ABSTRACT
This book is the first systematic, interdisciplinary examination of the peace agreement signed between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to end one of the largest and most violent conflicts in the Western Hemisphere. It discusses the achievements, failures, and challenges of this innovative peace agreement and its implications for Colombia’s future. Contributors include negotiators of the Agreement, judges of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, representatives of the civil society, and leading academic experts in peace studies, human rights, international law, criminal law, transitional justice, political science, and philosophy. Based on the premise that peace is a form of transferable social knowledge, and therefore necessitates transformative social learning, the volume also discusses what other countries can learn from the Colombian experience.
This book will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies, transitional justice, Latin American politics, human rights, civil wars and International Relations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|31 pages
Genesis
part II|36 pages
Overall assessments
part III|68 pages
Transitional justice in theory and practice
chapter 8|18 pages
Transitional Justice in Colombia
part IV|101 pages
Key components of the Final Agreement
chapter 13|15 pages
The gender component in the Colombian peace process
chapter 15|14 pages
The politics of education reforms in post-conflict societies
part V|64 pages
Legitimacy and democracy
chapter 16|23 pages
Legitimizing and enshrining peace commitments
chapter 17|15 pages
The Courts’ possible contribution to a dialogic democracy
chapter 18|24 pages
The long road and the promise
part VI|14 pages
Concluding remarks