Round 37 Closes with Agreement on Truth Commission

June 5, 2015

After a four-day extension of the 37th round of talks between the Colombian government and the FARC that had been launched on May 21, the parties ended their cycle yesterday.  In a joint communiqué, they reported new advances at the table regarding the topic of “victims”–namely, an agreement to establish a Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Harmony and Non-Repetition that would be activated once the final peace  agreement is signed.  More to come, but in the meantime, here’s the link to the full report in Spanish:  2015_0604 Comunicado conjunto Gobierno Nacional y FARC-EP No.53.  You can read the report in English here.

 

About Ginny Bouvier

Love reading, writing, thinking, and working with people to make the world a better place. Family and friends, yoga, travel, photography, perusing dessert menus keep me sane. Latin American enthusiast. Peace practitioner yearning for justice. Heading up the Colombia program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, but tweets and posts are my own.
This entry was posted in Colombia, Latin America and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Round 37 Closes with Agreement on Truth Commission

  1. Alexandra says:

    Ginny, how are you?
    I just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that the agreement exists also in English http://farc-epeace.org/index.php/communiques/communiques-peace-delegation/item/761-joint-report-on-commission-for-clarification-of-truth,-coexistence-and-non-repetition.html.
    Best wishes,
    Alexandra Nariño.

    Like

  2. Pingback: Recap of the 37th Round of Peace Talks | COLOMBIA CALLS

Leave a comment