Acuerdo entre el Gobierno Nacional y el ELN: Compromiso y Términos para que esta Guerrilla Libere a Civiles Retenidos

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Country/entity
Colombia
Region
Americas
Agreement name
Acuerdo entre el Gobierno Nacional y el ELN: Compromiso y Términos para que esta Guerrilla Libere a Civiles Retenidos
Date
30 Oct 2000
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Colombian Conflict (1964 - ) )
Stage
Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature
Government
Peace process
Colombia III - Arango
Parties
Gobierno Nacional, ELN
Third parties
-
Description
This is an agreement by the ELN to liberate all 19 hostages taken on 17th of September and others that need identifying. To facilitate the release there will be a brief ceasefire. It deals with the procedures of the release, the retreat of the ELN troops will be verified by the group of observing countries and the civil facilitation commission.

Agreement document
CO_001030_Acuerdo entre el gobierno y el ELN - tr.pdf | Download PDF

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, Article 7,
From the signing of this agreement, the parties will allow immediate access of the International Red Cross and the medical team of the Antioquia Air Health Programme to the zone to provide medical care to all those who need it.
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
Page 2, Article 8,
ELN and the High Commissioner for Peace will agree to meet this week and restart talks for the initiation of the peace process. Similarly, the possibility of an agreement regarding international humanitarian law will be analysed at this meeting, particularly the large-scale effects of acts of war on the civil population.
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
No specific mention.
Mobility/access
No specific mention.
Protection measures
No specific mention.
Other
No specific mention.

Rights institutions

NHRI
No specific mention.
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
No specific mention.
Ceasefire
No specific mention.
Police
No specific mention.
Armed forces
No specific mention.
DDR
No specific mention.
Intelligence services
No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
Page 1, Article 4,
Verification of the fall-back of the guerrilla force: the release of those who have been kidnapped, the withdrawal of troops and the fall-back of the guerrilla group will be verified by the group of friendly countries and the Civil Facilitation Commission.

Page 1, Article 5,
Conditions for the fall-back of the guerrilla force: from the withdrawal of the army, the guerrilla force will have 100 hours to fall-back.

Pages 1-2, Article 6,
Once all those who have been kidnapped have been released, the army will disassemble the operation and will withdraw from the zone in line with the following conditions:
• a withdrawal time of 24 hours;
• there will be no military action during the withdrawal time;
• the withdrawal of the army will be verified;
• the sites from which the army troops are to withdraw will be jointly determined by the government and ELN by 09:00 on 31 October.
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
No specific mention.
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
Page 1, Article 4,
Verification of the fall-back of the guerrilla force: the release of those who have been kidnapped, the withdrawal of troops and the fall-back of the guerrilla group will be verified by the group of friendly countries and the Civil Facilitation Commission.
Related cases
No specific mention.
Source
Source: Diálogo, negociación y ruptura con las FARC-EP y con el ELN, Biblioteca de la Paz – 1998-2000, Fundación Cultura Democrática, Ed. Álvaro Villarraga Sarmiento, Bogotá D.C., 2009 (book V) p. 314

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY

30 October 2000

The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) undertakes to free all 19 people in the group kidnapped on 17 September around km 18 on the road to Buenaventura, in addition to other people that have been kidnapped and are with the group, which will be verified.

To facilitate the release of these people, the parties will order the suspension of offensive activities in the zone from midnight on 30 October.

The order for suspension will be given at the moment this agreement is signed and will be effective from midnight on 30 October.

The guerrilla force will only be able to move about to carry out the activities for the release of the group.

The release will take place on a single day from two different locations, for which all the necessary logistics will be made available, supplied by both parties at the following points:

(to be agreed by 07:00 on 31 October at the latest).

These will be within the zone and will be places where there is no military presence at this moment in time.

For the access of the people to be freed and guerrillas to these two sites, a corridor will be guaranteed to facilitate safe transit, free from the presence of the army.

The corridor will not imply the fall-back of the troops, will be sufficiently wide and will be verifiable.

Verification of the fall-back of the guerrilla force:

the release of those who have been kidnapped, the withdrawal of troops and the fall-back of the guerrilla group will be verified by the group of friendly countries and the Civil Facilitation Commission.

Conditions for the fall-back of the guerrilla force:

from the withdrawal of the army, the guerrilla force will have 100 hours to fall-back.

Once all those who have been kidnapped have been released, the army will disassemble the operation and will withdraw from the zone in line with the following conditions:

a withdrawal time of 24 hours;

there will be no military action during the withdrawal time;

the withdrawal of the army will be verified;

the sites from which the army troops are to withdraw will be jointly determined by the government and ELN by 09:00 on 31 October.

From the signing of this agreement, the parties will allow immediate access of the International Red Cross and the medical team of the Antioquia Air Health Programme to the zone to provide medical care to all those who need it.

ELN and the High Commissioner for Peace will agree to meet this week and restart talks for the initiation of the peace process.

Similarly, the possibility of an agreement regarding international humanitarian law will be analysed at this meeting, particularly the large-scale effects of acts of war on the civil population.

Signed

For the national government:

CAMILO GÓMEZ ALZATE, High Commissioner for Peace

For ELN:

PABLO BELTRAN, ELN Central Command