El 7 de octubre de 2021, el Centro de Religión, Reconciliación y Paz de la Universidad de Winchester, el Instituto de Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y Rodeemos el Diálogo organizaron un panel público seguido por un conversatorio con especialistas sobre Colombia afiliados a instituciones en varios países del […]
As international scholars conducting research in Colombia, we value the contribution of the Truth Commission to end the armed conflict and build a lasting peace. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 the Truth Commission has not been able to fully carry out its mandate.
As UK-based scholars conducting research in Colombia, we express our horror at recent events in Colombia, and call on the British government to support calls to protect the right to peaceful protest.
On 28 May, academics from British universities met online for the ninth Embrace Dialogue Academia seminar, in partnership with UCL Institute of the Americas. The discussion centred on the possibilities of negotiations with the ELN.
British and Colombian universities met at Institute of the Americas, University College London, in the eighth Embrace Dialogue Academia seminar. The discussion centred on the participation of third parties in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).
British and Colombian universities and peacebuilding practitioners met at the University of Bristol for the seventh Embrace Dialogue Academia seminar, to discuss the role of media and post-truth in the context of post-peace accord Colombia. They emphasised the role of journalism and social media in supporting peace.
the sixth Embrace Dialogue Academia seminar was held, on the decision by influential FARC commanders to rearm, and the future of the Colombian peace process. Academics from British universities met with practitioners in the Institute of the Americas, University College London, and reached a general consensus: for peace to survive, the government must step up the pace of implementation of all dimensions of the peace agreement.
British and Colombian universities met at the Institute of Political Studies and International Relations of the National University of Colombia for the fifth Embrace Dialogue Academia seminar. Together with members of the Truth Commission and representatives of social organisations, they discussed the achievements and challenges of the Truth Commission Gender Working Group. They concluded that, although the Commission has innovated in its gender approach, its biggest challenge is to strengthen a communication and pedagogy strategy, which should be coordinated with civil society.
British, German and American universities met at the University College London Institute of the Americas in the fourth Embrace Dialogue Academia seminar. The discussion centred on the state-society relationship and the capacity of state institutions in Colombia to deliver on promises, in particular, the gender commitments of the Peace Accord.
British and Colombian universities met in the Latin American and Caribbean Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science in the third meeting of Embrace Dialogue Academia, to discuss the current state of the peace process in Colombia. The discussion highlighted a central preoccupation: that the Democratic Centre political party is suffocating Colombia’s chances for peace.
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