A Communitised Security Approach as an Instrument of Peace
Despite progress in technical aspects of reintegration, there are serious delays in the full implementation of the peace agreement as our previous snapshot showed. Of particular concern are the lack of security guarantees and the increasing violence in areas historically affected by the conflict. A central theme of the Ethnic Chapter of the agreement is the proposal to address the issue of security from a territorial, more participatory and inclusive perspective that goes beyond the traditional state approach based on the deployment of police and military forces. This snapshot reflects on the need to quickly and effectively implement the Ethnic Chapter, which aims to safeguard the territorial and collective rights of indigenous communities and Afro-Colombian peoples.