CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Ramirez Rivero, Laura |
|---|---|
| Title | Access To Land And It Is Implementation In The Economic Reincorporation Of Ex-Combatants Of Farc Guerrilla In Colombia |
| Summary | Colombia signed a Peace Agreement in 2016 between the Colombian Government and the oldest guerrilla in Latin America called Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), to end a fifty-years armed conflict. Democratization of land access was at the core of the FARC demands in the negotiation, and it is key to achieve economic reincorporation of ex-combatants, and therefore for the peacebuilding process in the country. This study analyses the achievements and failures of the Peace Agreement and subsequent policies enforced in Colombia for access to land regarding ex-combatants or FARC and their economic reincorporation. Therefore, the demands in land access will be discussed, the FARC economic reincorporation during the peace negotiations and the correlation of forces between parties during this stage, as well as the current legal framework of the topic, supported by the results of interviews conducted and evidence of the ex-combatants perceptions of the policy. Findings indicate that in the four years following the peace agreement and the enforcement of these government policies, no ex-combatants have achieved access to land in Colombia through the government strategy. It was found that it is primarily due to barriers such as the political will and political incentives of the government. Moreover, the existence of multiple stakeholders with demands in regards to access to land, the complexity of the legal framework, as well as lack of state capacity, directly affects the outcome of these policies. This study concludes with some policy implications and recommendations that will try to challenge the actual status quo in access to land for ex-combatants. |
| Supervisor | Cristina Corduneanu-Huci |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/ramirez-rivero_laura.pdf |
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