Publicado por CINEP y CERAC el 2 de noviembre de 2021.
A data-driven report measures compliance with peace accord commitments.
Décimo informe de verificación de la implementación del Acuerdo Final de Paz en Colombia
Links to long-form information produced by non-governmental organizations (other than WOLA)
Tumaco, Colombia: Fluid Loyalties, Fluctuating Criminal Governance
Published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime on October 20, 2021.
“Examines criminal governance during the pandemic of three groups based in Tumaco: the Alfonso Cano Western Bloc (BOAC), the United Guerrillas of the Pacific (GUP) and the Contadores (Accountants).”
A Refuge from Violence in a Forgotten Corner of Colombia
Published by the International Crisis Group on December 2, 2020.
Profiles a social leader, and the dangers she faces, in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Bogotá.
El virus de la violencia
Publicado por Somos Defensores el 3 de noviembre de 2020.
Somos Defensores’ report about attacks on social leaders during the first six months of 2020. The organization counts 95 murders, the largest number it had ever recorded during the first half of a year.
Los impactos del covid-19 en la seguridad y la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 26 de octubre de 2020.
A look at the security situation amid the health crisis in Catatumbo, southern Córdoba, and Antioquia’s northeast and Bajo Cauca regions.
Desde el inicio hasta el final: Estados Unidos en el conflicto armado colombiano
Publicado por FORPP, SICSAL, y SOA Watch el 8 de octubre de 2020.
Drawing a link between U.S. security assistance to Colombia and human rights abuses committed during the conflict.
Why do they want to kill us?: Lack of safe space to defend human rights in Colombia
Published by Amnesty International on October 8, 2020.
Finds that failures to implement the peace accord are endangering the lives of human rights defenders.
Leaders under Fire: Defending Colombia’s Front Line of Peace
Published by the International Crisis Group on October 6, 2020.
Documenting the causes of attacks on social leaders in post-conflict Colombia, and necessary steps for their protection.
¿En qué va la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en el Catatumbo?
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 5 de octubre de 2020.
A look at the many challenges to peace accord implementation in one of Colombia’s most neglected and complicated regions.
Resumen Ejecutivo informe ante el SIVJRNR La Brigada más “Efectiva”: Crímenes de la Cuarta Brigada bajo la seguridad democrática y el Plan Colombia (2002-2003)
Publicado por la Corporación Jurídica Libertad y otras organizaciones el 1 de octubre de 2020.
A report, submitted to the transitional justice system, about extrajudicial executions committed by the Colombian Army’s Medellín-based 4th Brigade.
Séptimo informe de verificación de la implementación del Acuerdo Final de Paz en Colombia
Publicado por CINEP y CERAC el 22 de septiembre de 2020.
A data-driven report measures compliance with peace accord commitments.
How Colombia Regulators Became Purveyors of Illegal Wood
Published by InsightCrime on September 18, 2020.
A narrative of how illegal timber traders corrupted security, judicial, and other government officials in Santander.
Fuerzas Militares y la protección del ambiente: Roles, riesgos y oportunidades
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 17 de septiembre de 2020.
Explores appropriate possible roles for the armed forces in combating rising deforestation.
Seguridad en Tiempos de Pandemia: Legados de Guerra y Crimen Organizado en Colombia
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 14 de septiembre de 2020.
The annual security situation overview produced by researchers at Bogotá’s Fundación Paz y Reconciliación.
Venezuelan migration, crime, and misperceptions: A review of data from Colombia, Peru, and Chile
Published by the Brookings Institution and the Migration Policy Institute on September 14, 2020.
A review of data in Colombia, Peru, and Chile finds that “Venezuelan immigrants commit substantially fewer crimes than the native born, relative to their share in the overall population.”
El Desgobierno del Aprendiz—Autoritarismo, Guerra y Pandemia
Publicado por tres plataformas de organizaciones de derechos humanos el 9 de septiembre de 2020.
A very critical book-length set of studies and essays about the human rights and peace implementation situation two years into the Duque government.
Salud reproductiva y glifosato
Publicado por el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos el 3 de septiembre de 2020.
A summary of a more detailed scientific study of risks to reproductive health posed by glyphosate, the herbicide that the U.S. and Colombian governments wish to resume spraying from aircraft over coca-growing areas.
Lecciones del fin del conflicto en Colombia: dejación de armas y tránsito a la legalidad de las Farc
Publicado por el Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales el 3 de septiembre de 2020.
A detailed discussion of the FARC’s demobilization, disarmament, and initial reintegration process.
Los debates de La Habana: Una mirada desde adentro
Publicado por el Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
A narrative of the Havana peace process with the FARC, focusing on how negotiators dealt with key questions.
La fase exploratoria del proceso de paz
Publicado por el Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
A narrative of the period of informal talks that led to the 2012 launch of formal peace negotiations between Colombia’s government and the FARC.
Liberacion Informes de Inteligencia Operacion Atai
Publicado por Cuestión Pública y DeJusticia el 18 de agosto de 2020.
Documents indicate that Colombia’s military knew that forcibly recruited children were present at a FARC dissident encampment in Caquetá before bombing it in August 2019.
Colombia: Indigenous Kids at Risk of Malnutrition, Death
Published by Human Rights Watch on August 13, 2020.
Child malnutrition remains severe among the Wayuu people of La Guajira. It is a result of severe corruption and threatens to worsen with COVID-19.
Avances y desafíos de la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Guaviare
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 8 de agosto de 2020.
A look at compliance in peace accord commitments and the security situation in Guaviare, a department in south-central Colombia with a heavy presence of FARC dissident groups.
Defining his Legacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Duque in his Final two Years
Published by Colombia Risk Analysis on August 5, 2020.
As Iván Duque hits the midpoint of his presidential term, an overview of Colombia’s political and economic reality.
The Friends of “El Viejo”: Declassified Records Detail Suspected Paramilitary, Narco Ties of Former Colombian President Uribe
Published by the National Security Archive on August 31, 2020.
A trove of declassified U.S. documents raises questions about ex-president Álvaro Uribe’s possible ties to paramilitaries and narcotraffickers.