Creating Structures for Peace and Justice: Experiences from Colombia and Beyond

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In the face of decades of internal armed conflict, Colombia has developed an extensive repertoire of initiatives that promote peaceful civic engagement for conflict resolution. These include justices of the peace, networks of community mediators, equity conciliators, and newly established citizens' reconciliation commissions. Each of these mechanisms face particular challenges regarding unclear roles or overlapping jurisdictional responsibilities, insufficient or ineffective institutional coordination, or lack of sustainable support.

Representatives of Partners' new Center in Colombia, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Due Process of Law Foundation will host a roundtable discussion about mechanisms for creating greater access to justice at the community level. Discussion will explore these and other experiences of community dispute resolution, as well as the challenges of community justice mechanisms and how they have been addressed.

Speakers

• Katya Salazar
  Due Process of Law Foundation
• Oscar Gaitan
  Partners Colombia
• Ricardo Esquivia
  Asociacion Sembrando Semillas de Paz
• David Smith
  Education and Training Center - Domestic, United States Institute of Peace
• Virginia Bouvier, Moderator
  United States Institute of Peace

This seminar is a part of a week-long seminar series, “Innovations for Tomorrow,” in celebration of Partners' 20th anniversary.  For more information on “Creating Structures for Peace and Justice: Experiences from Colombia and Beyond" and the additional 17 seminars taking place from November 9th -12th, please visit: http://www.partnersglobal.org/celebrating-20-years-of-partners.