FARC Stated No More Armed Conflict, Calls for End to Extortion Practices; Legislative Peace Act Passes in Wake of Bilateral Ceasefire Agreement; Regional Security Assessments, Planning, and Concerns

The final group of FARC-EP combatants arrived Saturday, February 18th, in La Montañita, Caquetá. In total, roughly 6,900 FARC-EP guerrillas have gathered in transitional zones. High Commissioner for Peace, Sergio Jaramillo, ...

7,300 FARC-EP guerrillas have been registered in the national health care system. After stalling, Colombian Congress votes YES on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace transitional justice mechanism. Constitutional Court ...

As we end the FARC disarmament process, core elements of the legal framework for implementing the bulk of the final peace accord come to the fore as critical for next steps for stabilizing peacebuilding efforts in Colombia. ...

Peace negotiations with FARC to conclude by July 20: President Santos; Congress approves Legislative Act for Peace, a ‘judicial shield’ for the final peace agreement; Civil society urges ELN to end kidnapping

Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Rivera, announced that the GoC plans to continue processing legal projects related to the peace accord using normal legislative procedures; 85 former guerrillas and 20 members of the ...

On Tuesday, April 4th, FARC-EP leadership handed over to the GoC its formal list of 6,804 FARC-EP members, along with 1,541 militia members. In the face of the challenges facing FARC-EP and GoC representatives in the ...