Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence
The signing of the peace agreements between the FARC-EP and the Colombian Government in late November 2016 has generated new prospects for peace in Colombia, opening the possibility of redressing the harm inflicted on Colombians by Colombians.

Talking about peace and transitional justice requires us to think about how to operationalize peace agreements to promote justice and coexistence for peace. This volume brings together reflections by Colombian academics and practitioners alongside pieces provided by researchers and practitioners in other countries where transitional justice initiatives have taken place (Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Peru). This volume has been written in the south, by the south, for the south.

The book engages with the challenges ahead for the coming generations of Colombians. Rivers of ink have dealt with the end goals of transitional justice, but victims require us to take the quest for human rights beyond the normative realm of theorizing justice and into the practical realm of engaging how to implement justice initiatives.

The tension between theory—the legislative frameworks guaranteeing human rights—and practice—the realization of these ideas—will frame Colombia’s success (or failure) in consolidating the implementation of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP.

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Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence
The signing of the peace agreements between the FARC-EP and the Colombian Government in late November 2016 has generated new prospects for peace in Colombia, opening the possibility of redressing the harm inflicted on Colombians by Colombians.

Talking about peace and transitional justice requires us to think about how to operationalize peace agreements to promote justice and coexistence for peace. This volume brings together reflections by Colombian academics and practitioners alongside pieces provided by researchers and practitioners in other countries where transitional justice initiatives have taken place (Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Peru). This volume has been written in the south, by the south, for the south.

The book engages with the challenges ahead for the coming generations of Colombians. Rivers of ink have dealt with the end goals of transitional justice, but victims require us to take the quest for human rights beyond the normative realm of theorizing justice and into the practical realm of engaging how to implement justice initiatives.

The tension between theory—the legislative frameworks guaranteeing human rights—and practice—the realization of these ideas—will frame Colombia’s success (or failure) in consolidating the implementation of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP.

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Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence

Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence

by Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon (Editor)
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence

Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence

by Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon (Editor)

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The signing of the peace agreements between the FARC-EP and the Colombian Government in late November 2016 has generated new prospects for peace in Colombia, opening the possibility of redressing the harm inflicted on Colombians by Colombians.

Talking about peace and transitional justice requires us to think about how to operationalize peace agreements to promote justice and coexistence for peace. This volume brings together reflections by Colombian academics and practitioners alongside pieces provided by researchers and practitioners in other countries where transitional justice initiatives have taken place (Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Peru). This volume has been written in the south, by the south, for the south.

The book engages with the challenges ahead for the coming generations of Colombians. Rivers of ink have dealt with the end goals of transitional justice, but victims require us to take the quest for human rights beyond the normative realm of theorizing justice and into the practical realm of engaging how to implement justice initiatives.

The tension between theory—the legislative frameworks guaranteeing human rights—and practice—the realization of these ideas—will frame Colombia’s success (or failure) in consolidating the implementation of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367591069
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/30/2020
Series: Europa Perspectives in Transitional Justice
Pages: 284
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón is a Colombian political scientist. He is a Research Associate at the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University in South Africa and a Researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands. Fabio works at the intersection between theory and practice, and his research interests are related to state strength, civil war, conflict and protests in the midst of globalization. In addition to his academic publications, his analysis has been published by Al Jazeera, Time, The Conversation, Los Angeles Times, and Warscapes, among others.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations vii

List of contributors viii

Acknowledgements xii

Transitional justice and the 'Colombian peace process' Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón 1

Part I The Quest for Peace 13

2 Conflict and peace in the making: Colombia from 1948-2010 Fabio Andrés Diaz Pabón 15

3 The peace process with the FARC-EP Carlo Nasi 34

4 The emergence and consolidation of transitional justice within the realm of Colombian peacebuilding Marco Alberto Velásquez Ruiz 50

5 The Transitional Justice Framework agreed between the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP Camila De Gamboa Tapias Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón 66

Part II The Challenges 85

6 From transitional justice to post-agreement rural reform: many obstacles and a long way to go Rocio Del Pilar Peña Huertas 87

7 Creole radical feminist transitional justice: An exploration of Colombian feminism in the context of armed conflict Lina M. Céspedes-Báez 102

8 From combatants' boots: Reincorporation and reconciliation Diana Acosta-Navas Carlos Felipe Reyes 118

9 Historical memory as symbolic reparation: Limitations and opportunities of peace infrastructures as institutional designs Eliana Jimeno 136

10 Enhancing reconciliation in the Colombian Truth Commission by embracing psychosocial tasks Natalia Tejada V 154

11 Transmission in times of transition: Intergenerational approaches to Colombia's violent past and present Ariel Sánchez Meertens 168

Part III The Lessons 187

12 Rethinking the Colombian transition to peace through the South African experience Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo Juliana Andrea Guzman Cárdenas 189

13 Transitional Justice in Peru: Lessons for Colombia Jemima García-Godos 205

14 Bosnia and Herzegovina: The challenges and complexities of transitional justice Louis Francis Monroy-Santander 220

15 The quest for justice in post-war Sri Lanka Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits 235

16 A long walk for justice Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón 250

Index 263

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