Acuerdo sobre el Reglamento de la Comisión Facilitadora Internacional, Comunicado No. 28, Mesa Nacional de Diálogos y Negociación

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Country/entity: Colombia
Region: Americas
Agreement name: Acuerdo sobre el Reglamento de la Comisión Facilitadora Internacional, Comunicado No. 28, Mesa Nacional de Diálogos y Negociación
Date: 5 Apr 2001
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Colombian Conflict (1964 - )
The Colombian conflict is really a set of conflicts and the peace agreements reflect both different processes relating to different conflict groups and dyads, and processes taking place at different times in a complex peace process history. The Colombian civil war has its roots in the late 1940s and the violent infighting between liberal and the conservative factions. Emerging from the liberal tradition with a thorough grounding in nationalist communist ideology, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) began its armed insurrection against the Colombian government in 1964. Other left-wing guerrillas emerged as well, most notably the socialist/populist M-19, which would later be integrated into the formal political system in the peace process of 1990s; the National Liberation Army (ELN), which has strong roots in liberation theology, and the Maoist Ejército Popular de Liberación (EPL) (also part of the 1990 process, less successfully). Several stages of peace processes were undertaken by the various sides, which were further complicated by the emergence of right-wing paramilitary ‘self-defence’ forces. The peace agreement between the Colombian government under President Uribe and the main alliance of the paramilitary groups, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), concluded in 2005 and is still heavily disputed as several remnants are still active, but now subsumed under the heading ‘Bacrim’ (Bandas criminales). In addition, FARC and ELN maintain a military presence, but both demonstrate a strong interest in completing successful peace negotiations with the government, with the most recent agreements being between FARC and the Government.
Stage: Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature: Government
Peace process: Colombia III - Arango
Parties: For the national government:
LUIS FERNANDO CRIALES
JUAN GABRIEL URIBE
JOSÉ GONZALO FORERO
MONSIGNOR ALBERTO GIRALDO
RAMÓN DE LA TORRE
LUlS GUILLERMO GIRALDO

For FARC-EP:
JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ
SIMÓN TRINIDAD
ANDRÉS PARÍS
CARLOS ANTONIO LOZADA
Third parties: -
Description: The agreement contains regulations for the operation of the international facilitation commission.

Agreement document: CO_010405_ACUERDO SOBRE EL REGLAMENTO DE LA COMISI‡N FACILITADORA - tr.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

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: No specific mention.
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: Page 1,
The roundtable also presented a detailed report on the status of the process. The roundtable and the facilitation committee agreed to hold two events on international humanitarian law and the substitution of illegal crops with an international presence.
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: No specific mention.
Detention procedures: No specific mention.
Media and communication: No specific mention.
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: Page 1,
The roundtable also presented a detailed report on the status of the process. The roundtable and the facilitation committee agreed to hold two events on international humanitarian law and the substitution of illegal crops with an international presence.
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. 239

AGREEMENT ON THE REGULATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FACILITATION COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE FOR DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION, COMMUNICATION NO.

Los Pozos, Villa Nueva Colombia, 5 April 2001

At a meeting regarded as extremely positive by the parties, the structure of international facilitation was reviewed, together with the state of the peace process.

As part of the facilitation structure, the following agreements were reached regarding the commission:

The commission will operate by consensus.

Its purpose is to facilitate, upon request by the parties, developments of the process and the negotiated political solution.

It will not act as a judge or a party.

There will be a coordinator country, with this position held for two months on a rotating basis.

The coordinator will be the link between the Facilitation Commission and the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation.

It will be responsible for organising two-monthly and twice-yearly meetings to provide information on the progress of the process.

Extraordinary meetings for specific issues will be convened by the roundtable as necessary.

The commission appointed Canada as the first coordinator.

The commission will act with the discretion and confidentiality befitting work of this nature.

The coordinator will act as the sole spokesperson for the commission.

The commission will be entitled to hold joint meetings with the roundtable or with each of the parties separately.

The commission will act in a framework of cooperation and collaboration, which allows, insofar as possible, the development of the activities agreed by the parties.

The roundtable also presented a detailed report on the status of the process.

The roundtable and the facilitation committee agreed to hold two events on international humanitarian law and the substitution of illegal crops with an international presence.

For the national government:

LUIS FERNANDO CRIALES

JUAN GABRIEL URIBE

JOSÉ GONZALO FORERO

MONSIGNOR ALBERTO GIRALDO

RAMÓN DE LA TORRE

LUlS GUILLERMO GIRALDO

For FARC-EP:

JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ

SIMÓN TRINIDAD

ANDRÉS PARÍS

CARLOS ANTONIO LOZADA