Colombia
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
The purpose of this document is to give guidance to those interested in initiating or supporting a national‐level process to implement the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. The Fund for Peace (FfP) and International Alert (IA) have joined in this effort as two of the participant NGOs in the international‐level dialogue of the VPs, with funding from the Government of Norway and support from the Government of the Republic of Colombia, two of the governments formally involved in the process.
This document aims to provide guidance to those interested in initiating or supporting a national‐level process to implement the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
Asamblea Permanente de la Sociedad Civil por la Paz (Colombia)
Strengthening the economic dimensions of peacebuilding
International Alert recently launched a new publication series, part of the project ‘Strengthening the Economic Dimensions of Peacebuilding’.
Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Commercial Reforestation in Colombia (CSBP – R)
Today, more than ever, the business sector is recognized as an influential actor in the sustainable development of the areas where they operate. Additionally, they increasingly reflect on and take action around the impacts that generate conflict situations in the development of their business activities and vice versa, on the effects that their operations may have in the prevention, mitigation or exacerbation of conflicts. Colombian businesses are interested and engaged in these dynamics.
An adaptation of the tools and guides of Alert's 'Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries', specifically tailored to and for use by the Colombian commercial reforestation industry.
Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries
This is a set of tools for companies concerned about improving their impact on host countries to begin thinking more creatively about understanding and minimising conflict risk, and actively contributing to peace. It consists of guidance on doing business in societies at risk of conflict for field managers working across a range of business activities, as well as headquarters staff in political risk, security, external relations and social performance departments. It provides information on understanding conflict risk through a series of practical documents.
This is a set of tools for companies concerned about improving their impact on host countries to begin thinking more creatively about understanding and minimising conflict risk, and actively contributing to peace. It consists of guidance on doing business in societies at risk of conflict for field managers working across a range of business activities, as well as headquarters staff in political risk, security, external relations and social performance departments.
Local Business Local Peace
This publication makes the case that the local business community in conflict-affected countries can and should play a role in building peace. Linking up with other peacebuilding actors, and taking advantage of their own resources and skills, business communities should address socio-economic, security, political and reconciliation dimensions of peacebuilding. Section 1 is divided into 5 thematic chapters, and Section 2 contains 19 country case studies. Executive Summaries are also available in Spanish and French.
The local business community in conflict-affected countries can and should play a role in building peace by linking up with other peacebuilding actors, and taking advantage of their own resources and skills.
Best Intentions Cannot Go Far Enough
This publication is one of the chapters of the book 'Human Security and Business' (Ruffer & Rub, 2008) which includes the papers highlighting important considerations concerning business and human rights. This publication points out the interconnectedness of severe human rights abuses in violent conflict with certain corporate practices, drawing on examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, and shows that voluntary initiatives alone are not enough to ensure that companies, particularly in the extractive sector, act as per the law or best practices.
Links between severe human rights abuses in violent conflict and certain corporate practices, drawing on examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, concluding that voluntary initiatives alone are not enough to ensure that companies, particularly in the extractive sector, act as per the law or best practice.
The Challenges of Supporting "Alternative" Economic Opportunities for Peacebuilding – Perspectives from Colombia
This series of four country case studies explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. The aim is to encourage cross-country learning, and inform what has become a vibrant international debate in the last few years on how to adapt economic development interventions to conflict contexts, to make them conflict-sensitive, and able to support longer-term peacebuilding.
This report - part of a series of four country case studies - explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in Colombia.
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