RPR Spotlight_Peace Councils_July 2018

Abstract

Since the end of the 1990s, Peace Councils at the national and territorial levels have existed in Colombia, but it was the Peace Agreement between the FARC guerrilla group and the Colombian government that gave new impetus to these spaces for participation. This Spotlight examines the legal and political evolution of the Peace Councils and then delves into the meaning or raison d’être that resulted in their reemergence in the current context, as well as their different potentialities, projections and challenges in the peacebuilding scenario.