European Union Support for Colombia's Peace Process: Civil Society, Human Rights and Territorial Peace

ISBN-13: 9783031247996 / Angielski

Karlos Pérez de Armiño

Opis

This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that, despite some limitations and criticisms, could go beyond conventional liberal peace and provide useful lessons. Particular attention is paid to three axes: strengthening civil society, protection of human rights and a territorial peace perspective, as a contribution to the "local turn" in peace policies. The book first outlines the background of the conflict, the EU's two-decade defense of a negotiated peace, and the complexities of the peace process. Then, it analyses the development cooperation and political support provided in different areas: the collective reinsertion of ex-guerrillas, women and gender initiatives, the rights of ethnic communities, the sophisticated transitional justice system, as well as activities on reconciliation, victims and protection of human rights defenders.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. EU support for peace in Colombia. Contributions from the territorial approach, the strengthening of civil society and the defence of human rights. (Karlos Pérez de Armiño. University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU). - Chapter 2. The recent context in Colombia in historical and territorial perspective: Armed conflict, the Havana Agreements and their implementation (Jerónimo Ríos. Complutense University of Madrid). - Chapter 3. EU development cooperation in Colombia and support for peacebuilding. A historical perspective. (Juana García Duque. University of the Andes, Bogotá). - Chapter 4. Multilevel support for the process for the reincorporation of FARC-EP: The experience of the EU Trust Fund (Carlos Madridejos. University of the Basque Country). - Chapter 5. A review of the European Union's gender approach in its support to the peace process in Colombia (Irantzu Mendia. University of the Basque Country). - Chapter 6. The European Union’s contribution to the implementation of the ethnic approach within the Colombian Peace Agreement (2016-2021) (Alba Linares, University of the Basque Country). - Chapter 7. EU initiatives to protect human rights defenders (Diego Checa, Institute of Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada). - Chapter 8. European Union support for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and transitional justice in Colombia. (Farid Benavides Vanegas. Catholic University of Colombia, Bogotá, and Auxiliary Judge of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace). - Chapter 9. The European Union's support for the Truth Commission and its territorial approach (Tania Rodríguez, Director of Territories of the Truth Commission, Colombia. PhD candidate at the University of the Basque Country). - Chapter 10. Cooperation of the European Union for peace in Colombia: materializations and structural limitations for the consolidation of the victims as a political subject (Diana Gómez Correal. University of the Andes, Bogotá). - Chapter 11. The long road to reconciliation. Theoretical elements and contribution of the EU to the work for peace. (Mario López. Institute of Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada). - Chapter 12. Conclusions and recommendations. Lessons from EU policies in Colombia for peacebuilding based on a territorial approach, human rights and the strengthening of civil society. (Karlos Pérez de Armiño. University of the Basque Country).

O autorze

Karlos Pérez de Armiño is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao. Research fellow and former director (2015-2021) of Hegoa, Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies. His research interests include critical approaches to peacebuilding, EU peacebuilding policies, human security, humanitarian action, and conflicts and famines.

Blurb

“A truly original contribution to our understanding of peacebuilding in the 21st Century. This detailed analysis of the role of the European Union in Colombia’s struggle to make and build peace gives us vital insights into whether and how International actors can contribute seriously to both.”

— Jenny Pearce, Research Professor, Latin America and Caribbean Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that, despite some limitations and criticisms, could go beyond conventional liberal peace and provide useful lessons. Particular attention is paid to three axes: strengthening civil society, protection of human rights and a territorial peace perspective, as a contribution to the "local turn" in peace policies. The book first outlines the background of the conflict, the EU's two-decade defense of a negotiated peace, and the complexities of the peace process. Then, it analyses the development cooperation and political support provided in different areas: the collective reinsertion of ex-guerrillas, women and gender initiatives, the rights of ethnic communities, the sophisticated transitional justice system, as well as activities on reconciliation, victims and protection of human rights defenders.

Karlos Pérez de Armiño is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao. Research fellow and former director (2015-2021) of Hegoa, Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies. His research interests include critical approaches to peacebuilding, EU peacebuilding policies, human security, humanitarian action, and conflicts and famines.