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Acta Interna del Acuerdo entre el Gobierno y el PRT, Ovejas, Sucre

  • Country/entity

    Colombia
  • Region

    Americas
  • Agreement name

    Acta Interna del Acuerdo entre el Gobierno y el PRT, Ovejas, Sucre
  • Date

    25 Jan 1991
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Colombian Conflict (1964 - ) )
  • Stage

    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature

    Government
  • Peace process

    Colombia I - Gaviria
  • Parties

    Por el Gobierno Nacional:
    JESÚS ANTONIO BEJARANO Consejero Presidencial CARLOS EDUARDO JARAMILLO Asesor Consejería GONZALO DE FRANCISCO Asesor Consejería ALVARO HERNANDEZ Asesor Consejería GABRIEL RESTREPO Asesor Consejería T OMAS CONCHA SANZ Asesor Consejería

    Por el PRT:
    VALENTÍN GONZALEZ
    RAFAEL GONZALEZ
    PABLO RONCALLO
    SERGIO SIERRA
    ERNESTO FALLA
    IVAN SUAREZ
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    The agreement sets out lists media publications (TV and national broadsheets) and media relations, the budget for the celebration of the ceasefire (transport by bus), the place and budget of presentation of the political part of the project in Bogota The decree document will include a list of amnesties There will be meetings in January to analyse and report on the human rights situation Provisions for PRT camps/zones, clothing, pay for a list of beneficiaries.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society
    Page 2, IV. Human Rights, Article 3,
    In appointing representatives of human rights and social organisations, the President of the Republic will consider the NGO created for this purpose by PRT.
  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication
    Rights related issues→Media and communication→Media logistics
    Page 1, II. Promotion and Political Project, Article 4,
    Arrangements with the media will be made by Hernando Corral on behalf of the council and by the person appointed by PRT. Transport will be provided for one journalist to create material on site.
  • Mobility/access
    Page 1-2, II. Promotion and Political Project, Article 5,
    The government will provide COP 250,000 and return land transport in a bus or minibus from each of Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena, San Andrés de Sotaviento, San Juan Nepomuceno, Ovejas, Medellín and Don Gabriel to Sincelejo for the civil proceedings for the surrender of arms in Sincelejo. The council will act as guarantor to PRT if it is able to find free support for transport from Bogota.
  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI
    Rights institutions→NHRI→Mentions of NHRI
    Page 2, IV. Human Rights, Article 1,
    A meeting will be held on 25 January in Don Gabriel with the community and the presidential councils for human rights and peace to analyse the security conditions of the region going forward.

    Page 2, IV. Human Rights, Article 2,
    The council for human rights will arrange meetings in the following ten municipalities: Ciénaga, Carmen de Bolívar, San Andrés de Sotaviento, Sincelejo, San Marcos, San Juan Nemomuceno, Santander de Quilichao, Caicedonia, Lar Virginia and Ovejas.

    Page 2, IV. Human Rights, Article 3,
    In appointing representatives of human rights and social organisations, the President of the Republic will consider the NGO created for this purpose by PRT.
  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees
    Page 2, IV. Human Rights, Article 1,
    A meeting will be held on 25 January in Don Gabriel with the community and the presidential councils for human rights and peace to analyse the security conditions of the region going forward.
  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR
    Security sector→DDR→DDR programmes
    Page 2, V. Peaceful Reinsertion Plan, Article 1,
    A monthly support payment of COP 75,000 will be provided based on the lists approved by the parties.

    Page 2, V. Peaceful Reinsertion Plan, Article 2,
    The number of beneficiaries will be extended based on the lists agreed by the parties.

    Page 3, V. Peaceful Reinsertion Plan, Article 3,
    The provision for PRT members leaving camps will consist of three full sets of clothes and a case.

    Page 2-3, VI. Camps, Article 1,
    The national government undertakes to carry out the corresponding work in the region including adaptation of the Chalán – Don Gabriel road, the aqueduct, the Don Gabriel health post (with a permanent nurse), and the premises for the cooperative school. It will also complete electrification of the zone and construction of a community hall.

    Page 2-3, VI. Camps, Article 2,
    By the end of February, both in the region and in La Haya (Bolívar), there shall be no debts with the community related to the logistics required during the negotiation process.

    Page 2-3, VI. Camps, Article 3,
    The works for restoration of the road and adaptation of the aqueduct will be carried out in La Haya.
  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
    Page 2, IV. Human Rights, Article 3,
    In appointing representatives of human rights and social organisations, the President of the Republic will consider the NGO created for this purpose by PRT.

    [Summary: For detailed DDR provisions see DDR.]
  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon
    Transitional justice→Amnesty/pardon→Amnesty/pardon proper
    Page 2, III. Legal Guarantees, Article 1,
    In line with the terms of the decree, PRT will submit a supplementary list for the application of amnesty
  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Acuerdos con el EPL, MAQL y CRS, Diálogos con la CGSB, Biblioteca de la Paz – 1990-1994, Fundación Cultura Democrática, Ed. Álvaro Villarraga Sarmiento, Bogotá D.C., 2009 (book III) p. 189

INTERNAL MEMORANDUM OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS’ PARTY IN OVEJAS, SUCRE

25 January 1991

In Don Gabriel in the municipality of Ovejas (Sucre), the following internal memorandum is established as a constituent part of the final agreement signed between the national government and the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT).

I. POLITICAL GUARANTEES AND PROMOTION OF THE PROCESS

The television programme will be produced by Audiovisuales and broadcast on 4 February.

To promote the programme, two small consecutive adverts will be published beforehand in El Tiempo, detailing the content, date, time and channel.

Details will also be broadcast on a national radio station on the morning of the day the television programme will be broadcast.

II. PROMOTION OF THE POLITICAL PROJECT

The second television programme will also be produced by Audiovisuales and will be broadcast on 11 March.

The one-page notice will be published on a Sunday (probably 3 February) in El Tiempo, El Espectador, El País, El Universal, El Heraldo and El Colombiano.

The second half-page notice will be published on a date to be determined in El Tiempo, El Heraldo, El País and El Universal.

Arrangements with the media will be made by Hernando Corral on behalf of the council and by the person appointed by PRT.

Transport will be provided for one journalist to create material on site.

The government will provide COP 250,000 and return land transport in a bus or minibus from each of Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena, San Andrés de Sotaviento, San Juan Nepomuceno, Ovejas, Medellín and Don Gabriel to Sincelejo for the civil proceedings for the surrender of arms in Sincelejo.

The council will act as guarantor to PRT if it is able to find free support for transport from Bogota.

The presentation of the political project in Bogota will take place at a Hilton Hotel and its cost shall not exceed COP 1 million.

III. LEGAL GUARANTEES

In line with the terms of the decree, PRT will submit a supplementary list for the application of amnesty.

IV. HUMAN RIGHTS

A meeting will be held on 25 January in Don Gabriel with the community and the presidential councils for human rights and peace to analyse the security conditions of the region going forward.

The council for human rights will arrange meetings in the following ten municipalities:

Ciénaga, Carmen de Bolívar, San Andrés de Sotaviento, Sincelejo, San Marcos, San Juan Nemomuceno, Santander de Quilichao, Caicedonia, Lar Virginia and Ovejas.

In appointing representatives of human rights and social organisations, the President of the Republic will consider the NGO created for this purpose by PRT.

V. PEACEFUL REINSERTION PLAN

A monthly support payment of COP 75,000 will be provided based on the lists approved by the parties.

The number of beneficiaries will be extended based on the lists agreed by the parties.

The provision for PRT members leaving camps will consist of three full sets of clothes and a case.

VI. CAMPS

The national government undertakes to carry out the corresponding work in the region including adaptation of the Chalán – Don Gabriel road, the aqueduct, the Don Gabriel health post (with a permanent nurse), and the premises for the cooperative school.

It will also complete electrification of the zone and construction of a community hall.

By the end of February, both in the region and in La Haya (Bolívar), there shall be no debts with the community related to the logistics required during the negotiation process.

The works for restoration of the road and adaptation of the aqueduct will be carried out in La Haya.

Por el Gobierno Nacional:

JESÚS ANTONIO BEJARANO

Consejero Presidencial

CARLOS EDUARDO JARAMILLO

Asesor Consejería

GONZALO DE FRANCISCO

Asesor Consejería

ALVARO HERNANDEZ

Asesor Consejería

GABRIEL RESTREPO

Asesor Consejería T

OMAS CONCHA SANZ

Asesor Consejería

Por el PRT:

VALENTÍN GONZALEZ

RAFAEL GONZALEZ

PABLO RONCALLO

SERGIO SIERRA

ERNESTO FALLA

IVAN SUAREZ