ABColombia Event: Why Truth & Justice Matter in Colombia

Event Date: 4 May 2021

Event Participants: Leigh A. Payne, Laura Bernal-Bermúdez, Pablo de Greiff, Eamon Gilmore, María Adelaida Palacio Puerta

Event Host: ABColombia, Christian Aid, Transitoinal Justice Institute of Ulster University

Location: Webinar

Event Topic: 

One of the most significant peace agreements of recent times was signed in Colombia in 2016, aiming to end over 50 years of brutal and deadly armed conflict. While not perfect, the Peace Agreement in Colombia offered the most potentially transformative agreements seen to date in terms of peace processes globally, promising peace in a generation.

Despite this promise of change, implementation has been slow and piecemeal. Threats, attacks and killings of human rights defenders have continued, killings of former combatants have escalated, as has violence in the rural areas, and the number of victims of massacres having quadrupled.

This panel will discuss the critical role of transitional justice, and the international community, in supporting those working on issues of human rights, peace and justice in Colombia.