How to Evaluate People’s Perception of Peace Agreement Implementation

Author: Maria José Daza Bohorquez

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, January 2022

The Peace Agreement signed between the Government of Colombia and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) in November 2016 has been recognized as one of the most comprehensive peace agreements signed following civil conflict. According to the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,...

Topics: Culture & Society, Peacebuilding

Patterns of Armed Conflict Recurrence among Peace Agreement Signatories

Authors: Jason Quinn, Sally Sharif

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, January 2022

Armed conflict recurrence among signatories of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is not nearly as common a phenomenon as many believe. Despite the oft-noted claim that most peace agreements fail, three out of four CPAs were successful at maintaining peace among the signatories. When...

The Limited Impact of Partial Peace Agreements: What Other Countries Can Learn from Colombia’s Historic Quest for Peace

Authors: Madhav Joshi, Ana Mercedes Sánchez-Ramírez

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, January 2022

As of December 2019, nineteen out of thirty-five countries with at least one active armed conflict had more than one active armed group. In the Western Hemisphere, Colombia has been the only country to experience more than one armed conflict for over half a...

Topics: Peacebuilding

How to Canton Ex-Combatants: Lessons from Peacebuilding with the FARC

Author: Sally Sharif

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, January 2022

Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) programs have become an essential part of peace processes, sometimes constituting an important piece of peace negotiations and peace agreements. They generally aim at disbanding rebel wartime structures for the purpose of peace. However, when dealing with rebel groups...

Topics: Peacebuilding, Policy

International Humanitarian Law: The Guiding Light for Designing and Implementing Peace Agreements

Authors: Isabel Güiza-Gómez, Jason Quinn, Josefina Echavarría Alvarez

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, January 2022

Responding to crimes committed during armed conflict often presents a challenge for negotiators and peacemakers. This brief outlines how International Humanitarian Law (IHL) can provide a framework during negotiations for peace and can later facilitate implementation of peace agreements. IHL is a set of...

Topics: Civil & Human Rights, Peacebuilding, Policy

How to Integrate Peace Agreements into Public Policy

Authors: Ivonne Zúñiga, Elise Ditta, Patrick McQuestion

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, January 2022

Comprehensive Peace Agreements (CPAs) have been translated into public policy through many mechanisms, including implementation timelines, legislative reforms, new institutions, and peace policy plans. The 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement stipulates all these mechanisms, in addition to including an extensive peace policy document, the Framework...

Topics: Peacebuilding, Policy

Building a Network for Successful Peace Negotiations in Afghanistan: Social Network Analysis of the Afghan Peace Process

Authors: Madhav Joshi , Sophia Henn

Peace Accords Matrix, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, August 2021

The ongoing Afghan peace process, which officially started with the signing of the Doha Agreement between the United States and the Taliban in February 2020, involves a complex network of actors. This study leverages social network analysis (SNA) to draw insights from original data...

Topics: Peacebuilding

El Acuerdo Final de Colombia en tiempos del COVID-19: Apropiación institucional y ciudadana como clave de la implementación

Author: Peace Accords Matrix Barometer Initiative

Peace Accords Matrix Barometer Initiative, part of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs, May 2021

Este informe muestra el estado de la implementación del Acuerdo Final en el periodo comprendido entre diciembre de 2019 y noviembre de 2020, conforme a la metodología de seguimiento diseñada por el Instituto Kroc. El informe presenta una visión cuantitativa y cualitativa de la...

Topics: Peacebuilding

Executive Summary, The Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to Implementation

Author: Peace Accords Matrix Barometer Initiative

Peace Accords Matrix Barometer Initiative, part of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs, May 2021

The Kroc Institute’s fifth comprehensive report, The Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to Implementation, discusses the Final Accord’s status of implementation in the period between December 2019 and November 2020, based on the monitoring methodology designed...

Topics: Peacebuilding

Resumen ejecutivo, El Acuerdo Final de Colombia en tiempos del COVID-19: Apropiación institucional y ciudadana como clave de la implementación

Author: Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz Iniciativa Barómetro

Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz Iniciativa Barómetro, parte del Instituto Kroc de Estudios Internacionales de Paz en la Escuela Keough de Asuntos Globales, May 2021

El quinto informe integral del Instituto Kroc, El acuerdo final colombiano en la era del COVID-19: la propiedad institucional y ciudadana es clave para la implementación, muestra el estado de la implementación del Acuerdo Final en el periodo comprendido entre diciembre de 2019 y...

Topics: Peacebuilding