Policy Recommendations: The Peace Accord - Rural Reform and the Drug Chapter
Publisher: Washington Office on Latin America
Date: 2021
Topics: Economic Recovery, Governance, Land, Peace Agreements, Renewable Resources
Countries: Colombia
Social leaders are crucial for guaranteeing that the 2016 peace accords are fulfilled so that Colombia is more peaceful, politically inclusive, and egalitarian. President Iván Duque’s government has undermined peace by exhibiting limited political will to advance its implementation, cutting needed funding and supporting legislative actions that would weaken core aspects of the accord, and weakening transitional justice. Specifically, several aspects of the peace accords—essential to the work of social leaders—are under sustained pressure. It’s critical that the international community pressure the Colombian government to strengthen them. The Colombian government can support the grassroots work of social leaders by implementing the following key provisions of the peace accords.