Acuerdo de Remolinos del Caguán: Joaquín Gómez Fabián Ramírez Comandantes del Bloque Sur de las FARC-EP, Delegados del Gobierno José Noé Ríos y Carlos Vicente de Roux, Delegados de la Cruz Roja y Monseñor Luis Augusto Castro

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Country/entity: Colombia
Region: Americas
Agreement name: Acuerdo de Remolinos del Caguán: Joaquín Gómez Fabián Ramírez Comandantes del Bloque Sur de las FARC-EP, Delegados del Gobierno José Noé Ríos y Carlos Vicente de Roux, Delegados de la Cruz Roja y Monseñor Luis Augusto Castro
Date: 3 Jun 1997
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Colombian Conflict (1964 - )
The Colombian conflict is really a set of conflicts and the peace agreements reflect both different processes relating to different conflict groups and dyads, and processes taking place at different times in a complex peace process history. The Colombian civil war has its roots in the late 1940s and the violent infighting between liberal and the conservative factions. Emerging from the liberal tradition with a thorough grounding in nationalist communist ideology, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) began its armed insurrection against the Colombian government in 1964. Other left-wing guerrillas emerged as well, most notably the socialist/populist M-19, which would later be integrated into the formal political system in the peace process of 1990s; the National Liberation Army (ELN), which has strong roots in liberation theology, and the Maoist Ejército Popular de Liberación (EPL) (also part of the 1990 process, less successfully). Several stages of peace processes were undertaken by the various sides, which were further complicated by the emergence of right-wing paramilitary ‘self-defence’ forces. The peace agreement between the Colombian government under President Uribe and the main alliance of the paramilitary groups, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), concluded in 2005 and is still heavily disputed as several remnants are still active, but now subsumed under the heading ‘Bacrim’ (Bandas criminales). In addition, FARC and ELN maintain a military presence, but both demonstrate a strong interest in completing successful peace negotiations with the government, with the most recent agreements being between FARC and the Government.
Stage: Framework/substantive - partial
Conflict nature: Government
Peace process: Colombia II - Samper
Parties: Agreement states that it is signed by 10 people, copy does not have signatures but states the following to be involved.

Joaquín Gómez Fabián Ramírez
Comandantes del Bloque Sur de las FARC-EP, Delegados del Gobierno
José Noé Ríos y Carlos Vicente de Roux, Delegados de la Cruz Roja y
Monseñor Luis Augusto Castro
Third parties: -
Description: This is a document about the handover of 60 soldiers and 10 marines by the FARC, the access of the Colombian IRC prior to the transfer and the presence of the mothers of the soldiers at the handover.

Agreement document: CO_970603_ACUERDO DE REMOLINOS DEL CAGUÂN - tr.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
Agreement document (original language): CO_970603_ACUERDO DE REMOLINOS DEL CAGUÁN.pdf (opens in new tab)| Download PDF

Main category: Page 1, Article 1,
All mothers of soldiers will be entitled to be present when they are surrendered to the International Red Cross Committee (Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja, CICR) and the National Reconciliation Commission (Comisión de Conciliación Nacional, CCN).
The government will provide CICR and CCN with the means required for this purpose and for their due return, including the site where the soldiers will be surrendered to the government.

Women, girls and gender

Participation: No specific mention.
Equality: No specific mention.
Particular groups of women: Particular groups of women→Other
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All mothers of soldiers can be present at the time of delivery of these soldiers to the International Committee of the ICRC and the National Conciliation Commission.
International law: No specific mention.
New institutions: No specific mention.
Violence against women: No specific mention.
Transitional justice: No specific mention.
Institutional reform: No specific mention.
Development: No specific mention.
Implementation: No specific mention.
Other: No specific mention.

REMOLINOS DE CAGUÁN AGREEMENT:

COMMANDERS OF THE SOUTHERN BLOCK OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA PEOPLE’S ARMY (JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ, FABIÁN RAMÍREZ), GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES (JOSÉ NOÉ RÍOS AND CARLOS VICENTE DE ROUX), RED CROSS DELEGATES AND MONSIGNOR LUIS AUGUSTO CASTRO

3 June 1997

All mothers of soldiers will be entitled to be present when they are surrendered to the International Red Cross Committee (Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja, CICR) and the National Reconciliation Commission (Comisión de Conciliación Nacional, CCN).

The government will provide CICR and CCN with the means required for this purpose and for their due return, including the site where the soldiers will be surrendered to the government.

Prior to surrender, CICR will carry out the necessary medical check-ups of soldiers and navy infantry with support from duly accredited doctors from the Colombian Red Cross.

Prior to surrender, a press conference with soldiers will be held for media that have been duly accredited by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC).

The list of accredited journalists for the proceedings created by the Ministry of Communications and the Government Secretary of Caquetá will be provided to CCN and CICR, who will pass it on to FARC 24 hours in advance for information and control purposes.

International witnesses will be invited to participate in the ceremony for the surrender of soldiers and infantry.

Before boarding the vehicles that will be used to transport soldiers and infantry to the site where they will be surrendered to the government, CICR and CCN will request that each signs a document accepting their voluntary transportation.

CICR, CCN and FARC will sign a certificate of receipt with the annexed list of all soldiers and infantry in the vehicles, who will then be the responsibility of CICR and CCN.

The 60 soldiers and 10 navy infantry will be surrendered by FARC to CICR and CCN on 15 June in the town of Cartagena del Chairá.

The security zone clearing will remain in place until 23 June 2400.

Representatives of CICR, CCN, the national government and the other competent bodies will remain present to guarantee the zone.

The signatures of the 10 people involved in drawing up this agreement are included below.

Acuerdo de Remolinos del Caguán: Joaquín Gómez Fabián Ramírez Comandantes del Bloque Sur de las FARC-EP, Delegados del Gobierno José Noé Ríos y Carlos Vicente de Roux, Delegados de la Cruz Roja y Monseñor Luis Augusto Castro

Women, girls and gender

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