Democracy, Human Rights and Peace in Colombia: Understanding the Crises, Developing New Policies, and Sustaining Civil Society

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Papers from the Colombia Conference

Keynote Address
Ambassador Luis Alberto Moreno

Reforma política después de 1991: ¿qué queda por reformar?
Ana María Bejarano and Eduardo Pizarro

Deepening Democracy by Renovating Political Practices: The Struggle for Electoral Reform in Colombia
Matthew Soberg Shugart, Erika Moreno and Luis E. Fajardo

The Duty to Danger: Human Rights, Colombia and America's War on Drugs
Robin Kirk

Human Rights: A Path to Democracy and Peace in Colombia
Gustavo Gallón-Giraldo

Organized crime and the political system in Colombia (1978-1998)
Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín

From Smugglers to Drug-Lords to "Traquetos": Changes in the Colombian Illicit Drugs Organizations
Andrés López-Restrepo and Álvaro Camacho-Guizado

Colombia: A New Model for Conflict Resolution in the Making
Daniel García-Peña Jaramillo

"¡Que haiga paz!" History and Human Reconciliation in Colombia
Herbert Tico Braun

U.S. Foreign Policy in Colombia: Bizarre Side Effects of the "War on Drugs"
Arlene B. Tickner

Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca del New York Times. Los grandes medios y el conflicto internacional
Clemencia Rodríguez

The Peace Process in Colombia and U.S. Policy
Cynthia J. Arnson

More information on the initiative is available at the addresses listed below or by writing to Sharon Schierling, Program Coordinator.