Criminal Agendas and Peace Negotiations: The Case of Colombia
This report examines how FARC and the Government of Colombia have dealt with criminal agendas in the context of peace negotiations
Abstract
This paper is part of the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research’s Crime-Conflict Nexus Series
A historical agreement putting an end to the longest armed-conflict in Latin America was signed between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government in November 2016. The agreement was remarkable in many respects, but perhaps most striking was how it dealt with an existential threat to peace posed by criminal agendas.
In this report the authors analyze how the FARC and the Government of Colombia have charted a way forward with respect to criminal agendas in the context of peace negotiations.
There is also a blog and a brief video interview with the authors.
This research was funded under the Department for International Development’s Policy Research Fund
Citation
John de Boer, Juan Carlos Garzón-Vergara & Louise Bosetti Criminal Agendas and Peace Negotiations: The Case of Colombia. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research Crime-Conflict Nexus Series: No 6, April 2017, 22p
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