{"id":35512,"date":"2020-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ready-for-feedback3.com\/shape-history\/fmr\/gp20colombia\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T15:34:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:34:33","slug":"gp20colombia","status":"publish","type":"fmr_content","link":"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/fr\/recognising-refugees\/gp20colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Prioritising the participation of IDPs in driving solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Colombia continues to implement its peace process, violence and conflict persist along the Pacific Coast and in border regions with Ecuador and Venezuela. As a result, about 100,000 new displacements have occurred each year since the signing of the Peace Agreement in 2016. According to Colombia\u2019s Victims\u2019 Unit, established in 2011 with the authority to register victims of the armed conflict, more than eight million people have been displaced internally since 1985. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Colombia has a highly sophisticated legal and institutional framework to assist and protect people displaced by conflict, including Law 387 of 1997 for displaced persons, Law 1448 of 2011 for victims of armed conflict and the land restitution process, and Ruling T 025 of 2004 of the Constitutional Court, which \u2013 still in force today \u2013 urges the appropriate institutions to guarantee the rights of IDPs. Currently, an important component of Colombia\u2019s National Development Plan[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> is the legalisation of informal settlements, a process that benefits not only vulnerable communities in urban areas but also IDPs, refugees and migrants living in those settlements. Despite these important advances, however, much more can be done to enable the majority of Colombia\u2019s IDPs to secure a durable solution. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To mark the 20th anniversary in 2018 of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, a GP20 Plan of Action was launched in order to mobilise and support global efforts to reduce and assist internal displacement. A group of international agencies and organisations in Colombia developed their own country-level GP20 action plan.[2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Throughout 2018 and 2019, high-level events were organised within the framework of this initiative to re-focus attention on internal displacement in the country. A direct dialogue with IDPs and leaders in conflict-affected areas was used to give more visibility to their day-to-day struggles, and to reinvigorate the drive for solutions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dialogue and advocacy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

GP20 partners in Colombia have made it their priority to offer IDPs a platform to raise concerns and propose ways forward to the national government. A series of events was organised in 2018 and 2019, including:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n