OUR NEWS AND STATEMENTS

Peace is Political

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The forthcoming congressional and presidential elections in Colombia are fundamental for the reconciliation process, as the next phase of implementation of the peace agreement and the possibilities of building a stable and lasting peace depend on the political will and electoral mandate of the government.

Embrace Dialogue expresses its solidarity with the statement made by the President of the Colombian Truth Commission Francisco de Roux to the Constitutional Court.

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Embrace Dialogue expresses its solidarity with the statement made by the President of the Colombian Truth Commission Francisco de Roux to the Constitutional Court.

A New Paradigm of Justice for Reconciliation in Colombia

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On 29 July 2021, Embrace Dialogue and the Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace of the University of Winchester hosted Giovanni Álvarez to discuss Recent Developments in Transitional Justice in Colombia, as part of a series of events on reconciliation. This dialogue led to the identification of key challenges, achievements and hopes for the future. 

The Narrative Wars: A Conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez

April 07 / 2020 ReD member Gwen Burnyeat interviewed award-winning Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez for Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB). In this interview, they discussed the Colombian peace process, the challenges…
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Opportunities for peace between the Colombian government and the ELN

April 02 / 2020 On 29 March 2020, Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos, invested Carlos Velandia and Francisco Galán -former commanders of the National Liberation Army (ELN) insurgency- as Peace Facilitators…
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An opportunity for solidarity and self-reflection

March 22 / 2020 For this time of uncertainty, we in Embrace Dialogue offer our principles of honesty, generosity, respect, solidarity, self-criticism and co-responsibility. We commit to these values in our work promoting dialogue…
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The Colombian government must carefully consider the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

March 18 / 2020 In the first week of March 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights launched the report made by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Michel Forst, after his 2019 visit to Colombia…
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UCL Americas co-hosts lecture by eminent Colombian jurist

March 06 / 2020 The lecture was hosted by UCL Institute of the Americas, in partnership with the LSE Latin American and Caribbean Centre and Embrace Dialogue (Rodeemos el Diálogo). Before becoming the chief prosecutor of the…
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Are we failing to acknowledge the existence of the armed conflict?

March 06 / 2020 On February 3rd, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) announced they were suspending the membership of the Colombia’s National Centre of Historical Memory (CNMH), the main entity in charge of…