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Una Comisión de la Verdad para Colombia
Una Comisión de la Verdad para Colombia
Trapped in Conflict: Reforming Military Strategy to Save Lives in Colombia
Trapped in Conflict: Reforming Military Strategy to Save Lives in Colombia
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Colombia’s New Battlefields
    1. A New Cast of Armed Groups
    2. Behaviour toward Civilians
    3. Approach to Security Forces
  4. Security Goals in Theory and Practice
    1. The Origins of the Military’s Role
    2. Continuing Onus on the Military
    3. The Official Approach
    4. Political Targets, Distorted Indicators
    5. Operations from the Commanders’ Perspective
  5. Institutional Constraints and Challenges Facing Colombia’s Military
    1. Personnel and Resources
    2. Corruption
    3. Human Rights Abuses
  6. Community Perspectives
    1. Fleeting Presence
    2. Enemies Everywhere
    3. Bearing the Costs
  7. A Way Forward
    1. Goals and Indicators
    2. Defining the Enemy
    3. Operations
    4. Planning for Consolidating Control
    5. Accountability and Integrity
    6. Aligning the Military with the Peace Process, the Petro Government and Rural Communities
  8. Conclusion
  9. Appendix A: Map of Colombia
Commentary / Latin America & Caribbean

Una Comisión de la Verdad para Colombia

El gobierno de Colombia y las FARC anunciaron el pasado 4 de junio la creación de una Comisión de la Verdad en Colombia. Esta iniciativa, que pretende ser independiente y extrajudicial, empezará a funcionar con la firma del esperado acuerdo de paz.

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