Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia : Transitioning from Violence Hardback

Edited by Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon

Part of the Europa Perspectives in Transitional Justice series

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The signing of the peace agreements between the FARC-EP and the Colombian Government in late November 2016 has generated new prospects for peace in Colombia, opening the possibility of redressing the harm inflicted on Colombians by Colombians.

Talking about peace and transitional justice requires us to think about how to operationalize peace agreements to promote justice and coexistence for peace.

This volume brings together reflections by Colombian academics and practitioners alongside pieces provided by researchers and practitioners in other countries where transitional justice initiatives have taken place (Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Peru).

This volume has been written in the south, by the south, for the south.

The book engages with the challenges ahead for the coming generations of Colombians.

Rivers of ink have dealt with the end goals of transitional justice, but victims require us to take the quest for human rights beyond the normative realm of theorizing justice and into the practical realm of engaging how to implement justice initiatives.

The tension between theoryâ€”the legislative frameworks guaranteeing human rightsâ€”and practiceâ€”the realization of these ideasâ€”will frame Colombiaâ€™s success (or failure) in consolidating the implementation of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP.