TIPO DE DOCUMENTO
InformesALCANCE Y CONTENIDO
“…Colombia is facing a crucial and complex moment in its history. President Juan Manuel Santos officially started peace talks on 5 October 2012 with the aim of ending over 50 years of conflict with the guerrilla group the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). Bringing an end to the conflict with the FARC guerrilla will be an immense step forward for Colombia but is only one of many steps in the process of building a sustainable peace. Despite peace talks the conflict continues and there are other armed groups that will prove an obstacle to peace. These include the second largest guerrilla group, the ELN, and the Post Demobilised Paramilitary Groups (PDPGs) This report is intended to highlight the critical role of civil society in Colombia at this crucial moment and to outline how civil society groups and organisations can be supported. It gives an update on many of the most relevant human rights concerns, the obstacles to a sustainable peace and the perspectives of civil society on key issues in the peace process. It also makes a series of recommendations for the International Community and the Colombian Government. Whilst recognising and reaffirming that civil society groups and organisations are diverse in Colombia, as they are in other countries, this report will focus on the voices of marginalised groups, namely women, peasant farmers, Indigenous Peoples and afro-Colombians. These groups have been most affected by the conflict…” (Taken from the Executive Summary).
