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FULLY BOOKED: Colombia Peace Talks - Agreement on the Horizon?

  • SCI Belgrave Square, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London

A historic peace deal in one of the world's longest running conflicts between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels is seemingly on the verge of finally being agreed. This event will look at the latest negotiations which have led to the two sides having agreed to sign a final deal by March 2016.

An historic peace deal in one of the world's longest running conflicts between the Colombian government and the Farc rebels is seemingly on the verge of finally being agreed. This event will look at the latest negotiations which have led to the two sides having agreed to sign a final deal by March 2016.

The event will also take a particular focus on the agreement on victims after in recent negotiations the two sides agreed on a formula for transitional justice for conflict-related crimes such as kidnapping, murder, forced displacement, disappearance and torture.

Canning House is delighted to welcome Andrei Gomez-Suarez, Research Associate at Oxford and Sussex Universities, and Lecturer at Los Andes in Colombia; and Vanessa Buschschlüter, Latin America and Caribbean Editor, BBC News Online.

Registration at 18.15 for a 18.30 start.

This is a joint event with Rodeemos el Dialogo.

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