Acuerdo entre el Gobierno y el Ejercito Revolucionario Guevarista (ERG)

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Country/entity
Colombia
Region
Americas
Agreement name
Acuerdo entre el Gobierno y el Ejercito Revolucionario Guevarista (ERG)
Date
2 Aug 2008
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 IV - Uribe
Parties
Colombian National Government and the Guevarista Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario Guevarista, ERG).
Third parties
Witnesses, Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó and the Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó.
Description
A statement of commitment to demobilise and decommission by the ERG and a statement of commitment by the Government to guarantee the reinsertion programme for ERG members. Moreover, the high commission for peace will take over the zone occupied by the ERG and help with the development of the zone in the name of the state.

Agreement document
CO_080802_Acuerdo Gobierno Nacional y Ejercito Revolucionario Guevarista-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
No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders
Page 2, Signatories,
... FATHER JESÚS ALBEIRO PARRA S., Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó, witness ...
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 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
Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
Page 1, Article 6,
The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will conduct an
evaluation with the communities in the area where the concentration and
demobilisation takes place to prioritise state resources to ensure the peaceful
development of the region.
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
Page 1, Article 5,
The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will make the respective
arrangements with the civil and military authorities to ensure the full presence of the
state in the area in which ERG was operating.
DDR
Security sector→DDR→DDR programmes
[Summary]
The whole agreement provides for the demobilization and re-integration of the members of the Guevarista Revolutionary Army. For this purpose, a Temporary Concentration Zone for the concentration, demobilisation and disarmament of ERG members shall be established with the duration of one month. The demobilized rebels will receive the benefits set out in the Programme for the Reincorporation into Civil Life of the Office of the President of the Republic. The presence of state authorities and the peaceful development of the area where the ERG was operating shall be ensured.
Intelligence services
No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
[Summary]
The whole agreement provides for the demobilization and re-integration of the members of the Guevarista Revolutionary Army. For details please 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
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
No specific mention.
Related cases
No specific mention.
Source
UN Peacemaker, https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/CO_080802_Acuerdo%20Gobierno%20Nacional%20y%20Ejercito%20Revolucionario%20Guevarista.pdf

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE GUEVARISTA

REVOLUTIONARY ARMY

2 August 2008

The High Commissioner for Peace, Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez, representing the national

government, and Lizardo Sánchez Caro and Efraín Sánchez Caro, as representative members

of the Guevarista Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario Guevarista, ERG), recognised

by Presidential Resolution No.

262, 2008, have reached the following agreement:

1. All ERG members undertake to demobilise, surrender their arms and re-join civil life.

2. The process will take place in the framework of Laws 1,106 (2006) and 975 (2005).

The

demobilised members who give their consent and members of the organisation who are

deprived of liberty when demobilisation takes place will be submitted to the Law for

Justice and Peace by the national government.

3. The national government assumes logistic and operational responsibility for

implementing the Temporary Concentration Zone for the concentration, demobilisation

and disarmament of ERG members.

4. Demobilised ERG members will receive the benefits set out in the Programme for the

Reincorporation into Civil Life of the Office of the President of the Republic.

5. The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will make the respective

arrangements with the civil and military authorities to ensure the full presence of the

state in the area in which ERG was operating.

6. The national government, via the High Commissioner for Peace, will conduct an

evaluation with the communities in the area where the concentration and

demobilisation takes place to prioritise state resources to ensure the peaceful

development of the region.

7. The Temporary Concentration Zone will be established in Alto Guaduas in the

municipality of Carmen de Atrato in the department of Chocó.

The zone will have a

duration of one month from the date on which the respective resolution is issued.

8. The dialogue process, signing of agreements, disarmament and demobilisation of ERG

will be carried out with full transparency and the public will be kept informed.

Signed in witness whereof in Alto Guaduas in the municipality of Carmen de Atrato on 2

August 2008.

LUIS CARLOS RESTREPO RAMÍREZ, High Commissioner for Peace

LIZARDO SÁNCHEZ CARO, Representative Member of ERG

EFRAÍN SÁNCHEZ CARO Representative Member of ERG

FATHER JESÚS ALBEIRO PARRA S., Pastoral–Social Director, Diocese of Quibdó, witness

VICTOR RAUL MOSQUERA G., Regional Ombudsperson of Chocó, witness