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Commitment of ex-combatants from the FARC-EP to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and the Truth Commission

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This fourth Reincorporation Snapshot highlights the commitment of former members of the FARC-EP  to reconciliation, not only from the FARC political party, but also others within the reincorporation process who belong to other political groups. Implementing the Peace Agreement, through reincorporating these groups into civil society, represents a big challenge. The efforts being made by different sectors to overcome these difficulties are vital for ensuring that the reincorporation process continues.

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Security and Reincorporation: Threats and Challenges

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Two and a half years after the reincorporation of former FARC-EP members started in the Territorial Spaces of Territorial and Reincorporation (TSTRs), there are worrying signs that require the implementation of stronger security measures.

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8th Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar

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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).

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FARC’s Reincorporation: the outlook for 2020

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The 2016 Final Peace Agreement set in motion the laying down of arms by the FARC-EP and the political, social and economic processes of reincorporation. As set out in Chapter 3 of the agreement, these processes seek to close the chapter of conflict and allow the FARC-EP to actively contribute, along with all Colombians, to co-existence and the non-recurrence of violence. After three years, this snapshot looks to what 2020 might bring for reincorporation in Colombia.

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An introduction to reincorporation in Colombia

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This snapshot present an introduction to reincorporation in Colombia and its challenges.

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6th Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar

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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.

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5th Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar

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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.

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4th Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar

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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.

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3rd Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar

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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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2nd Embrace Dialogue Academia Seminar

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German, British, Swiss, Spanish and Colombian universities met in the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt, to discuss the peace process in Colombia. There, the second meeting of Embrace Dialogue Academia (EDA) was held, centred on the reincorporation of members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP).

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