Links to long-form information produced by non-governmental organizations (other than WOLA)
Publicado por el Centro de Pensamiento y Diálogo Político el 21 de marzo de 2020.
A look at the state of financing for the Territorially Focused Development Programs (PDET) foreseen in the peace accords’ first chapter, by a think tank affiliated with the FARC party.
Published by Nature on March 18, 2020.
After the peace accord, “the national government failed to ensure a functional institutional presence in several PAs [protected areas],” and deforestation increased.
Published by the German Institute of Global and Area Studies on March 18, 2020.
“The half-hearted implementation of the peace agreement and the persistence of violence suggest a grim outlook.”
Publicado por CERAC el 10 de marzo de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds some reduction in politically motivated murders in February compared to December and January.
Published by Human Rights Watch on March 10, 2020.
Documentation of abuses that Colombian National Police committed during mostly peaceful demonstrations in late 2019.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 8 de marzo de 2020.
An infographic responding to some of the concerns raised by victims and by the general public after the FARC’s initial testimonies about its practice of mass kidnapping during the conflict.
The ICRC’s annual overview of the humanitarian situation in Colombia. Finds an alarming 2019 increase in landmine victims, confinements, and attacks on medical personnel.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 26 de febrero de 2020.
A look at fragmentation of and disputes between armed groups, the effect of Venezuela’s crisis, and the humanitarian crisis in Catatumbo, a conflictive region of Norte de Santander department.
Published by the International Crisis Group on February 25, 2020.
A vivid and alarming look at life in Venezuelan refugee communities on the Colombian side of the northern part of the binational border.
Publicado por CERAC el 12 de febrero de 2020.
CERAC, a Bogotá-based think-tank with an extensive database of conflict information, finds a 33 percent reduction in political killings from 2018 to 2019, despite an increase in threats.
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación, 10 de febrero de 2020.
A detailed overview of the security situation at the Colombia-Venezuela border.
Publicado por la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, 8 de febrero de 2020.
An annual report on the state of press freedom in Colombia by the Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz, 28 de enero de 2020.
An investigation into the current state of the ELN guerrillas, and prospects for an eventual re-start of negotiations.
Published by Human Rights Watch, January 22, 2020.
Abuses including murder, forced labor, child recruitment, and rape are often committed as part of the groups’ strategy to control the social, political, and economic life of Arauca and Apure. Impunity for such abuses is the rule.
Published by the Brookings Institution on January 8, 2020.
Vanda Felbab-Brown analyzes Colombia’s options for reducing the size of its coca crop, and concludes, “The most effective policy to sustainably reduce illicit crops would deliver robust assistance before demanding eradication.”
