in a wealth of imaginative peace initiatives by people and institutions throughout society and across the political spectrum. Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes (Accord issue 14, 2004) is an introduction to more than three decades of peacemaking efforts. It reveals the extraordinary work of civilians at grassroots, regional and national levels, and documents the main features and outcomes of formal peace processes with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), smaller guerrilla groups and more recently the paramilitaries. Authors with expert or first-hand knowledge of Colombian peacemaking identify the successes and obstacles encountered in the search for a peace deal, pinpointing lessons to inform practice and policy. They stress the need to:
Accord issue 14 also contains a chronology of Colombia’s conflict and peace processes plus profiles of key people and institutions, full texts of the agreements and tables of peace initiatives and negotiating agendas. A Spanish version is also available online, along with a downloadable Spanish supplement produced by our project partner Indepaz. 'I have just returned from an official mission to Colombia… and your publication gave me important background information and helped me understand the complex situation in that country … other Accord reports have been equally useful…'
Rodolfo Stavenhagen, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People Learning from peace processes In April 2005 Conciliation Resources began a two-year project to facilitate comparative learning from peace processes, working with the Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) in Colombia and partners in the Philippines. The first series of meetings and activities in both countries focused on ‘engaging armed groups in peace processes.’
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