Reglamento de las Audiencias Públicas, Comunicado No.10, Mesa Nacional de Diálogos y Negociación
- Country/entity
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Colombia
- Region
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Americas
- Agreement name
- Reglamento de las Audiencias Públicas, Comunicado No.10, Mesa Nacional de Diálogos y Negociación
- Date
- 10 Mar 2000
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/intrastate conflict
- Stage
- Pre-negotiation/process
- Conflict nature
- Government
- Peace process
- Colombia III - Arango
- Parties
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For the national government:
VÍCTOR G. RICARDO, High Commissioner for Peace
CAMILO GÓMEZ ALZATE, Negotiator
FABIO VALENCIA COSSIO, Negotiator
PEDRO GÓMEZ BARRERO, Negotiator
GONZALO FORERO DELGADILLO, Negotiator
JUAN GABRIEL URIBE, Negotiator
NESTOR HUMBERTO MARTÍNEZ, Coordinator of the Thematic Committee.
For FARC:
RAÚL REYES, Negotiator
JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ, Negotiator
FABIÁN RAMÍREZ, Negotiator
IVÁN RÍOS, Coordinator of the Thematic Committee - Third parties
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- Description
- This agreement deals with the rules, components, order of the day and practicalities such as times etc. of the public audiences.
- Agreement document
- CO_000310_Negociaciones de Paz en Colombia_ Comunicado Número 10_ Reglamento de las Audiencias Públicas - tr.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
- Agreement document (original language)
- CO_000310_Negociaciones de Paz en Colombia_ Comunicado Número 10_ Reglamento de las Audiencias Públicas.pdf (opens in new tab)
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
- Elections
No specific mention.
- Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil society
- [Summary: The entire agreement provides for regulations on public audiences which take place within the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation. It provides details for the registration, the hearing, and the agenda. For single provisions see media and democracy.]
- Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
- Pages 1-2, 1, Call for Participants,
In line with the topic defined by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation, the National Thematic Committee will issue broad public calls for participants, guaranteeing the representative, open, democratic, ordered and plural participation of Colombians. The thematic committee will be entitled to support from various representative organisations and to convene special audiences. - Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
- Rights related issues→Media and communication→Media rolesPage 2, 2, Registration, Accreditation and Control,
The National Thematic Committee will organise registration for the audiences via forms that will be distributed through the media and by email. It will also be possible to register via fax, telephone, freepost and email. There will be a deadline for registration for public audiences, which will be published alongside the call for participants.
The National Thematic Committee will provide registrants with timely notice of the date for their participation.
All those registered for a specific date must visit the thematic committee’s office in San Vicente del Caguán for accreditation, where they will be given the respective credential and will be assigned to the sole authorised transport to Villa Nueva Colombia. - Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
No specific mention.
- National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
No specific mention.
- Ceasefire
No specific mention.
- Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
No specific mention.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
No specific mention.
- Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatory
No specific mention.
- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanism
No specific mention.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
- Source
- Source: Diálogo, negociación y ruptura con las FARC-EP y con el ELN, Biblioteca de la Paz – 1998-2000, Fundación Cultura Democrática, Ed. Álvaro Villarraga Sarmiento, Bogotá D.C., 2009 (book V) p. 194
ROUNDTABLE FOR DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA AND THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA – PEOPLE’S ARMY
COMMUNICATION NO.
10:
REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCES
10 March 2000
The National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation met with the Coordinators of the National Thematic Committee to hear reports and proposals and make decisions regarding the preparations for and holding of the first public hearings, the call for participants, registration and comprehensive information for all Colombians.
It was agreed to produce a new programme to promote and explain the public audiences on Monday 20 March at 20:00, in addition to an informative teleconference on 27 March.
The following regulations were approved for public audiences.
How to hold an audience
Public audiences have the following components:
Call for participants
Registration, accreditation and control
Hearing
Facilitating board
Agenda
Regulations.
1. CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
In line with the topic defined by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation, the National Thematic Committee will issue broad public calls for participants, guaranteeing the representative, open, democratic, ordered and plural participation of Colombians.
The thematic committee will be entitled to support from various representative organisations and to convene special audiences.
2. REGISTRATION, ACCREDITATION AND CONTROL
The National Thematic Committee will organise registration for the audiences via forms that will be distributed through the media and by email.
It will also be possible to register via fax, telephone, freepost and email.
There will be a deadline for registration for public audiences, which will be published alongside the call for participants.
The National Thematic Committee will provide registrants with timely notice of the date for their participation.
All those registered for a specific date must visit the thematic committee’s office in San Vicente del Caguán for accreditation, where they will be given the respective rosette and will be assigned to the sole authorised transport to Villa Nueva Colombia.
3. HEARING
The hearing involves a group of people who meet at each audience to present their proposals to the National Thematic Committee.
The normal number of participants in hearings is 50, although in some cases flexibility is allowed and audiences may be held with fewer or more people.
In addition to the registered participants, there may also be a number of people who attend as observers.
The hearing must provide an appropriate atmosphere for reflection.
4. FACILITATING BOARD
The facilitating board will comprise two moderators (one per party) and two reporters (one per party).
One moderator and reporter may be assigned to the morning and the others for the afternoon.
The functions of the moderators are:
chairing the meeting, explaining the participation mechanism, setting out the agenda, controlling the time of interventions and maintaining order at the premises (i.e. the presenter sticks to the topic and the hearing maintains composure and silence).
Any modifications that may arise during the course of the audience will be made by consensus among the moderators.
Reporters have the following duties:
listening and taking careful note of each of the interventions, summarising the points and proposals made by attendees and producing their report for the coordinators of the committee, who, supported by the technical secretariat, will prepare the respective technical document with the proposals from each participant.
5. AGENDA
The audiences will be based around the following structure:
Presentation of the facilitating board and verification of attendees
Presentation of the topic and explanation of the mechanism
Presentation of proposals by the audience
Closing.
6. REGULATIONS
Sessions will begin at 08:00, with a mid-morning break.
Lunch will be from 12:00 and sessions will restart at 14:00, running until 16:00, when the audience will end.
Specific times may be established for special hearings in certain sectors.
At a normal audience, each intervention will have five minutes to present a summary of the proposal.
No more than 15 minutes may be spent on opening and closing the audience.
Interruptions will not be permitted.
Moderators will only be allowed to interrupt a presentation if it is used to disqualify other presentations, slander or make personal allegations, or for reasons other than setting out a presentation and explaining a proposal on the topic that has been defined.
At the end of each intervention, the moderators will be entitled to ask a specific question to clarify the proposal.
If a participant is not present at the hearing when they are called to speak and is unable to justify their absence before the board, they will lose the right to intervene, although they will be entitled to submit their proposal in writing.
To allow sufficient time for communication of the topic and the methodology, the call for participants, registration and the preparation of the respective proposals, it was decided to schedule the first public audience for Sunday, 9 April 2000.
Villa Nueva Colombia, 10 March 2000
For the national government:
VÍCTOR G. RICARDO, High Commissioner for Peace
CAMILO GÓMEZ ALZATE, Negotiator
FABIO VALENCIA COSSIO, Negotiator
PEDRO GÓMEZ BARRERO, Negotiator
GONZALO FORERO DELGADILLO, Negotiator
JUAN GABRIEL URIBE, Negotiator
NESTOR HUMBERTO MARTÍNEZ, Coordinator of the Thematic Committee.
For FARC:
RAÚL REYES, Negotiator
JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ, Negotiator
FABIÁN RAMÍREZ, Negotiator
IVÁN RÍOS, Coordinator of the Thematic Committee