Joint Communiqué #55, Havana
- Country/entityColombia
- RegionAmericas
- Agreement nameJoint Communiqué #55, Havana
- Date12 Jul 2015
- Agreement statusMultiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangementYes
- Agreement/conflict levelIntrastate/intrastate conflict ()
- StagePre-negotiation/process
- Conflict natureGovernment
- Peace processColombia V - Santos
- PartiesThe National Government; the FARC - EP
- Third parties-
- DescriptionThis short agreement sets out the process of reviewing de-escalation measures and the signing of the Final Agreement in Havana.
- Agreement document
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 genderPage 1,
With the purpose of:
• Strengthening the trust of the Colombian men and women in the peace process, as well as the trust between the delegations;
[...]
Page 1-2,
The delegations of the National Government and the FARC - EP have decided to:
[...]
In the meantime:
The FARC - EP, as a de-escalation measure, will maintain the unilateral suspension of all kinds of offensive actions. In turn, the National Government, as of July 20, will set in motion a de-escalation process of the military actions, consistent with the suspension of offensive actions on the part of the FARC - EP. In any case, the National Government and its institutions, in compliance with their constitutional obligations, will continue ensuring protection for all the Colombian people and the enforcement of the law throughout the National territory. The Government will continue persecuting crime and in no case will it tolerate any illegal organization’s attempts at coercing communities through the use of weapons. In compliance with the foregoing, the National Government will promote respect and will guarantee the free exercise of the fundamental rights of all the Colombian men and women. In four months, starting as of today, each one of the delegations will undertake a first evaluation of both the compliance with these de-escalation measures, as well as of the
results of the efforts to expedite progress at the Table, and will make the decisions each of them deems pertinent. - Men and boysGender→Men and boys→Gender neutral wordingPage 1,
With the purpose of:
• Strengthening the trust of the Colombian men and women in the peace process, as well as the trust between the delegations;
[...]
Page 1-2,
The delegations of the National Government and the FARC - EP have decided to:
[...]
In the meantime:
The FARC - EP, as a de-escalation measure, will maintain the unilateral suspension of all kinds of offensive actions. In turn, the National Government, as of July 20, will set in motion a de-escalation process of the military actions, consistent with the suspension of offensive actions on the part of the FARC - EP. In any case, the National Government and its institutions, in compliance with their constitutional obligations, will continue ensuring protection for all the Colombian people and the enforcement of the law throughout the National territory. The Government will continue persecuting crime and in no case will it tolerate any illegal organization’s attempts at coercing communities through the use of weapons. In compliance with the foregoing, the National Government will promote respect and will guarantee the free exercise of the fundamental rights of all the Colombian men and women. In four months, starting as of today, each one of the delegations will undertake a first evaluation of both the compliance with these de-escalation measures, as well as of the
results of the efforts to expedite progress at the Table, and will make the decisions each of them deems pertinent. - 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
No specific mention.
- 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
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measuresRights related issues→Protection measures→Protection of civiliansPage 1,
In any case, the National Government and its institutions, in compliance with their
constitutional obligations, will continue ensuring protection for all the Colombian
people and the enforcement of the law throughout the National territory. - 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.
- CeasefireSecurity sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionPage 1,
With the purpose of:
[...]
• creating the conditions to implement the Final and Bilateral Ceasefire and End to the Hostilities (Sub-item 1, Item 3 “End of the Conflict” of the Agenda of the General Agreement).
[...]
The delegations of the National Government and the FARC - EP have decided to:
[...]
• In particular, to agree without delays on the terms of the Final and Bilateral Ceasefire and End to the Hostilities and Laying down of Arms, including the monitoring and verification system.
[...] - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
No specific mention.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forcesPage 1-2,
The delegations of the National Government and the FARC - EP have decided to:
[...]
In the meantime:
The FARC - EP, as a de-escalation measure, will maintain the unilateral suspension of all kinds of offensive actions. In turn, the National Government, as of July 20, will set in motion a de-escalation process of the military actions, consistent with the suspension of offensive actions on the part of the FARC - EP. In any case, the National Government and its institutions, in compliance with their constitutional obligations, will continue ensuring protection for all the Colombian people and the enforcement of the law throughout the National territory. The Government will continue persecuting crime and in no case will it tolerate any illegal organization’s attempts at coercing communities through the use of weapons. In compliance with the foregoing, the National Government will promote respect and will guarantee the free exercise of the fundamental rights of all the Colombian men and women. In four months, starting as of today, each one of the delegations will undertake a first evaluation of both the compliance with these de-escalation measures, as well as of the
results of the efforts to expedite progress at the Table, and will make the decisions each of them deems pertinent. - 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/similarPage 1,
The delegations of the National Government and the FARC - EP have decided to:
[...]
In particular, to agree without delays on the terms of the Final and Bilateral Ceasefire and End to the Hostilities and Laying down of Arms, including the monitoring and verification system.
For that purpose, the delegations will ask for the accompaniment to the technical sub-commission of a delegate from the Secretary General of the United Nations and a delegate from the Presidency of UNASUR (currently held by Uruguay), in order to contribute to initiate the discussion on the monitoring and verification system and to prepare its implementation as of now, without prejudice to the decision by the delegations regarding the future participation of other organizations or countries in the monitoring and verification system. - Enforcement mechanism
No specific mention.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
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Joint Communiqué #55
Havana, Cuba, July 12, 2015
EXPEDITE IN HAVANA AND DE-ESCALATE IN COLOMBIA
With the purpose of:
• Strengthening the trust of the Colombian men and women in the peace process, as
well as the trust between the delegations;
• expediting the construction of agreements on all remaining aspects of the Agenda of
the General Agreement;
and
• creating the conditions to implement the Final and Bilateral Ceasefire and End to
the Hostilities (Sub-item 1, Item 3 “End of the Conflict” of the Agenda of the
General Agreement).
The delegations of the National Government and the FARC - EP have decided to:
• Make all necessary efforts to reach, without delays, the signature of the Final
Agreement, for which purpose we changed the methodology to a technical, ongoing
and simultaneous work on the core items of the Agenda, while concurrently
building agreements at the Table.
To that end, we defined a plan with preestablished
goals.
• In particular, to agree without delays on the terms of the Final and Bilateral
Ceasefire and End to the Hostilities and Laying down of Arms, including the
monitoring and verification system.
For that purpose, the delegations will ask for the accompaniment to the technical
sub-commission of a delegate from the Secretary General of the United Nations
and a delegate from the Presidency of UNASUR (currently held by Uruguay), in
order to contribute to initiate the discussion on the monitoring and verification
system and to prepare its implementation as of now, without prejudice to the
decision by the delegations regarding the future participation of other
organizations or countries in the monitoring and verification system.
• In the meantime:
The FARC - EP, as a de-escalation measure, will maintain the unilateral suspension of
all kinds of offensive actions.
In turn, the National Government, as of July 20, will set in motion a de-escalation
process of the military actions, consistent with the suspension of offensive actions on
the part of the FARC - EP.
In any case, the National Government and its institutions, in compliance with their
constitutional obligations, will continue ensuring protection for all the Colombian
people and the enforcement of the law throughout the National territory.
The
Government will continue persecuting crime and in no case will it tolerate any illegal
organization’s attempts at coercing communities through the use of weapons.
In
compliance with the foregoing, the National Government will promote respect and will
guarantee the free exercise of the fundamental rights of all the Colombian men and
women.
In four months, starting as of today, each one of the delegations will undertake a first
evaluation of both the compliance with these de-escalation measures, as well as of the
results of the efforts to expedite progress at the Table, and will make the decisions each
of them deems pertinent.
The foregoing, without prejudice to the possibility of initiating the Final and Bilateral
Ceasefire and End to the Hostilities, if an agreement is reached.
• The National Government and the FARC - EP will intensify the implementation of
trust-building measures, based on a timeline.