Within the context of the social, political and armed conflict that persists in the Bajo Cauca subregion of Antioquia (Colombia), peasant and indigenous communities have developed their own protection mechanisms to deal with the attacks suffered by their leaders due to the actions taken by legal and illegal armed actors present in the territory. For this purpose, they have joined the Social Process of Guarantees of Antioquia (PSG in spanish), a platform of social and community organisations dedicated to strengthening internal processes of self-protection and dialogue with the authorities responsible for guaranteeing security conditions in the task of human rights defense. The research will allow systematising the experience of the PSG with the Senú indigenous people and peasant communities of the municipalities of Cáceres, El Bagre and Tarazá, as a mechanism for the protection of unarmed civil society that is contributing to the prevention of risks generated by violent actions in the territory. It will allow as well, the identification of factors that influence the success or failure of the strategies implemented by the PSG and local communities from a differential and intersectional perspective that includes a gender and inter(ethnic) perspective in its analysis.
Research Team:
- Astrid Torres Ramírez, Corporación Jurídica Libertad, Colombia (principal investigator)
- Winston Gallego Pamplona, Corporación Jurídica Libertad, Colombia (co-investigator)
- Fundación Sumapaz, Colombia (project partner)
- Antioquia Node of the Coordination Colombia Europe United States, Colombia (project partner)
Project Outputs
Short Film
News:
- More information about the research team’s engagement event in 2024 is available here.
- More information about the research team’s fieldwork in 2023 is available here.
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