• Country/entity

  Colombia
  

• Region

  Americas
  

• Agreement name

  Protocolo de Acciones Específicas para el Cese al Fuego Bilateral, Temporal y Nacional entre el Gobierno Nacional y el Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional - ELN

• Date

  9 Jun 2023

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

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

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Government

• Peace process

  Colombia VI - Government-ELN post-2015 process

• Parties

  Delegation of the Government of the Republic of Colombia:
  
  José Otty Patiño Hormaza, Head of delegation
  Iván Danilo Rueda Rodríguez, High Commissioner for Peace
  Orlando Romero Reyes
  Rosmery Quintero Castro
  Horacio Guerrero García
  Adelaida Jiménez Cortés
  Carlos Alfonso Rosero
  Olga Lilia Silva López
  Iván Cepeda Castro
  José Félix Lafaurie Rivera
  Dayana Paola Urzola Domicó
  Rodrigo Botero García
  Nigeria Rentería Lozano
  Álvaro Matallana Eslava
  María José Pizarro Rodríguez​​.
  
  Delegation of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN:
  
  Pablo Beltrán, Head of delegation
  Aureliano Carbonell
  Bernardo Téllez
  Isabel Torres
  Manuel Gustavo Martínez
  María Consuelo Tapias
  Tomás García Laviana
  Simón Pabón
  Mauricio Iguarán​​.

• Third parties

  As observer of the armed forces: Maj. Gen. Hugo Alejandro López Barreto​​. As witnesses and depositaries (Guarantor countries): Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, Federative Republic of Brazil Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, Republic of Cuba Jon Otto Brødholt, Kingdom of Norway Raúl Vergara Meneses, Republic of Chile Claudia Helietta González Hernández, United Mexican States Gen. Carlos Martínez Mendoza, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela​​. Permanent accompanying partners: Carlos G. Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Msgr. Héctor Fabio Henao Gaviria, Delegate for Church-State Relations, Episcopal Conference of Colombia​​.

• Description

  Short protocol agreement connected to the bilateral national ceasefire between the Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). The agreement substantively sets out the conditions to be followed by the parties in adherence with the ceasefire, namely the actions of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM). Beyond general discouragement of violence or hostile language between parties, the agreement provides for the mobility and access of the MVM around the country, generally calling for humanitarian structures to be uninhibited and for clear communication of the ceasefire and humanitarian agreements to people and between the parties.

• Agreement document

  CO_230609_Protocol on specific actions for the temporary bilateral national ceasefire between the Government of Colombia and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army).pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  CO_230609_Protocolo de Acciones Específicas para el Cese al Fuego Bilateral, Temporal y Nacional entre el Gobierno Nacional y el Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional - ELN.pdf | Download PDF

• Main category

  These specific actions are framed in terms of international humanitarian law to create the conditions for civilians, especially the most vulnerable communities, including social and environmental leaders, ethnic peoples, women, human rights defenders and children, to exercise their rights and freedoms.

Women, girls and gender

Protocol on specific actions for the temporary bilateral national ceasefire between the Government of Colombia and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army)

These specific actions are framed in terms of international humanitarian law to create the conditions for civilians, especially the most vulnerable communities, including social and environmental leaders, ethnic peoples, women, human rights defenders and children, to exercise their rights and freedoms.

These actions are also intended to avoid incidents that could jeopardize compliance with the ceasefire and the implementation of medical, public health and humanitarian missions and the care of ill and wounded civilians, members of the military and police forces, and members of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN (National Liberation Army).

Furthermore, pursuant to the ceasefire agreement signed between the Government of Colombia and ELN on 8 June 2023, this protocol establishes the specific actions with which the parties must comply.

This protocol sets out the actions that underlie the activity of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism, which shall apply to ELN and the Government of Colombia in compliance with the ceasefire agreement.

Therefore, the Government of Colombia and ELN make the following commitments:

1. To refrain from carrying out actions prohibited by international humanitarian law, particularly those contained in Additional Protocol II of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions.

2. To refrain from carrying out offensive actions of any kind between the military forces, police and law enforcement agencies and all ELN units.

This shall include intelligence operations between the parties.

3. To avoid and evade and not to engage in armed contact with any unit of the parties under any circumstances.

Any armed contact or defensive action that occurs shall be stopped immediately.

4. Not to obstruct the coordination, supervision and control activities or the movements of the members of the local, regional or national bodies of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism.

5. Not to omit information that must be transmitted through the established communication channels to avoid incidents and guarantee the technical efficiency required by the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism at the national, regional or local levels.

6. Not to hinder or stigmatize the work of the components of the humanitarian protection mechanisms established within the framework of the partial agreements, thereby facilitating and guaranteeing the security of their members.

7. The parties shall not use disrespectful or stigmatizing language or create fake news that affects the good name and reputation of any of the parties.

8. Not to carry out individual and/or collective demobilization operations or operations aimed at breaking up units of ELN in any way.

9. Not to plan or execute, or facilitate the execution of, any operation involving perfidy.

10. Not to impede or hinder the implementation of partial humanitarian agreements.

11. Not to hinder the implementation of communications strategies to disseminate and communicate information and educate people about the ceasefire agreement and the humanitarian actions agreed upon by the peace talks panel.

12. Not to omit information to the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism when persons that concern one of the parties are deprived of liberty during the ceasefire.

The mandate of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism shall focus on compliance with this protocol of specific actions.

The peace talks panel shall continue analysing matters not included herein to reach consensus regarding their inclusion in the mandate of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism.

Havana, Republic of Cuba, 9 June 2023.

Delegation of the Government of the Republic of Colombia:

José Otty Patiño Hormaza, Head of delegation

Iván Danilo Rueda Rodríguez, High Commissioner for Peace

Orlando Romero Reyes

Rosmery Quintero Castro

Horacio Guerrero García

Adelaida Jiménez Cortés

Carlos Alfonso Rosero

Olga Lilia Silva López

Iván Cepeda Castro

José Félix Lafaurie Rivera

Dayana Paola Urzola Domicó

Rodrigo Botero García

Nigeria Rentería Lozano

Álvaro Matallana Eslava

María José Pizarro Rodríguez​​.

Delegation of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN:

Pablo Beltrán, Head of delegation

Aureliano Carbonell

Bernardo Téllez

Isabel Torres

Manuel Gustavo Martínez

María Consuelo Tapias

Tomás García Laviana

Simón Pabón

Mauricio Iguarán​​.

As observer of the armed forces:

Maj. Gen. Hugo Alejandro López Barreto​​.

As witnesses and depositaries (Guarantor countries):

Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, Federative Republic of Brazil

Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, Republic of Cuba

Jon Otto Brødholt, Kingdom of Norway

Raúl Vergara Meneses, Republic of Chile

Claudia Helietta González Hernández, United Mexican States

Gen. Carlos Martínez Mendoza, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela​​.

Permanent accompanying partners:

Carlos G. Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General

Msgr.

Héctor Fabio Henao Gaviria, Delegate for Church-State Relations, Episcopal Conference of Colombia​​.