Colombia - Peace Programmatic I : Demobilization and Reinsertion of Ex-Combatants in Colombia
This report presents the results of the study on the demobilization and reinsertion of excombatants from illegal armed groups in Colombia. The report describes and analyzes the Colombian case, compares it with international experience, discusses cr...
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/10478748/colombia-first-peace-programmatic-demobilization-reinsertion-ex-combatants-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7836 |
| Summary: | This report presents the results of the
study on the demobilization and reinsertion of excombatants
from illegal armed groups in Colombia. The report describes
and analyzes the Colombian case, compares it with
international experience, discusses critical issues of the
current program, and presents options to improve its design
and implementation. The study responds to a request by the
Colombian government to conduct an assessment of the
previous and current approaches to demobilization and
reinsertion in Colombia and, in light of national and
international experience, to present options to improve the
program. This study relied principally on secondary data and
information from existing studies, essays, and press
articles produced by government agencies, nongovernmental
organizations, United Nations and bilateral agencies,
specialized analysts, and media. The analysis also used
primary information collected for the study, including: (1)
information from interviews with government and
non-government sources about the current condition of
individuals demobilized during the 1990s; (2) the profiles
of a sample of young excombatants (18-26 years old) enrolled
in the current reinsertion program in Medellin and Bogota;
(3) the assessment of the demobilization and reinsertion
experience of the 1990s as viewed by leaders of existing
foundations from four of the demobilized groups; and (4) a
special work session held with 50 representatives from
diverse private-sector associations and businesses. This
study assesses Colombia's experience using a framework
of five interwoven phases from armed conflict to peace:
prevention, demobilization, reinsertion, reintegration, and
reconciliation. This framework together with accumulated
national and international best practices in technical
aspects of the operations of disarmament, demobilization,
and reinsertion (DDR) programs are used in the analysis of
the current Program of Demobilization and Reinsertion (PDR). |
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