South America

Chronology: Accord Colombia

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004

Profiles: Accord Colombia

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004

Key texts and agreements: Accord Colombia

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004

Political peacebuilding: A challenge for civil society

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes.
Feb 2004
Jorge Rojas Rodriguez describes the development of civil society initiatives in relation to previous peace processes, arguing that negotiations cannot be left to the warring parties and that civil society must do more than demonstrate for peace.

A regional peace experience: The Magdalena Medio Peace and Development Programme

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
Mauricio Katz Garcia outlines the development of the Magdalena Medio Peace and Development Programme’s model, which is based on inclusion, cooperation, consensus and active local participation through small, practical projects.

Civic peace initiatives

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
A table of civic peace initiatives categorised by objectives and scope.

Compelled to act: Grassroots peace initiatives

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
Peace in Colombia will require not only peace accords but also social inclusion and participation at community level. Drawing on three examples of grassroots peace initiative, Esperanza Hernández Delgado offers a typology of initiatives and their different characteristics.

Peace mobilisation in Colombia: 1978-2002

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
The authors chart the historical phases of peace initiatives and social mobilisation: from its emergence in defence of human rights; to support for the first peace processes; to the mass mobilisations of the late 1990s; and to the present crisis.

Personal reflections

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
Four Colombians present short personal perspectives on the conflict and peace processes.

The Colombian conflict in historical perspective

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
Fernán González explores the complexity of Colombia’s conflict and how the historical processes of land settlement and state building as well as geographic differences and the growth of coca production have altered the conflict.

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