The International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) has signed the statement of various Catalan civil society actors and institutions in support of the peace process in Colombia, which calls for a quick implementation of the Peace Accord signed by the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla group and the establishment of a formal negotiating table between the government and the ELN guerilla group. The statement expresses the commitment of Catalonia with a lasting and sustainable peace in Colombia, which prioritizes the victims and is respectful of human rights and social justice.
\nPUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
\nIn late September, Catalonia celebrated the signing of the Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP). Catalan institutions and civil society celebrated the signing of this agreement, which put an end to more than fifty years of war, with various institutional and festive events.
\nTwo months later the situation in Colombia remains delicate: a new agreement has just been ratified by Congress. We in Catalonia welcome this new agreement and urge that it be implemented immediately to ensure the continuity of the peace process and a definitive ceasefire. We also point out the importance of maintaining the focus on gender and the ethnic chapter in the agreement.
\nSimilarly, we ask that a negotiating table \u2013 which had been announced for 27 October – be set up between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN). We encourage the parties to quickly reach an agreement that will lead to a comprehensive peace.
\nWe are also concerned about the high-risk situation faced by social and trade union leaders, as well as human rights defenders and the communities most affected by the conflict. In recent days, five peasant leaders and members of the Patriotic March Movement have been killed and seven more have suffered attacks on their lives. Two of the leaders killed were members of peasant associations accompanied by Catalan organizations.
\nWe stress the need to ensure the protection of social and political activists and human rights defenders. Only this year there have been at least 70 murders, 279 threats and 28 attacks against social leaders and human rights defenders, perpetrated mostly by paramilitary groups. It is of the utmost importance that the measures to dismantle paramilitary structures provided for in the Final Agreement be implemented, and that the National Commission on Security Guarantees become operational.
\nWe in Catalonia reiterate the commitment of institutions and social organizations to accompany the implementation of the peace agreement and to continue working to build a lasting and sustainable peace in Colombia, prioritizing the victims and respectful of human rights and social justice.
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\nAMBDRETS
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\nCASA AM\u00c8RICA CATALUNYA
\nCENTRE PER LA DEFENSA DELS DRETS HUMANS IR\u00cdDIA
\nCIEMEN
\nCOLECTIVO MALOKA
\nCOL\u00d2MBIA EN PAU
\nCOLOMBIA SOY YO
\nDIRECCI\u00d3 DE JUST\u00cdCIA GLOBAL I COOPERACI\u00d3 INTERNACIONAL DE L’AJUNTAMENT DE BARCELONA
\nDONES X DONES
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\nFORO INTERNACIONAL DE V\u00cdCTIMAS BARCELONA
\nFUNDACI\u00d3N INDERA
\nFUNDACI\u00d3 M\u00d3N-3
\nFUNDACI\u00d3N MUNDU BAT
\nGERARDO PISARELLO \u2013 PRIMER TINENT D’ALCALDIA I RESPONSABLE DE L’\u00c0REA DE RELACIONS INTERNACIONALS DE L’AJUNTAMENT DE BARCELONA
\nINSTITUT CATAL\u00c0 INTERNACIONAL PER LA PAU -ICIP-
\nINSTITUT DE DRETS HUMANS DE CATALUNYA -IDHC-
\nINTERNACIONAL ACTION FOR PEACE -IAP-
\nJORDI SENDRA – PORTAVEU DEL GRUP PARLAMENTARI DE JUNTS PEL S\u00cd A LA COMISSI\u00d3 D’ACCI\u00d3 EXTERIOR I COOPERACI\u00d3, RELACIONS INSTITUCIONAL I TRANSPAR\u00c8NCIA DEL PARLAMENT DE CATALUNYA
\nOBSERVATORIO POR LA AUTONOM\u00cdA Y LOS DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS IND\u00cdGENAS EN COLOMBIA
\nPAZ A LA CALLE BARCELONA
\nPLATAFORMA UNIT\u00c0RIA CONTRA LES VIOL\u00c8NCIES DE G\u00c8NERE
\nRAFAEL GRASA \u2013 PROFESSOR DE RELACIONS INTERNACIONALS DE LA UNIVERSITAT AUT\u00d2NOMA DE BARCELONA -UAB-
\nTAULA CATALANA PER LA PAU I ELS DRETS HUMANS A COL\u00d2MBIA formada per:
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\nASSOCIACI\u00d3 CATALANA PER LA PAU
\nCOMISSI\u00d3 CATALANA D’AJUDA AL REFUGIAT
\nCONSELL NACIONAL DE LA JOVENTUT DE CATALUNYA
\nCOOPERACCI\u00d3
\nCOOP DC
\nENTREPOBLES
\nFONS CATAL\u00c0 DE COOPERACI\u00d3 AL DESENVOLUPAMENT
\nFUNDACI\u00d3 PAGESOS SOLIDARIS
\nFUNDACI\u00d3 PAU I SOLIDARITAT \u2013 CCOO CATALUNYA
\nFUNDIPAU
\nINTERSINDICAL-CSC
\nJUST\u00cdCIA I PAU
\nLAFEDE.CAT – ORGANITZACIONS PER A LA JUST\u00cdCIA GLOBAL
\nLLIGA DELS DRETS DELS POBLES
\nMOVIMENT PER LA PAU \u2013 MPDL
\nOXFAM INTERM\u00d3N
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