USAID Justice for a Sustainable Peace Activity
Quarterly Report
Submitted to: Nathan Strand, Contracting Officer; and Amalia Eraso, Task Order Contracting Officer Representative U.S. Agency for International Development Carrera 45 No 24 – 27 Post 2, Bogotá
Submitted by: Chemonics International Inc. May 2021
This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by Chemonics International Inc. for the Justice for a Sustainable Peace Activity; contract number AID- OAA-I-13-00032, Task Order No. AID- 514-TO-17-00009.
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USAID Justice for a Sustainable Peace Activity
QUARTERLY REPORT
January – March 2021
AWARD No.: AID- OAA-I-13-00032, Task Order No. AID-514-TO-17-00009
DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.
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CONTENT ACRONYMS ...... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 6 1. NATIONAL CONTEXT ...... 8 1.1 Political and Policy Context ...... 8 2. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES ...... 10 2.1. Technical Activities and Results Achieved ...... 10 Objective1: Increased Access to Justice ...... 10 Sub-Objective 1.1: Increased Capacity of Justice Sector Institutions ...... 11 Sub-Objective 1.2: Increased coordination between justice actors regionally and locally ...... 15 Sub-Objective 1.3: Strengthened Justice Houses ...... 20 Sub-Objective 1.4: Effective rural justice services established ...... 21 Objective 2: Increased Citizen Support for the Rule of Law ...... 24 Sub-Objective 2.1: Citizen Education Strategy ...... 24 Sub-Objective 2.2: Political Advocacy Strategy ...... 26 Sub-Objective 2.3: Legal Advocacy Strategy ...... 31 Objective 3: Strengthened judicial responses for victims of the armed conflict ...... 33 Sub-Objective 3.1: Increased effectiveness and transparency in land restitution ...... 33 Sub-Objective 3.2: Impunity for conflict related GBV addressed ...... 35 Sub-Objective 3.3 Impunity for serious conflict-related crimes addressed ...... 43 Sub-Objective 3.4 Rapid response interventions effectively implemented...... 43 2.2. Challenges Encountered, Proposed Solutions, and Lessons Learned .. 49 2.3 Program Coordination ...... 51 3. OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION ...... 51
ANNEX A. TABLE OF INDICATORS ANNEX B. ADVANCE OF THE ACTION PLANS FOR 2021 ANNEX C. ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JUSTICIA RURAL ANNEX D. PUBLICATIONS IN LOCAL MEDIA ANNEX E. EVENTS STRENGTHENING GBV AND GENDER ISSUES ANNEX F. GRANTS AND SUBCONTRACTS ANNEX G. SUCCESS STORY
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ACRONYMS
AAR Regional Anchor Stakeholders (Actores Ancla Regionales) ACONC Association of Community Councils of Northern Cauca (Asociación de Consejos Comunitarios del Norte del Cauca) ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution ANT National Land Agency (Agencia Nacional de Tierras) ART Territorial Renewal Agency (Agencia de Renovación del Territorio) CCJ Colombian Commission of Jurists (Comisión Colombiana de Juristas) CEV Truth Commission (Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No repetición) CNGRJ National Gender Commission of the Judicial Branch (Comisión Nacional de Género de la Rama Judicial) CSJ Superior Council of the Judiciary (Consejo Superior de la Judicatura) CSO Civil Society Organization DAE Higher Studies Directorate (Dirección de Altos Estudios) DDP Departmental Development Plans DJC Departmental Justice Committee DNP National Planning Department (Departamento Nacional de Planeación) EJRLB Rodrigo Lara Bonilla Judicial School (Escuela Judicial Rodrigo Lara Bonilla) FGN Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación) FONSECON National Fund for Security and Citizen Coexistence (Fondo Nacional de Seguridad y Convivencia Ciudadana) FIP Fundación Ideas para la Paz FY Fiscal Year GBV Gender-Based Violence HRDSL Human rights defenders and social leaders ICBF Colombian Family Welfare Institute (Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar) INMLCF National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses) JAC Community Action Board (Junta de Acción Comunal) JEI Special Indigenous Jurisdiction (Jurisdicción Especial Indígena) JPA Special Afro-Colombian Justice (Justicia Propia Afrocolombiana) JSP Justice for a Sustainable Peace LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender LJC Local Justice Committee LJS Local Justice System LRU Land Restitution Unit MDP Municipal Development Plans MEL Monitoring, evaluation and learning MJD Ministry of Justice and Law (Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho) MJS Mobile Justice Sessions PARES Peace and Reconciliation Foundation (Fundación Paz y Reconciliación) PDET Development Program with a Territorial Approach (Programa de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial)
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PNCJCC National Justice Houses and Citizen Coexistence Program (Programa Nacional de Casas de Justicia y Convivencia Ciudadana) PGN Inspector General’s Office (Procuraduría General de la Nación) PPP Public-Private Partnership RJ Restorative Justice RJC Regional Justice Committee SGR General Royalty System (Sistema General de Regalías) SNARIV Sistema Nacional de Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas ToRs Terms of Reference UARIV Victim’s Unit (Unidad para la Atención y Reparación Integral a Víctimas) UBPD Search Unit for Presumably Disappeared People (Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas Dadas por Desaparecidas) UNHCHR United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights UNP National Protection Unit (Unidad Nacional de Protección) USAID United States Agency for International Development
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This document is the quarterly report for the Justice for a Sustainable Peace (JSP) Activity covering the second quarter of FY2021, from January-March 2021. During this period, the JSP team implemented work plan activities related to the contract modification which extended the Activity period of performance to September 30, 2021. The main objective of the extension is to finalize activities which were impacted by the COVID-19 mobility restrictions put into place during 2020. The additional time will promote local ownership and sustainability of the program’s interventions, with the final goal of contributing to a sustainable peace. During this period, the Activity achieved important results as described in the progress indicators fact sheet on page 8 below.1
JSP continued supporting 17 Mobile Justice Sessions (MJS) furthering progress toward Objective 1, to increase access to effective and responsive justice and promote its sustainability. The MJS included 2,157 participants, corresponding to Activity Indicator 3.18% of the MJS focused on victims’ assistance. The sessions were carried out in-person following protocols guaranteeing biosafety measures. Compared to Q1 of FY2021, there was a reduction of 15% in the number of MJS (from 20 to17 sessions), due to deterioration of security conditions, as well as mobility restrictions due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in some JSP regions.
JSP also advanced results for conflicts resolved via alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms and in accordance with Indicator 4, 34.7% of the resolved conflicts were issues among neighbors, followed by 32.5% about family matters. The region with the most resolved conflicts was Cauca with 63.2% reached, followed by Córdoba and Chocó with 14.8% and 7.7%, respectively. These regionally based activities were carried out with JSP support in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and Law (MJD by its Spanish acronym) to implement the ARD Toolbox through Regional Anchor Actors (AAR by its Spanish acronym) to apply these mechanisms with greater ease, cost-savings, sustainability, and relevance. Process
During the quarter, a series of meeting with United Nations Multi-Donor Fund were held in order to transfer JSP lessons learned on fostering access to justice at the local and rural level, as well as about the importance of supporting the Local Justice Systems (LJSs). The UN Multi-Donor Fund will implement MJD’s Modelo de Justicia Local y Rural (MJLR), prioritizing 22 municipalities were JSP had implemented activities under the basis of consolidating and progressing on the work progress made by JSP. The Fund shall initiate activities by April 2021.
JSP continued progress toward Objective 2 which focuses on citizen support for the rule of law in regions impacted by the conflict promoting its sustainability. Through its support of the Todos en Sintonía con la Justicia strategy, JSP seeks to promote a culture of lawfulness among the citizens, and during this quarter achieved the participation of 337 people in corresponding activities. The participants learned how a third party, like conciliators or mediators can help resolving a conflict. Additionally, local justice entities were introduced
1 For indicator information details, please see Annex A. 6 through a card game, where participants learned to recognize justice entities and their purpose.
The indigenous and Afro-Colombian strategies promoted an inter-cultural dialogue between ordinary and ethnic justices. In line with the indigenous strategy JSP promoted coordination between formal justice actors with indigenous communities, through exchanges between indigenous communities and the FGN to further strengthen mutual procedural understanding. The communities of Córdoba continued participating on the local justice committees' meetings of the four municipalities prioritized by JSP, including on the action plans activities related to interjurisdiction dialogues with ordinary and administrative justice entities, as well as between afro and indigenous authorities. In Cauca the indigenous communities supported by JSP during the last year participated in the Departmental Justice Committees achieving continuity of the interjurisdiction roundtable, which improves understanding between ethnic and ordinary justice authorities, as part of the four- year plan of the Committee. In accordance with the Afro-Colombian Strategy, the agreement with Universidad de los Andes made a meaningful advance for the protection of ethnic rights and the recognition of the afro jurisdiction by selecting and building legal cases related to unconstitutional acts. JSP advanced its communications strategy through film forums held at the local level and activities carried out by the communications collectives. Regarding legal advocacy, the sustainability efforts to strengthen and promote pro-bono work in the priority departments of the JSP carried out by the Probono Foundation are highlighted, as well as the continuation of the legal clinic activities in JSP priority municipalities.
During the quarter JSP made significant advances toward Objective 3, strengthening judicial responses for victims of the armed conflict, gender-based violence (GBV). Through collaboration the Attorney General’s Office (FGN by its Spanish acronym) and its peer-to- peer strategy as well as through grant support to strategic partners, 283 cases were reviewed. Of those cases 74 were prioritized and 17 response referral pathways were activated. During this period, 64 procedural advances related to Indicator 12 were reported.
JSP continued support to the FGN for procedural advances of serious crimes cases. Given internal Inspector General’s Office (PGN) changes that took place during the quarter, implementation of activities in support of human rights defenders and social leaders (HRDSL) was not possible but will instead be carried out in the coming quarter.
Finally, during this quarter, JSP leveraged funds totaling $108,967,436 COP. Of this total, 34.7% were contributions carried out by local and national grantee organizations (totaling $37,845,149 COP), 63.2% were private sector contributions (totaling $ 68,882,287 COP) and 2.1% were from public-private partnerships promoted by JSP (totaling $2,300,000 COP). 100% of the leveraged funds were in-kind support. For each peso ($1) invested by JSP, $0.44 leveraged pesos were reported. The total funds leveraged for the quarter resulted in a 95,9% achievement of the overall goal set for Indicator 10 of COP $2,877,550,842.
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1. NATIONAL CONTEXT
1.1 Political and Policy Context
Institutional Transitions among Senior Leadership in the Justice Sector. In January 2021, Margarita Cabello, the former Minister of Justice, was sworn in as the National Inspector General. Cabello is the first woman in the country to take on this role and she possesses broad experience in the justice sector and the judicial branch. Among the many statements delivered by Cabello, she has mentioned that she will strengthen prevention capacities regarding the murder and threats made against human rights defenders and social leaders as well as prevention of intra-familial violence.2 Cabello’s term kicked off with internal changes made to the PGN, and Javier Augusto Sarmiento Olarte was appointed in
2 Source: https://www.facebook.com/RevistaSemana/videos/120911706651639 8
January as the Inspector General Delegate for Human Rights. Sarmiento worked with Cabello previously at the MJD.
Crimes against Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders (HRDSL). During the quarter, attacks and killings persist against HRDSL (continuing the trend from the previous months). According to INDEPAZ data, for the Quarter, 31 HRDSL were killed. Most of these crimes took place in the department of Antioquia, followed by Nariño. In addition, ten killings of former FARC members were reported which mostly occurred in Antioquia.3Also, INDEPAZ reported 16 massacres, totaling 60 persons killed.4
In February 2021, Colombia’s President announced that the FGN would be the entity responsible for consolidating data on the number of social leaders killed. With this, the government will seek to end the disparity of social leader's homicide figures, a discrepancy resulting from the lack of consolidated criteria among NGOs, government entities and international cooperation on who is considered a social leader as well as the method to collect this information. This decision would also mean that the Ombudsman’s Office will no longer track the total number of killed social leader cases, which often represent very high figures. This decision has been criticized since much of the data to determine crimes against leaders are collected in the field and the FGN does not have that capacity and either has regional offices the cover a lot of areas of the country. In addition, because the FGN is responsible for investigating these crimes, a conflict of interest may arise given that its results will be based on the number of cases identified by itself that can be resolved.5
Legislative Agenda. During this quarter, Congress resumed sessions by mid-March and as a result, there has been a lack of new legislative activity developments regarding justice issues.
Regional Updates. By mid-January 2021, a peak in the number of COVID-19 cases was reported. Nonetheless, by March 2021, that number dropped considerably. According to National Health Institute figures, Bogotá is the city with the highest number of COVID-19 cases and among JSP departments, Antioquia, Córdoba and Nariño have reported more COVID-19 cases.
In JSP priority regions, different security alerts have been reported. Serious human rights violations have occurred in some regions, while illegal armed groups have displayed a stronger grip over daily life activities in rural populations. The following are some examples depicting the regional landscape: • In the department of Chocó, there were alerts concerning displacement, armed confrontations and anti-personnel mine fields6 which resulted in one death and two persons injured from the indigenous community Chanó. Based on this, members of
3 Data from INDEPAZ. Access link: http://www.indepaz.org.co/lideres-sociales-y-defensores-de-derechos-humanos-asesinados-en-2021/ 4 Datos tomados de INDEPAZ. Link de consulta: http://www.indepaz.org.co/informe-de-masacres-en-colombia-durante-el-2020-2021/ 5 https://lasillavacia.com/barbosa-unificador-cifras-lideres-sociales-tras-haber-sido-su-manipulador-80042 6 Source: https://www.wradio.com.co/noticias/regionales/en-el-Chocó-hay-desplazamiento-y-territorios-llenos-de-minas-unidad-de- victimas/20210306/nota/4114928.aspx 9
these communities are carrying out mine identification activities and have limited their mobility. • In the rural area of Montería, Córdoba, on February 19, 2021, a delegation of the Police’s specialized division, UNIPEP, which is responsible for providing protection during land restitution processes, became the target of an attack resulting in the death of an officer. • In Antioquia, there were several child forced recruitment cases. Also, four massacres have been reported since the beginning of the year, including one in Tarazá. This crime perpetuates the 2020 trend of Antioquia as the department reporting the highest number of massacres.7 • In the department of Cauca, Nariño and southern Córdoba, armed confrontations took place between illegal armed groups. • In January 2021, the Ombudsman’s Office issued an early warning for the department of Putumayo, citing Puerto Guzman as a municipality which population is at risk due to the presence of illegal armed groups.
Due to this, during the quarter, security risks affecting the project’s beneficiary group and operational risks related to COVID-19 persisted. JSP complied with all the prevention and mitigation measures stablished on the Activity’s protocol as well as those recommended for each zone according to the local authorities. Due to this, the activities strategy was implemented partially in-person in accordance with each municipality’s context.
2. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
2.1. Technical Activities and Results Achieved
This report is structured by objectives, sub-objectives, and results of significant developments during the quarter.
Objective1: Increased Access to Justice
JSP coordinates, develops, and implements activities at the national, departmental, and local level to increase access to justice as well as to define and strengthen the roles and responsibilities of each justice actor involved, seeking that the services are inclusive and efficient. Improving access to justice in a more effective and appropriate ways encourages citizens to use the services that the entities provide, contributing to strengthening the rule of law in marginal regions of the country where JSP operates.
7 In 2020, the UN office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights documented 76 massacres5, representing the death of 292 persons, including 23 women, 6 girls, 18 boys,7 indigenous and 10 afro-descendants. Another five cases continue to be documented. In 66% of the cases, the presumed perpetrators were criminal groups. Since 2018. The number of massacres has continuously increased, where 2020 has the highest number of massacres reported since 2014. The departments most affected were Antioquia, Cauca, Nariño and Norte de Santander, with 62 % of these crimes. The governor informed the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that established a special unit to coordinate State response to these cases. Available at: https://www.hchr.org.co/documentoseinformes/informes/altocomisionado/HRC46-Informe-anual-2020_traduccion-no-oficial.pdf 10
Sub-Objective 1.1: Increased Capacity of Justice Sector Institutions
Under this sub-objective, JSP seeks for justice entities to have more accurate and increased capacity to respond to citizen’s needs, allowing the justice system to be more effective and responsive in contributing to building legitimacy and confidence in justice entities. Under this sub objective, JSP promotes strengthening family commission offices; improving national public policies so they contribute to structural transformations of key aspects of access to justice in Colombia; increase budget allocations for local and rural justice institutions and services; and the integration of the private sector to strengthen citizen access to justice in rural areas.
Reforming Family Commission Offices. As mentioned in previous reports, JSP has supported the legislative process to reform the family commissions office as they are considered the primary entity that guarantees access to justice in cases of family violence and gender-based violence. The reform is considered essential since Family Commission Offices lack a governing body. Furthermore, there are duplicative functions overlapping with other entities and structural issues that impede the family commission offices from providing an efficient and accurate service to the citizens. During February and March, JSP provided technical assistance to the MJD to support the approval of Bill No. 133 “To regulate the establishment, formation and operation of family commission offices, a head entity and other provisions are established.” In February, JSP hired a consultant to support the MJD to advocate for the bill and composed a draft speech for the second congressional debate, which was presented by the former Director of MJD Formal Justice, Esteban Jaramillo. The main adjustments to the bill were related with the free appointment and removal of the commissioners, the creation of a revenue stamp to finance the offices and ensuring the fulfilment of protecting measures.
Developing National Public Policy related to Rural and Local Justice Systems. Based on implementation experience, the Activity provided recommendations to national and local governments that contribute to strengthening rural justice by improving the access to justice services for citizens from the most remote territories of the country. On January 2021, the MJD and the National Planning Department (DNP) prioritized several of these recommendations contained in the document “Public Policy Recommendations to Strengthen the MJD’s Local and Rural Justice” to be implemented in the short term. Among the prioritized recommendations are: define the role of the Justice House and Citizen Co- existence Center (CJCCC by its Spanish acronym) Coordinator; strengthen the coordination role of the CJCCC in the LJS; define coordination entry points among the MJLR and the LJSs; develop strategic partnerships with private actors to support the CJCCCs; include a permanent mechanism within the LJCs and the departmental justice committees to facilitate the participation of private actors in local-level activity planning.
JSP supported MJD’s MJLR public policy by transferring the Activity’s experiences to the MJD and the United Nations Multi-Donor Fund through work sessions per thematic areas.8 During these sessions JSP shared strategies, activities, tools and lessons learned, and placed
8 Alternative dispute resolutions (ADR), formal justice, restorative justice, social appropriation of justice for peace and legality and transitional justice. 11 emphasis on the need to: provide technical assistance to the local administrations to monitor existing planning instruments; technical guidance to municipal administrations on strategies to include programs dedicated to strengthening and allocating resources to the CJCCCs or PDET initiatives; developing comprehensive planning exercises that promote the coordination of activities implemented as part of the CJCCC’s and the LJC’s framework; define coordination entry points between the MJD’s MJLR and the LJSs; strengthening the Departmental Justice Committees (DJC) as coordinating, consensus-building, and subsidizing bodies that seek to respond to the needs of the municipalities; formalize the use of the ADR Toolbox; including specific justice-related budget activities in development plans; among others. Even more, next quarter JSP will deliver to the MJD and the UN Multi Donor Fund 54 municipality factsheets with information related to JSP main achievements and strengthening processes.
Regional Development Plans. With the aim to improve the weak mechanisms for resolving conflicts on JSP municipalities, during the quarter, JSP finalized its support to the development of the Citizen Co-existence and Security Plans (PISCC by its Spanish acronym) in the municipalities of Toribio and Caldono (Cauca). The plans included ADR promotion activities, coordination among justice operators, strengthening the Special Indigenous Jurisdiction and ensuring that activities planned would be carried with input from CSOs and Community Action Boards (JAC). Overall, JSP has supported the technical writing and approval of 34 PISCC9.
In addition, addressing the challenge of limited inter-institutional coordination for a more effective and responsive justice-related services, with PROANTIOQUIA and EAFIT University, JSP provided technical inputs to Antioquia’s Justice and Security Secretariat to develop the document that constitutes Antioquia’s Justice and Security Roundtable. JSP suggested key actors to involve in the Roundtable as well as to include aspects like strengthen local justice systems and to broaden the justice concept to include administrative, commentary, GBV, and indigenous justice. Also, the actor mapping tool per municipality, built by JSP, was delivered in order to be taken into consideration for improving justice services provision. JSP will continue supporting this initiative until it becomes formalized in the Department.
Increasing Public Sector Investment in the Justice Sector. Alongside local authority leadership, JSP supported the process of seeking public funds for investment projects designed in FY2020, seeking to address the weaknesses in funding for justice sector that will lead to improve justice services. In Nariño, Chocó and Córdoba, JSP regional teams in partnership with the DNP and the MJD, made modifications to the designed projects to align with the finance source requirements, which relate to the governors’ and mayors’ offices (for example: OCAD Royalty system and OCAD Paz) possibility to access available funding resources. In Putumayo and Cauca, the investment projects were already submitted
9 The 34 PISCC supported by JSP and approved correspond to the municipalities of: - Cauca: Buenos Aires, Miranda, Santander de Quilichao, Caldono, Caloto, Jambaló, Toribío y Corinto. - Putumayo: Puerto Leguízamo, Puerto Guzmán, Puerto Caicedo, Puerto Asís, Orito, Valle del Guamuez, Sanmiguel. - Córdoba: Montelibano, San José de Uré, Puerto Libertador, Tierralta. - Antioquia: Nechí, Caucasia, El Bagre, Zaragosa, Cáceres, Tarazá, Ituango, Valdivia, Briceño, Apartadó, Turbo, Carepa, Chigorodó, Mutatá and Vigia del Fuerte. 12
to the respective departmental project banks. In Antioquia, the regional team continues to carry out advocacy efforts to submit the investment project in the department’s project bank. Overall, the 10 investment projects supported by JSP represent a total amount of COP$13.335.228.113. For the next quarter, JSP will continue to carry out follow-up activities to the investment projects’ progress.
TABLE 1. INVESTMENT PROJECTS BUILT WITH JSP SUPPORT Department Municipaliti Objective Outcomes Possible Projected Value addresses Financial Source Cauca Buenos Aires, Strengthen service provision 1. Improving the SGR (Ocad $ 6,195,028,314.00 Caldono, Caloto, of Justice Houses and Citizen infrastructure of seven Justice Pacífic) Corinto, Co/existence Centers in Houses and Co-existence Guachené, northern Cauca within Local Centers. Jambaló, Miranda, Justice Systems. 2. Improve competences of Padilla, Puerto Justice Houses and Centers Tejada, Santander functionaries, including de Quilichao, training in ADR Toolkit. Suárez, Toribio y Villa Rica Nariño Tumaco Infrastructure restoration of Renovate: SGR (Ocad $ 685,433,000.00 Tumaco Justice House. 1. Toilets. Future 2. Citizen response areas. Zones) 3. File cabinets. Nariño Tumaco, El Improve the right to access One document and its Fondo $ 1,472,000.00 Charco to justice implementation about how FONSECO Barbacoas, Olaya the entities and its N (Zonas Herrera, Roberto functionaries can apply Futuro) Payan, Magüí alternative dispute resolution Payan, Francisco mechanisms. Pizarro, Santa Strengthen the entities related Bárbara de to ADR mechanisms. Iscuandé. Córdoba Montelíbano Strengthening administrative 1. Technical trainings with SGR (Ocad $ 331,304,271.00 and community justice actors a differentiated approach for municipal) in Montelíbano, in order to guiding the community on promote access to justice in their disputes. 2. Optimization the rural areas. of the operation of the entities in the rural areas using technological tools and the dissemination of access to justice referral pathways; 3. Improve institutional capacity through technological tools for access to justice. Córdoba Puerto Libertador Strengthening administrative 1. Technical trainings with SGR $ 341,228,072.00 and community justice actors a differentiated approach for (Ocad muni in the municipality to guiding the community on cipal) promote access to justice in their disputes. 2. Optimization the rural areas. of the operation of the entities in the rural areas using technological tools and the dissemination of access to justice referral pathways; 3. Improve institutional capacity through technological tools for access to justice.
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Córdoba San José de Uré Strengthening administrative 1. Technical trainings with SGR $ 343,072,186.00 and community justice actors a differentiated approach for (Ocad muni to promote access to justice guiding the community on cipal) in the rural areas. their disputes. 2. Optimization of the operation of the entities in the rural areas using technological tools and the dissemination of access to justice referral pathways; 3. Improve institutional capacity through technological tools for access to justice. Córdoba Tierralta Strengthening administrative 1. Technical trainings with SGR $ 1,603,489,685.00 and community justice actors a differentiated approach for (Ocad muni to promote access to justice guiding the community on cipal) in the rural areas. their disputes. 2. Optimization of the operation of the entities in the rural areas using technological tools and the dissemination of access to justice referral pathways; 3. Improve institutional capacity through technological tools for access to justice. Chocó Novita, Istmina, Improve access to different 1. Four Justice Houses with SGR $ 1,899,617,190.00 Condoto Tadó and justice mechanisms for appropriate and improved (Ocad depar Quibdó citizens. services tmental) 2. Four Justice Houses equipped 3. Implement Mobile Justice sessions Putumayo Puerto Caicedo Strengthen service provision 1. Puerto Caicedo Citizen SGR $ 714,583,395.00 offered by the Citizen Co- Co-existence Centers (Ocad depar existence Center in maintained tmental) Puerto Caicedo 2. Furniture and equipment 3. Strengthen conflict management skills and capacities of Citizen Co- existence Center of the staff. Antioquia Turbo, Apartado, Strengthen local 1. Infrastructure SGR $ 1,220,000,000.00 Chigorodó, actors and Justice Houses improvements to the Justice (Ocad depar Carepa and through intervention Houses of Turbo tmental) Mutatá strategies that improve and Apartado. response of formal and 2. Provide the of necessary informal justice in tools to provide services by Turbo, Apartadó, Chigorodó inspections, commissaries and and Mutatá. personerías. TOTAL COST OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS: $ 13,335,228,113.00
Increase Private Sector Awareness of Justice Sector Needs. For this period, JSP secured four small private sector partnerships to strengthen local justice entities’ infrastructures and equipment for the departments of Putumayo (Orito), Nariño (Tumaco) and Antioquia (Mutatá and Chigorodó). The following table illustrates these partnerships:
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TABLE 2. PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS ACHIEVED DURING Q2 FY2021
PARTNERSHIP DEPARTMENT MUNICIPALITY PARTNERSHIP ACTORS CONTRIBUTIONS Putumayo Orito Family commission office and One (1) filing cabinet. New Body Fit Gym Office supplies Antioquía Mutatá UARIV and SEREMPRESA Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Antioquía Chigorodó Justice House and URAGRAFICAS Office supplies
Moreover, JSP promoted that beneficiary entities from these partnerships carry out activities that remunerate in some way the private sector contribution (activities related to the entity’s competencies). For example, the regional Family Commission Office in Nariño, will carry out trainings for women that work with partner ECOMAR SAS on issues related to Law 1257 of 2008, intra-familial, sexual and gender-based violence. In exchange, the ECOMAR SAS will provide IT equipment to the family commission office. This initiative will contribute to the development of a confident relationship between the private and public sector that can enhance the legitimacy and confidence in justice entities. For the coming quarter JSP regional teams will continue formalizing partnerships in Cauca, Córdoba and Chocó which will be carried out with regional Chambers of Commerce.
Furthermore, JSP disseminated the documents developed as part of the FIP grant. The Activity shared the Referral Pathway for the Business Sector to Strengthen the LJSs and the Guide to Design and Implement Public-Private Partnerships regarding Justice Issues with the DNP, MJD, CSJ, FGN, INMLCF, mayors’ offices and governors’ offices of the six priority departments. These materials, along with the small partnerships will serve as inputs for local public entities to establish public-private partnerships that strengthen local justice.
Sub-Objective 1.2: Increased coordination between justice actors regionally and locally
Robust access to justice requires local and regional coordination among justice actors. To this end, JSP strengthens LJSs ensuring that diverse justice actors engage at the municipal and departmental levels through LJCs. Thus, key justice actors meet regularly to foster trust, coordination, and collaboration. These mechanisms contribute to identifying access to justice obstacles and developing strategic work plans to overcome them. As a result of JSP’s efforts, LJCs in JSP priority regions comprise representatives from community justice, traditional indigenous and Afro-Colombian justice, administrative justice actors, ordinary justice actors, as well as CSOs and local authorities. Furthermore, JSP, through its strategic partners, trains LJC members to improve their technical knowledge. Thus, the activities under this sub-objective contribute to the effective operation of LJSs and provide orientation and assessment of best practices of these systems through effective knowledge management. This effort will aid in monitoring effectiveness, which will result in the improvement of the development of guidelines and sustainable activities, where JSP- supported LJCs and departmental or regional justice committees (DJCs).
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Effective, Operating Local Justice Systems. During the quarter, JSP accompanied the 59 departmental and municipal justice committees that were established or re-activated to carry out their regional follow-up sessions and the prioritization of activities for 2021, which aims for the coordination of Justice Sector Institutions to address access to justice barriers. During the reporting period there were no changes with on the established and re-activated justice committees. During the life of the Activity, 54 local justice committees (LJC) have been established or reactivated and 5 departmental justice committee (DJC)10. Only the operation and formalization of the DJCs of Antioquia is pending.
During this quarter two DJC made evident the progress in the appropriation process of the local justice systems strategy, as mentioned below:
• On Cauca’s first DJC meeting held during the quarter, the regional ombudsman was chosen to be the president of the DJC, and Cauca’s Government Secretary assumed the role of technical secretariat. In addition, a four-year action plan11 was approved and the governor’s office committed to hiring a justice liaison officer that will impulse the DJC and will help to reach the justice goals defined in the Departmental Development Plan. • In Nariño, the DJC held the first session of the year in which the 2020 plan overview was presented. In the session, the DJC 2020-2023 action plan was approved, activities for 2021 were prioritized and awareness was raised regarding Decree 647 issued on December 23, 2020. The latter stipulates: 1) the DJC presidency is assumed by the departmental governor’s secretary, 2) the Sub-secretary of Peace and Human Rights becomes a member of the DJC, 3) civil society participation is broadened to include the ROM or roma community and 4) a public official of Nariño’s governorate is assigned to coordinate activities connected to DJC’s. In addition, the DJC developed and sent a co-financing proposal entitled “Restoration of Tumaco’s Justice House” to USAID/OTI’s Transforma Colombia Program.
To support to the LJCs to strengthen their operations, key activities were undertaken in relation to promote communities and CSOs engagement for a more inclusive justice sector response, establish coordinated referral for victims and users, and ensure greater participation of ethnic and community justice actors. These activities contribute to addressing local justice needs and the inclusiveness of the entities:
• In Miranda (Cauca), the ACIN indigenous organization trained 10 LJC members on indigenous justice. • In Tumaco a protocol on GBV cases and sexual crimes was established to liaise between the Ombudsman’s Office, judges, and the FGN. It includes the creation of a WhatsApp group that enables a direct communication among the entities that will monitor in real time the requests and institutional responses as well as facilitating
10 The DJC of Córdoba operates and functions and its formalization is pending of an administrative act. 11 The action plan includes Inter-jurisdictional Coordination Roundtable strengthening initiatives, implementation and dissemination of conflict resolution methods, access to justice of GBV cases, activities to improve the justice offer in the department. Mobile justice sessions and follow-up of PDET initiatives. 16
the assignment of defenders to the cases. Also, it was agreed that two follow-up annual meetings will be held. • In Putumayo, JSP supported the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSJ by its Spanish acronym), Putumayo governor’s office, the mayor’s office of Valle del Guamuez and the Women’s Association of Displaced Black Communities (ASOMUNED) to carry out a meeting to foster understanding across ordinary, administrative and ethnic justice of the indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities of the municipality of Valle del Guamuez. As a result of the meeting, the municipal authorities of Valle del Guamuez agreed to promote periodic meetings between Cofan indigenous communities, local community councils and the ordinary justice entities to promote interjurisdiction coordination.
JSP and the AARs accomplished the following results to strengthening and capacity-building of LJSs:
• In Chocó, the Córdoba and Urabá Peace and Development Program (Cordupaz by its Spanish acronym) carried out 10 LJC sessions to conduct a capacity measurement diagnostic of the LJSs which will serve to develop a referral pathway for strengthening LJS strategic planning, communications, coordination, response to requests, follow-up and sustainability.
Local Justice Committee Action Plans. The plans are essential for the sustainability of the LJS and to continue improving the coordination among local justice entities for a more effective and responsive local justice system. During the quarter, eight four-year plans were approved, two of them corresponding to the DJC of Cauca and Nariño and six to the LJC of Miranda, Carepa, Vigía del Fuerte, Riosucio, Bajo Baudó and Itsmina. Overall, three DJC four-year plans have been approved and 50 LJC four-year plans. Additionally, the action plans of Chocó’s DJC and of four LJC of Urabá were composed and their approval is pending.12
During the quarter, the implementation of the action plans focused on activities for the commemoration of International Women’s Day, Mobile Justice Sessions, strengthening and promoting ADR, inter-jurisdictional coordination, as well as advocacy and follow-up processes. Overall, 98.3% of municipalities and departments prioritize have a four-year plan, and 86% approved. Only the Antioquia Regional Committee has not developed a four-year plan, as its formalization has not taken place yet. Regarding the progress of the action plans for 2021, the advance made by the CLJ of Istima stands out with a fulfilment of 58%. Likewise, Barbacoas, Olaya Herrera and Santa Bárbara de Iscuandé have presented a significant advance of the action plan that is within the 40% range. In addition, 14 municipalities are within the 30% range of execution of their annual plan. Of the DJCs, Nariño is the department that has presented the most progress in the action plan this year with a 13%. Figures of progress of the action plans per municipality can be review in Annex B “Advance of the action plans for 2021”.
12 Delays have happened due to municipal administration staff transfers. 17
Advocacy to improve justice services in rural areas. JSP continued to support the process led by the DJCs and LJCs for advocacy to increase the presence of justice actors in prioritized territories. This effort will contribute towards justice services functioning around citizen needs. This process is based on the allocated budgets established on the development plans for this purpose. For the quarter, it was achieved that 16 municipalities increase their justice offer, consolidating an overall of 38 municipalities that had improved justice services in terms of more staff or more entities created. The following image shows the achievements in tackling staffing shortage by the hiring of staff for administrative justice entities for the Q2 FY2021:
Due to this, during the reporting period, 19 people were hired as support staff for the local administrative justice system in JSP priority municipalities. As shown in the illustration above, on the contracts for 4 support staff (2 psychologists, 1 social worker, and 1 administrative secretary) of the family commission offices, which had been hired in October 2020, were extended for five months in the municipalities of El Charco and Olaya Herrera, Nariño.
In addition, due to JSP’s coordination efforts with local and national justice entities and the exercises carried out to identify ordinary justice strengthening needs, mainly using the mapping actor tool developed by JSP, seven justice actors were hired. This included successfully strengthening the presence of the Legal Medicine Institute (INMLCF) with four new staff members hired for 5 JSP municipalities. Also, due to JSP’s justice institutional strengthening efforts to improve the service provision of local courts, staff from the two courts created in November 2020 were hired and the courts are now in operation. Similarly,
18 two legal clerks were hired in Apartadó and Montelibano, Córdoba. The following image illustrates these accomplishments:
Additionally, during the quarter, JSP worked to achieve the prioritized strengthening needs identified by the INMLCF and the CSJ for 2021. As a result, JSP accompanied the LJCs, DJCs and the regional INMLCF offices in coordinating with the regional entities to achieve:
• The construction of INMLCF’s regional site in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca. • Renovation of the autopsy facility in Istmina, Chocó.
Finally, JSP supported the CSJ and the municipality of El Charco, Nariño in collecting the legal documents needed to build the Justice Palace.13
Actor mapping. In order to expand justice services, JSP continued to carry out advocacy efforts with the CSJ, FGN, and the INMLCF using the national actor mapping tool so they could:
i. Prioritize JSP municipalities based on the strategic guidelines and sectoral plans of each institution, to improve the institutional service provision. ii. Review the budget planning and distribution of each entity to strengthen the presence of justice actors in the region (with an emphasis on the strengthening of basic units of the INMLCF’s and of the judicial police). iii. Achieve specific activities through JSP advocacy efforts to increase the justice services during the first quarter of 2021.
At the regional level, JSP through the LJCs and DJCs, continued disseminating the actor mapping of the justice offer and of the municipal CSOs. This tool identifies justice needs and the presence or lack of presence of justice actors, to strengthen justice services at the
13 For INMLCF’s site on Santander de Quilichao and the Justice Palace in El Charco, the process of stablishing the viability of the initiatives are taking place, specifically reviewing the land plots where they would be established. 19 subnational level. To date, these have been used by the LJCs and the DJCs for accountability exercises, for following-up with LJC action plans, and advocacy agendas for the strengthening of ordinary, administrative, ethnic and community justice at the local level. This tool was essential to highlight the improvement service needs in several of JSP municipalities that were mentioned in the previous section.
Sub-Objective 1.3: Strengthened Justice Houses
Justice Houses play a key role in allowing access to justice in different municipalities and regions of the country. This sub-objective’s activities contribute to developing sustainability of Justice Houses, promoting access to local justice, improving the quality of the service provided by its officials, and defining and disseminating response referral pathways.
DNP Justice Houses Program Evaluation Report: The National Planning Department (DNP) performed from late 2019 to mid-2020 a performance evaluation of the National Justice Houses and Citizen Coexistence Program (PNCJCCC), which was presented to USAID during this quarter14. Key results were: Local beneficiaries value its presence (either Justice House (JH) or Citizens Coexistence Center (CCC)) and its justice offer; however its services and offer are not well known by the beneficiaries; its internal coordination is purely administrative and not managerial (lacks result planning and doesn´t use its information system for strategic planning); its services are not tailored to the local needs; it is not well articulated and integrated with the local municipality; doesn´t integrate differential approaches to its services (gender, ethnic, age, etc.); its Coordinator has limited scope of action; and the JH or CCC has a limited ADR service offer. Key recommendations include: Review and update the PNCJCCC normativity; strengthening its operation services to tailor local needs (including the generation of local action plans and strengthen the role of the Coordinator); strengthening ADR services as well as promote mobile justice sessions (MJS) for rural areas services; and strengthening its national, regional, local institutional coordination. Most of the recommendations presented by DNP were already integrated by JSP actions and activities as previously reported in JSP quarter and annual reports.
Planning, Coordination and Service Culture of Justice Houses. During the quarter, JSP in partnership with the MJD’s PNCJCC provided technical assistance to carry out follow-up meetings of the 2020 action plans and the development of the 2021 action plans of the Justice Houses in Istmina, Nóvita, Condoto, Tadó, Puerto Asís, Puerto Caicedo, Chigorodó and Tumaco. Regarding the implementation level of the 2020 action plans of the JH and CCC, the results were: from 93 activities, 40.86% were carried out, 23.66% were partially completed and the remaining 31.18% were not carried out due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
14 See full evaluation report at: https://sinergiapp.dnp.gov.co/#Evaluaciones/EvalFin/1178 20
In addition, during this quarter, JSP validated 15 strategic platforms for the Justice Houses with the MJD’s National Program. They are expected to be printed and submitted to the Justice Houses in the coming quarter.
JSP in partnership with the MJD’s PNCJCC supported the Fundación Liborio Mejia to produce two communication strategies, one addressed to public officials and the other to users. The latter seeks to improve the recognition of the Justice House Citizen Coexistence Centers and their acknowledgement as a physical space that enhances access to justice services. Public officials aim to strengthen the coordination among the justice entities that provide services within the Houses. Each component of the strategy Example of a poster for Apartadó will deliver sound and audiovisual products, products to Justice House share on digital channels and printed products that will be delivered to each Justice Houses and Citizen Coexistence Centers. The strategy includes an online course entitled “Communications strategies for the excellence of public service”, addressed at public officials of the Houses and Centers and to the communications teams of the mayor’s offices of the 15 municipalities. The course started at March 2021 with 100 subscribers and will finalize in April.
Furthermore, for International Women’s Day, JSP sent to each of the Justice Houses and Citizen Coexistence Centers, 20 print copies of the sexual violence an intra-familial response referral pathway.
Finally, with the National Land Agency it was agreed to conduct an online training on regularization and formalization of land tenancy, addressed to members of the 15 prioritized Justice Houses and members of the local justice committees.
Sub-Objective 1.4: Effective rural justice services established.
Access to justice in JSP priority and rural areas is limited due to distances between rural areas to municipal downtown centers, transportation costs, presence of illegal groups, among other factors. Nevertheless, strengthening the rule of law in a holistic manner implies delivering justice services to the rural areas, contributing to a more inclusive justice system. JSP, through Mobile Justice Sessions (MJS) and ADR rural strengthening capacities to reach agreements made by community leaders, contributes to bringing justice to rural areas.
Mobile Justice Sessions During the quarter, JSP continued to support the MJSs, offering justice services to rural areas to help them establish a responsive justice system. In this period, 17 MJSs were carried out, with 2,157 participants and 2,289 requests were submitted, of which 65.3% were processed by the by mayors’ offices, UARIV, Civil Registry Office, the Ombudsman’s Office, the family commission office, Police Inspection Offices, and Personerias. Overall, JSP has carried out 151 MJSs.
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Strengthening of Equity Conciliators. This activity seeks to support the peaceful resolution of conflicts in rural areas and guiding communities in settling their own resolutions. During this quarter, JSP focused on achieving endorsements and appointments of equity conciliators trained by the Activity in partnership with Chocó’s UNAD University. Of the 114 certified conciliators, 91 were endorsed by the MJD in compliance with MICE requirements.15 Of these, 26 conciliators were authorized by law to sign equity conciliation acts in the municipality of Unguía. Also, judges from Riosucio and El Carmen de Atrato are developing the resolutions to appoint 65 equity conciliators. In the coming quarter, JSP in coordination with the MJD will carry out the appointment ceremony.
ADR Mechanisms Toolbox as a Public Policy Tool. The ADR Toolbox is a public policy tool that encourages local entities to promote among their citizens the ability to resolve conflicts by themselves through dialogue. As an outcome it is expected that it will contribute to improve citizen coexistence, promote a culture of lawfulness and strengthen social fabric. For this quarter JSP continue the training process of the second method chosen by the municipalities by the Regional Anchor Stakeholders (AARs by its acronym in Spanish).
Table 3 presents the total of trained leaders under the second method:
TABLE 3. LEADERS TRAINED IN A SECOND METHOD BY JSP 2020- 2021BY DEPARTMENT. Method Nariño Putumayo Córdoba Antioquia Chocó Cauca
School Mediator - 35 - 93 - -
Community 95 54* 79** 139 88* 64** Mediator Intercultural - 49 - - - - Mediator
15 The MJD evaluates candidates’ levels of knowledge, psycho-technical aptitude and other requirements established by the Equity Conciliation Implementation Framework (MICE by its Spanish acronym) so that the candidates may be appointed as equity conciliators. 22
Equity Conciliator - - - - - 81** *Pending to be certified. ** Pending graduation. Total: 777
In addition, with support from JSP, the Temporary Union of Chambers of Commerce (UTCC by its Spanish acronym) and the AARs, held workshops to strengthen and reinforce mediation and/or conciliation capacities of already trained people. Twelve of these sessions were held in Putumayo, three in Nariño, six in Cauca, four in Chocó, four in Córdoba and five in Urabá. In the coming quarter, mediation and conciliation hearing simulations as well as observation of real hearings will be carried out to provide feedback to the trained persons.
Finally, JSP supported the UTCC to carry out focal groups in the departments of Nariño, Putumayo and Cauca with people who participated in the implementation of the ADR Toolbox to identify best practices and lessons learned. In the coming quarter, focal groups will be carried out in the remaining departments and the main findings will be shared.
Aiming to generate the sustainability of the ADR Toolbox, on March 2nd JSP supported a national event to present the ADR Toolbox in coordination with the National Federation of Departments (FND by its Spanish acronym), the MJD, and the DNP. The event was broadcasted on the MJD’ YouTube channel with 2,224 visits and on the Facebook page with 770 views. The main participants of the event were departmental governor’s secretaries, seeking to promote and broaden the use of the Toolbox in other regions. In addition, at the regional level two events were made to present the ADR Toolbox in the departments of Cauca and Córdoba, which counted with the participation of the Vice Minister of Justice and the respective governors’ offices and municipal mayors’ offices.
Additionally, technical assistance was provided to Nariño’s governor’s office to include the ADR Toolbox in a conflict resolution module which is part of the Departmental project “Virtual Leadership and Regional Peacebuilding Schools in the Department of Nariño”. The objective of the module is to promote a peaceful culture of lawfulness within CSO leaders of all the department. It is expected that in the coming quarter the module will become available.
Finally, the UTCC in coordination with the MJD and JSP is setting up an ADR regional networks in JSP departments. The networks seek to promote the link and interaction between ADR actors at the local level through a web platform, and to keep promoting ADR. During the quarter, an analysis of the ADR in the regions was made, which concluded that half of the ADR operators were not linked to any ADR network or did not know of any, and those who know, say these fail due to lack of budget and lack of participation. The operators stated that they would like to participate in forums, in short training processes. A high percentage of ADR actors manage web platforms such as social networks. The idea of a national MRC network with regional chapters, managed independently, was identify as a good initiative. In the coming quarter, the network is expected to operate.
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School Mediation: In addition to the implementation of the ADR toolbox in Nariño, School Mediation activities continued being carried out in Tumaco and Francisco Pizarro as an extension of the pilot developed in 2019. School Mediation was resulted in a very important tool to promote peaceful resolution of conflicts among children. 25 teachers were trained on teaching tools so that the school mediation is aligned with the peace curriculum that is dictated. In addition, the tuning points (that are part of the objective 2 which will be mentioned below) were used to raise awareness among youth on conflict resolution, self-regulation, mutual regulation and the LJSs. The school mediation initiative was presented to Nariño’s Departmental Committee for School Co- existence, which was declared of interest to strengthening mediation groups in schools and to extend the strategy to other rural and urban schools.
Objective 2: Increased Citizen Support for the Rule of Law
This objective promotes six key intervention strategies: citizen training, CSOs political advocacy, indigenous justice, Afro-Colombian justice, communications, and legal advocacy. All these strategies are coordinated with municipal and regional institutions under the LJS, to increase citizen support to the rule of law and to generate a relationship between CSO with justice actors, allowing to improve access to justice, making it more inclusive and accurate. Furthermore, strengthening civil society participation and citizen awareness about justice institutions and services promoted public policies, decision making, monitoring of justice issues at the national, departmental, and municipal levels.
Sub-Objective 2.1: Citizen Education Strategy
Todos en sintonía con la justicia is an innovative strategy lead by JSP to increased citizen awareness and engagement on justice sector institutions and services, supporting the rule of law. It promotes a culture of lawfulness, helping to increase the legitimacy of the justice institutions, which is essential for ensuring a sustainable peace. With this strategy JSP is expecting to increase among the citizens the legitimacy, confidence and knowledge about justice entities. The activities done under this strategy for this quarter are the following:
Web app. (https://www.todosensintonia.com/) JSP launched the web app Todos en Sintonía, which allows citizens, through games, to resolve their daily conflicts and promotes their peaceful resolution. Moreover, it contributes to the need of data about the daily decisions that citizens make for the resolution of their conflicts. To date, the webapp has 293 users which interacted with at least three of the four cases presented. Also, users consult the app mostly when there are external campaigns or publications that promote it such as the slogans published through Semana,16 Justicia Rural’s website and the nationally newspaper El Espectador17. The bounce rate for the web app was of 32,9%, which indicates the percentage of visits to the web page who leave briefly and do not consult web content, is
16 Justicia la Rural “La Web app que pone a prueba sus destrezas para resolver conflictos” published February 24, 2021. Available at: https://justiciarural.com/la-web-app-que-pone-a-prueba-sus-destrezas-para-resolver-conflictos/ 17 El Espectador “The web platform that through games teaches how to resolve everyday conflicts” published February 24, 2021. Available at: https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/nacional/la-plataforma-web-que-a-traves-del-juego-ensena-a-resolver-conflictos-cotidianos/ 24 below the country’s average.18 The main cities in Colombia that use the web app are Cali, followed by Bogotá, Medellin, and Tumaco. Nonetheless, other municipalities such as Tierralta, Cúcuta, Montelíbano, Istmina, Barranquilla and Valle del Guamuez also consult it.
Tunning points. During the quarter, in-person activities were carried with biosafety protocols in Turbo, Apartadó, Istmina, Tadó, Montelíbano, Tierralta, Tumaco, Valle del Guamuez and Santander de Quilichao, where 337 people participated in the tunning points (in Spanish puntos en sintonía). The points are addressed to public officials, youth, and community in general to promote self-regulation, mutual regulation and legal regulation when it comes to conflict resolution. Despite the restrictions due to COVID-19, the number of participants for the quarter was exceptional considering that in 2019, without COVID-19, 1,103 people attended to the locations of the points on the first phase of the strategy.
Awareness raising material was provided to citizens, such as justice mail (contact information of the local LJS entity directory), a sticker and postcard created by local public officials which promotes justice services. In addition, the activities involving youth included painting murals with justice messages as well as providing them with training materials. Due to COVID-19 and security restrictions, these activities were not carried out in Caldono and El Charco. Nonetheless, during the next quarter, these activities will continue in the municipalities where they have not been implemented.
18 The main sources for audience access to the web app are: firstly, direct traffic whereby people write out the URL in their navigator; secondly, through links of other partner sites, campaigns, promotions, and publications; thirdly, there are search finds through search engines such as Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo; and lastly, through social media. The most used devices are cell phones, with a 53.6% total traffic use, while visits made by computers account for 45.5%. The web app will be linked to the AAR Cordupaz webpage which will guarantee its sustainability, keeping its original name and web address. 25
Methodological Transfer and Adaptations. During the quarter, a JSP consultant group worked on Todos en sintonía accompanied the AARs19 to implement the activities at the local level. In the next quarter, a final event to close the strategy will be held in each municipality, that will promote accountability processes with the local actors including LJSs and citizens. To finalize JSP’s intervention, the Activity is developing an implementation manual of the strategy, which will include tools to appropriate and replicate it.
Tuning Points Activities in Tadó and Youth Radio Point in San José de Uré.
Sub-Objective 2.2: Political Advocacy Strategy
Even though the local CSO grants closed in the previous quarter, through this quarter some of the CSO maintained and sustained the activities developed under the grants with JSP. These activities mentioned below suggest that JSP´s work with CSOs was successful and sustainable and that the CSOs recognized the importance for keep strengthening their capacities:
• Some of the former grantee youth CSOs in Unguía joined the strategy “Todos en Sintonía con la Justicia” through a web platform promoted by the municipal Social Welfare Secretary and the Victims, Peace and Reconciliation Office. This youth platform has an operational resolution issued by the municipal Personería.
• The organizations FISCH and Coadfropaz included in a grant awarded by the Swedish cooperation activities to strengthen leadership capacities of community councils on indigenous justice knowledge as well as to promote a dialogue with ordinary jurisdiction authorities. • ACONC signed an agreement with DeJusticia to do a study about strengthening traditional mechanisms of the Ethnic and Ancestral Justice Court during COVID-19. • Universidad de los Andes and ACONC signed an agreement to strengthen the relationship between Afro-Colombian and Black communities in northern Cauca and the academic community.
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Indigenous Strategy
This strategy seeks to strengthen traditional justice mechanisms of indigenous communities, as well as their interaction and coordination with the ordinary justice system. The actions performed under this strategy seek to strengthen indigenous capacities to increase recognition of their autonomy and their traditional justice practices and secure their participation in the LJSs. With the activities that JSP has promoted, it seeks to tackle the lack of coordination among justice sector institutions to address access to justice barriers, as well as to promote the knowledge of indigenous communities about formal justice system and its articulation.
During this period, JSP facilitated the coordination and collaboration between indigenous authorities and the FGN. At the regional level, JSP supported four online events with the FGN in which 79 people participated including sectional prosecutors of Nariño, Córdoba, Antioquia, and Chocó as well as traditional authorities and leaders from the Embera Katío, Eperara Siapidara, Gunadule, and Wounaan communities from the municipalities of Tierralta, El Charco, Turbo and Medio San Juan. These events aimed for indigenous authorities to better understand the duties of the FGN and promote best practices for the coordination and collaboration within them. During these meetings, the communities communicate in their native language which strengthened the understanding and trust in participants.
Furthermore, JSP’s supported the participation of ethnic authorities in the LJSs, especially in the department of Cauca where in partnership with the CSO Colombia Diversa, provided technical assistance to develop a response referral pathway for members of the indigenous communities who are LGBT. The pathways were translated to the traditional language Nasa Yuwe and will be shared with the communities.
In addition, in Córdoba through JSP-led strengthening activities regarding JEI, the indigenous authorities participated in the planning and implementation of the LJS strategic action plan of the municipalities of San José de Uré, Montelíbano, Puerto Libertador and Tierralta by integration JEI elements into the action plan. The latter showcased how in this department, JEI has coordinated in efficiently with LJCs.
Also, JSP shared hard copies of the document "Bastón Juridico JEI” and "Narratives of the law of origin”. The first one contains practical tools for the interaction between ordinary justice and indigenous authorities. It includes normative tools and decisions of the Constitutional Court for establishing a solid legal framework for the special indigenous jurisdiction (JEI). "Narratives of the law of origin" includes the results of the dialogues where the communities describe their meaning of justice based on their conception of law of origin and worldviews. In total, 2,200 samples were distributed to the CSJ and sectional councils of Córdoba, Nariño, Chocó, Antioquia and Cauca, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla Judicial School (EJRLB by its Spanish acronym), the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Mocoa- Putumayo, INMLCF, FGN, local district attorney offices, as well as national, regional and local indigenous organizations.
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Lastly, JSP continues to feature JEI cases through film forums focused on JEI, contributing to JSP’s Indicator 5, and to generate awareness and the recognition of JEI among citizens. For Q2 of FY2021, eight film forums were carried out which presented 11 JEI documentaries. Two of the film forums were held in partnership with universities, one with EAFIT University and the other with Universidad de los Andes. In addition, in the forums participated law professors, who lectured the participants and students about the JEI. In the coming quarter, JSP will carry out five more film forums to meet the indicator’s goal.
Afro-Colombian Strategy
The JSP Afro-Colombian strategy promotes social, institutional, and legal recognition of Afro-Colombian customs and practices related to traditional justice. JSP’s accomplishments include improved understanding between ethnic and ordinary justice authorities; increased participation of communities on the LJS; the recovery of the communities to provide justice services; strengthened working coalition between key stakeholders to address traditional justice needs and support them in protecting ethnic rights.
Inter-institutional Coordination for Afro-Colombian Traditional Justice. During this quarter, JSP continued to promote dialogue and understanding among ethnic authorities and ordinary justice operators at the coordination roundtables for authorities. As a result, in February, the forum entitled, “Inter-ethnic, Administrative, and Ordinary Justice Meeting in the Municipality of Valle del Guamuez” was carried out with the governor’s office of Putumayo, Nariño’s and Putumayo’s CSJs, Valle del Guamuez mayor’s office and the Association of Black Women of Putumayo (Asomunep). In the event the Afro-Colombian and indigenous authorities raised awareness on their practices and ancestral justice, as well as the role of women in their traditional justice systems.
Advocacy in Local Justice Systems (LJS). The ethnic authorities representing Black and Afro-Colombian communities in northern Cauca participated in the first meeting of Cauca’s DJC. The online event was led by the department’s governor and included the participation of the governor’s secretaries, ordinary authorities, indigenous and Afro-Colombian authorities, delegates from the Ombudsman’s Office, and CSO leaders. The approved four- year plan of the DJC included activities to strengthen the inter-jurisdictional coordination roundtable.
Strategic Litigation Grants to Strengthen Afro-Colombian Traditional Justice. To increase legal orientation provided through universities for afro- community to participate in justice processes and procedures, JSP supported the Centro de Investigaciones Sociojurídicas (CIJUS) of the Universidad de Los Andes Law School to accompany the National Strategic Litigation Plan. The Plan was approved by ethnic authorities of Afro-Colombian and Black communities20. Currently, the Universidad de los Andes is preparing the arguments for four litigation actions:
20 This Plan was agreed upon during the International Afro-Colombian Traditional Justice Forum carried out in October 2020. One of the main objectives of the plan is to gain recognition of the Afro-Colombian Special Jurisdiction and the ethnic authorities.
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• Two public unconstitutional actions. They aim for the recognition of ancestral or traditional justice practices and knowledge of the communities under the Recruitment Law and the Justice Administration Statutory Law. • Two tutela actions. Seeking for the recognition of Afro-Colombian Special Jurisdiction, seeking to generate a jurisdiction competency conflict on low-impact crimes such as child support neglect or minor robberies.
Communications Strategy
The communications strategy’s objective is to create awareness among local, regional, and national stakeholders about distinct justice issues, aiming to strengthen citizens awareness about justice access, promoting a culture of lawfulness and as a result strengthen the rule of law. To this end, JSP supported justice-related virtual film screenings and the dissemination of information regarding access to justice in collaboration with local, national, and collective media outlets.
Film forums on justice. JSP continued the implementation of the strategy “Empelicúlate con la Justicia.” During this quarter, 8 film forums were carried out by JSP, and the following films were featured: Los días de la ballena21, El Silencio del Río22, Los Colores de la Montaña23 and 11 JEI documentaries24. The films were presented in Urabá, Putumayo and southern Córdoba. In total, 261 people attended. These events included participation from CSOs, communications collectives, LJCs, indigenous organizations, governor’s offices, Universidad Libre de Bogotá and the Freie Universität of Berlin (Germany), the Missing Persons Unit (UBPD) and the films’ directors.
Partnerships with national communications media. During the quarter, JSP continued to support the implementation of “Justicia Rural” communications strategy led by Proyectos Semana. This strategy includes the promotion and updating the website , which published journalistic articles as well as special reports in Semana magazine and broadcasted live programs on Semana Rural’s social media platforms. During the quarter, two webinars were carried out. The first aimed to raise awareness on the fight against LGBTI stigmatization in Nariño’s Pacific coastal region. The second centered on the importance of a gender approach in justice issues on conflict affected areas, which included the participation of women from Red de Mujeres de Caldono (Cauca), indigenous women from the Nasa and Misak communities and the national organization Sisma Mujer. The two webinars reached over 11,000 participants and received 300 online interactions.
During this quarter, Justicia Rural website registered 14,952 users, totaling 89,852 users since its launch in November 2019. For the quarter 39,745 page visits for a total of 252,150 accumulated visits. This represents an increase of 19% from last quarter. Justicia Rural is broadly recognized and its publications have been read across the country’s 32 departments.
21 Cristina and Simón are two graffiti and muralist friends based on Medellin. Their restless spirits lead them to challenge a criminal band when they decide to cover up a threat painted on the wall It is a story where the powerful force of youth confronts fear and violence. 22 Two parallel stories that meet a tragic end and a river that connects them. The river represents the memory. 23It narrates the story of campesinos families in the rural areas of Colombia where their lands are dispossessed by an illegal armed group. 24 With these documentaries, the JEI’s main elements are shared to save and protect these knowledges and to strengthen inter- jurisdictional coordination between ordinary and traditional justice. 29
During the quarter, 14 new articles were published. In total 136 articles have been published since the beginning of the strategy. These contents were promoted on Semana Rural and Semana social media (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram).
The following table presents some of the articles published during the quarter, but the full list of articles published during the quarter can be consulted on Annex C.
TABLE 4: ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JUSTICIA RURAL WEB PORTAL DURING Q2 FY2021 Original name of the article Publishing Date Publication Links
Una voz de ayuda en medio del temor y la January 13, 2021 https://cutt.ly/uzOJup9 desconfianza Una herramienta interactiva para entender el conflicto January 15, 2021 https://cutt.ly/NzOJ1Cv armado La alianza para auxiliar a las comunidades étnicas January 25, 2021 https://cutt.ly/5zPc1Tx Víctimas de Tierralta cuentan con pinceles sus January 21, 2021 https://cutt.ly/vzPvxma historias
Similarly, during the quarter, JSP, in partnership with the public media system Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia (RTVC), produced an eight-episode documentary series named “Weaving Justice in the Regions.” The series’ launch will be carried out in the following quarter accompanied by an adverting strategy on RTVC social media, and the promotion and broadcasting of the episodes on Canal Institucional and through RTVC Play.
Justice news in local media. JSP continued to promote access to justice news through local and national communications media outlets with the support of regional consultants, communications collectives, Colprensa, CSOs, and mayors’ and governors’ offices. This strategy includes a total of 900 accumulated publications to date. In Annex D, articles and notes published during the quarter can be consulted.
Lidera La Vida Inter-institutional Campaign.
Conflict Resolution Methods Campaign. In partnership with the MJD, JSP supported the design of a national communications and training campaign named “Pongámonos de Acuerdo”, that promotes access to justice through peaceful conflict resolution tools. The campaign includes key messages to share, the design of a logo, graphic pieces for social media, the production of a commercial for radio, television and social media, as well as graphic design for banners, posters and a two-year media plan. In the coming quarter, the phase I of the
30 media plan will be implemented, which includes a digital promotional plan and the broadcast of the commercial via mass media such as Caracol TV, Canal Uno, Radio Uno, Olímpica Stéreo, and on regional channels such as CNC and Al Día Noticias. In addition, the commercial will be broadcast on 32 community radio stations. This strategy is part of the larger USAID JSP support to strengthen ADR, which includes the ADR toolkit, the ADR regional and national network, the review on the ADR legislation (Estatuto de Conciliación). The campaign will be linked to the ADR Toolkit communications strategy, since Pongámonos de Acuerdo will promote the MDJ website as an information source where citizens can improve their knowledge about ADR mechanisms.
“Justicia en las regiones” podcast
JSP videos. With the aim to raise awareness and promote JSP’s different strategies and results during the quarter, three video clips were produced and disseminated on gender (see here), JEI (see here), and Afro-Colombian justice (see here). To promote these videos, a digital strategy was carried out on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. To achieve greater impact, partnerships to promote the videos were established with indigenous, women and Afro-Colombian organizations, like Asociación de Consejos Comunitarios del Norte del Cauca, Pastoral Afro Darién, Organización Indígena de Antioquia Humanas, Colombia Diversa, among others. The strategy reached 1,380,914 users on Facebook, 330,114 on Instagram, and 117,940 reproductions on YouTube.
Sub-Objective 2.3: Legal Advocacy Strategy
This strategy addresses justice needs of citizens and vulnerable populations in the country by promoting in a direct way that they request the services that justice entities provide and bringing legal cases to court. The strategy contributes to one of the main objectives of the Activity, addressing critical justice needs of victims. JSP has several approaches for the legal advocacy strategy: First, providing judicial support through pro-bono legal representation for civil society members. Second, promoting legal representation of marginalized communities through legal clinics or public interest rights groups that safeguard collective rights and interests. Third, strengthening or establishing scholarship programs oriented at justice-related careers within JSP’s regions.
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Pro-bono Representation. During the quarter, the Fundación ProBono Colombia continued to carry out the legal representation of 34 cases despite the closure of JSP’s grant in the past quarter. They continue supporting cases related to labor, constitutional, administrative, family, and a criminal law, as well as cases related to administrative victim reparations which eventually may become administrative or constitutional cases.
In addition, ProBono Colombia completed a virtual legal education plan in March with 135 participants, providing them with legal knowledge training on victims and reparation mechanisms, right to health services, and protection mechanisms. Furthermore, they are working to implement an automated chat through a bot which facilitates accessing rapid response to vulnerable populations, students, and law professionals who have concerns regarding health or victims’ issues. The strategy also includes a professional from the Foundation oversee cases related to health or victims' issues.
As a result of the International Pro-bono Work and Access to Justice Forum, during the quarter, ProBono Colombia continued the process to include within its network 30 lawyers and four universities within JSP priority regions which participated in the event. The aim is to promote pro-bono work from local lawyers in the regions and to provide strategic litigation through university legal clinics and Legal Virtual Offices, encouraging these actors to contribute to local communities through resolving their legal needs.
Legal Virtual Offices. The virtual legal office strategy of EAFIT University in Antioquia resumed operations in February and provided in-person services in the municipalities of Cáceres, Tarazá, Caucasia, Nechí, Zaragoza, in El Bagre the attention was done in the Justice House and in Briceño, Ituango and Valdivia in the town hall offices. For the quarter, 65 persons were assisted. In addition, JSP supported the mayors’ offices of Nechí and Zaragoza to reach an agreement with EAFIT University in order that the legal virtual offices can provide its services in these municipalities.
Moreover, JSP supported the signing of an agreement between Universidad EAFIT and the Universidad Católica Luis Amigó to implement a virtual legal clinic in Montelíbano and Puerto Libertador in Córdoba which is expected to initiate in the coming quarter.
In Nariño it was agreed that a legal virtual office network with four universities will be established through a web platform linked to the governor’s office webpage and also to the future DJC website. Currently, JSP is in contact with USAID’s Colombia Transforma Activity to seek an in-kind donation of a server and the hiring of a designer for the operation of the virtual legal office.
In Cauca, JSP facilitated a meeting between representatives of the Los Pinos JAC of Santander the Quilichao and the Fundación Universitaria de Popayán’s (FUP) to promote the continuity of the virtual legal office services. The FUP reaffirmed their support of the initiative, and it was agreed that FU and the JAC will sign a concurrence of wills. Similarly, the Universidad del Cauca agreed to carry out legal virtual office sessions on Caloto, Corinto and Miranda municipalities, which will be held in the second week of April.
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Scholarships. The 10 student scholarship recipients from the previous year of the Universidad del Cauca completed their scholarship award. As part of their scholarship duties, they provided services to Santander de Quilichao’s LJCs to improve local services and participate in virtual legal clinic activities.
In addition, currently there are two law students (one Afro-descendant woman and one indigenous man) carrying out internships at the Constitutional Court with JSP support, which aims to contribute to recognizing diversity and differential approach within the court. These scholarships initiated last November and will extend until August 2021. Further information regarding this activity will be detailed in the section 3.2. of the report.
Objective 3: Strengthened judicial responses for victims of the armed conflict.
This objective seeks to address critical justice needs of Colombian victims of the armed conflict, supporting the reconstruction of Colombia’s social fabric and the legitimacy of the public institutions, in order to ensure a sustainable peace. The results presented on this chapter are direct outcomes of JSP’s technical assistance to strengthen the response capacities of civil society organizations and key government counterparts. The following section highlights the results from JSP’s efforts in coordinating land restitution processes, providing assistance to GBV victims; and supporting rapid response initiatives.
Sub-Objective 3.1: Increased effectiveness and transparency in land restitution
JSP’s land restitution strategy seeks to improve institutional judicial response, specifically the compliance of judicial rulings regarding conflict victims. To this end, during Q2 of FY 2021, JSP supported trainings for magistrates, judges and employees as well as fostered their coordination with entities that are part of the land restitution process.
Strategic Support to the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSJ). During the quarter, JSP provided guidance to the CSJ regarding trainings about the post-ruling tool on the land website for the use of the land judicial districts. In addition, JSP presented a report to the CSJ’s information systems unit about progress made toward implementation of the post- judgment tool. The report included best practices and recommendations to guarantee sustainability of the online judicial file. JSP also continued advocacy efforts for improvements of the justice services offered by the CSJ, including preparation and presentation of a document about the need to increase justice services regarding land restitution in the department of Cauca.
Inter-institutional Coordination Efforts. Promoting the coordination between key entities of land restitution process, JSP supported the “Antioquia’s regional working roundtable - Urabá circuit”. It included the participation of Antioquia’s court magistrates, Apartadó judges, the director of the LRU, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Inspector General’s Office, Antioquia’s governor’s office, a CSJ delegate and mayors’ offices of eight Antioquia’s municipalities. The coordination resulted in the establishment of an institutional protocol to facilitate the adjudication of land plots, in order to increase compliance with judicial
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Activity Coordination for the Specialty Committees. Together with the CSJ, JSP validated the strategic plan of the 2021 Land Restitution Specialty Thematic Committees as well as presented the best practices and recommendations document to the CSJ for the sustainability of the judicial management model. The recommendations were based on the results of the JSP-supported process that accompanied the thematic committees of the lands specialty since the beginning of JSP Activity. 201X. The CSJ assumed leadership of the technical secretariat of the Thematic Committees and will continue to support the 2021 projects.
In addition, JSP supported the judges of Montería and Popayán to conduct two virtual hearings based on the unique protocol created by the training committee. In the coming quarter, JSP will support the judges from Mocoa and Apartado to carry out two virtual hearings, further contributing to Indicator No. 7 “Number of hearing on Land Restitution”, which has reached 80% completion.
Land Restitution Grants. The Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) grant, which provided legal representation to land restitution cases, concluded this quarter. Its results are highlighted below.
TABLE 5. LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF LAND RESTITUTION CASES SUPPORTED BY THE CCJ DISAGGREGATED BY DEPARTMENT AND SEX
Women Represented Men Represented Department Campesina Indigenous Total Campesino Indigenous Total Total ANTIOQUIA 31 0 31 23 0 23 54 CAUCA 40 11 51 34 1 35 86 CHOCÓ 0 390 390 0 243 243 633 CÓRDOBA 290 0 290 306 0 306 596 PUTUMAYO 0 553 553 0 595 595 1,148 TOTAL 361 954 1,315 363 839 1,202 2,517
To ensure follow-up on the judicial actions led by the CCJ through the JSP grant, 15 cases that did not have an advance during the grant were documented and submitted to the LRU to initiate the study of their possible inclusion in the Abandoned and Dispossessed Lands Registry. Of these cases, two are pending assignment to either the LRU or local CSOs for their continuation and seven will continue to have legal representation from CCJ. In addition, progress was made on two JSP-supported processes: a ruling was made in favor of a tutela related to Peñas Blancas Chocó Reservation which orders the National Land Agency to advance the process regarding the reservation’s amplification by a maximum of 18 months, protecting more than 90,000 hectares of ancestral land. Additionally, precautionary
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CCJ also developed five thematic trainings directed toward victims: right to land and territory with socio-environmental focus; community reservations formalization, constitution, expansion, legalization and sanitation; community strengthening and advocacy; protection and self-protection processes; and community information collection tools. CCJ also developed an online course “lands and territories”, conducted with the Universidad del Cauca. 145 people graduated.
To generate the capacities of CSOs, CCJ provided mentoring for 15 local organizations and three universities located in JSP departments. As part of this initiative, CCJ developed four handbooks about territorial and land restitution rights, carried out three legal clinics and produced one podcast. In addition, to improve organizational capacities on land restitution as well as on legal and administrative scenarios, \ CCJ accompanied four organizations in their litigation processes.
CCJ also carried out advocacy efforts including those led before the Constitutional Court to extend the victims’ law effective date which resulted in the passing of Law 2078 of 2021 which extends its validity for another ten years. The CCJ also requested two thematic hearings before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission on: 1) The campesino situation in national natural parks and their right to restitution, 2) human rights violations of land claimants.
CCJ submitted its investigation entitled, “Judicial administrative bottlenecks: A case study on the investigation and ruling of crimes against human rights,” to the CSJ in September 2020 as a diagnostic document about the land specialty’s transparency and accountability systems, lessons learned and recommendations for its management. In addition, the CCJ published the stories, “Disputes over land before justice”25 and the series “Return to our lands a non- delayed right”26 to raise awareness of the main obstacles associated with land restitution in JSP departments.
Sub-Objective 3.2: Impunity for conflict related GBV addressed.
During the reporting period JSP advanced key results by strengthening judicial response, specifically for GBV victims, contributing to legitimacy of state’s institutions and citizen respect for the rule of law for a sustainable peace. It did so through its gender strategy which aims to guarantee the integration of GBV across the Activity objectives and activities related to access to justice, with a focus on supporting GBV victims.
Strengthening Capacities of Family Commissions Offices. During the quarter, JSP
25 This story can be consulted at: https://verdadabierta.com/disputas-de-tierra-ante-la-justicia/ 26 The videos were produced for each JSP priority department and can be consulted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDu_IFiDNiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw9ihm5feMI&t=22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5w9BuLtFIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blr2GeBPrnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGd9yLSgT5M&t=48s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj_mQ9k2Dy8&t=78s 35 continued to provide permanent technical support to the family commission offices through the family commission WhatsApp network, in order to address the cases in a coordinated and systematic manner by all engaged institutions. The scope of the network covers all JSP prioritized municipalities. It also raises awareness about GBV identification and allows the commissioners to gain a deeper understanding about it. One case in Nariño demonstrated the network’s effectiveness: through Nariño’s network, the family commission office of El Charco reported a case of a woman who had been mutilated by her partner after reported him to the authorities for domestic abuse. When she was temporarily re-located, the JSP gender team sent her case to Sisma Mujer team (which is supported by a JSP grant in this region), which provided support to implement protection measures and guarantee her protection.
In addition, the national CSO Humanas continued to accompany and provide advice to family commission offices and other entities that participate in GBV referral pathways. The CSO, based on the cases that they litigate, organized virtual meetings to identify entry barriers related to response referral pathways.
Protecting Measures. Regarding the follow-up indicator for protecting measures issued by family commission offices in 12 municipalities where JSP carries out follow-up, 312 cases were reported during the quarter, for which 1,022 protection measures were issued, representing a rate of 3.3 protection measures for every reported case (see graphic 1). For the first semester of the FY2021 (October 2020 – March 2021) the rate of protection measures is 3.6. This figure indicates a significant advance in the number of protection measures issued for each case from the base line rate of 1.0 protection measure for each case.
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In addition, to inquire about the follow-up carried out by the family commission offices regarding the issued measures, JSP designed a protection measures follow-up model which will be implemented in April with the family commission offices in the following municipalities: Puerto Libertador, Montelíbano, Apartadó, Turbo, Puerto Asís, Valle del Guamuéz, Tumaco, Barbacoas, Caloto, Jambaló, Carmen de Atrato and Istmina. This tool seeks to identify challenges faced by family commission offices when they are carrying out follow-up on the measures.
Widespread Use of the ELLAS App. JSP’s communications team continued to support the ELLAS app dissemination strategy. To date, 15,169 downloads have been reported, of which 710 were downloaded during the quarter.
Strengthening Justices Houses in GBV. To strengthen the Justice Houses and the Citizen Co-existence Centers in JSP priority municipalities, JSP printed the sexual violence and domestic abuse referral pathways for the Justice Houses, which JSP helped develop last quarter. These were disseminated by the Justice Houses as part of the March 8th commemoration of International Women’s Day, as reported in Objective 1.
Coordination of LJS regarding GBV Issues. JSP promoted training and knowledge in GBV to all the LJS actors, as well as promoting that the key actors who attend GBV integrate to the LJS. For this quarter, JSP supported activities commemorating International Women’s Day on March 8 by the regional teams in coordination with public entities and other USAID programs. In addition, at the national and regional level JSP’s gender and communications teams supported the dissemination of communications pieces for GBV awareness raising including videos to identify GBV, graphic pieces on women’s rights and GBV response referral pathways. The details of the 22 JSP-supported events can be consulted in Annex E.
Regarding the LJS strengthening strategy the following advances are highlighted: • The implementation of coordination meetings as established in Tumaco’s LJC action plan to strengthen the coordination between the Ombudsman’s Office public defenders and the FGN on sexual crime and gender issues.
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• 18 public officials participated in the training about GBV and Law 1257 of 2008, training which was included in Francisco Pizarro’s LJC action plan. • Due to JSP institutional strengthening of the LJS, the entities and CSOs which are part of the LJS successfully advocated for the hiring of a gender liaison official in the municipality of Toribío.
Training the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science (INMLCF). After a complex coordination effort with the INMLCF, JSP resumed forensics medical online training with an emphasis on GBV. On March 17, the first workshop was conducted, addressing justice and health sector public officials, with 40 participants from JSP municipalities of Cauca, Nariño, and Putumayo. Another workshop is scheduled on April 14 for public officials from Antioquia, Córdoba and Chocó. These trainings seek to strengthen technical guidelines, protocols and conceptual competencies for INMLCF public officials at the national headquarters. The first workshop was evaluated positively by the participants since the recognized it provided practical elements to improve their competencies.
Institutionalization of the Gender Perspective in the Judicial Branch. JSP continued its support to the National Gender Commission of the Judicial Branch (CNGRJ) to carry out two informational events on the third ruling contest with a gender approach. The first event, which was an online dialogue, was carried out on March 26 and was organized with the support from the Universidad Externado’s law school. In addition, the magistrate contest winner Joaquin Burbano served as a key speaker and panelists included the Supreme Court of Justice magistrate Ana María Muñoz, as well as Marjorie Zúñiga, auxiliary magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice. 177 people participated in the event. In May, a similar event is planned with the Universidad Santo Tomás, and will include the participation of Magistrate Burbano and Judge Martha Patricia Rozo Gamboa, winners of the contest in the judge category.
These events are addressed to university students, public officials and CSO members, with the objective that they learn about rulings that have a gender approach. It also promotes a discussion among participants and the winners regarding the contributions of each of the sentences and the reasoning behind each one. Furthermore, the winners and panelists carry out an analysis on the sentences, increasing law student’s knowledge on the importance of issuing decisions with a gender approach.
JSP in coordination with the CNGRJ hired two consultants to carry out the planning for the sectorial committees with a gender approach from the five JSP priority departments as well as to develop training and accompaniment activities for its members. The latter seeks to strengthen the committee members’ capacities and support activities that contribute to the national goals of gender and differential approach policy of the Judicial Branch. During the quarter the consultants designed the 2021 action plan and were coordinating the methodology to transfer competencies to the CNGRJ and to finalize the gender training processes. The action plans include a gender approach in all the activities of each of the committee, and also, they included activities related to gender approach training for their members. Since each committee has their own plan, JSP supported five plan for each of the prioritized departments, taking into consideration that Putumayo do not have a Committee.
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Support the Gender Approach for the Constitutional Court. JSP continued to support the Constitutional Court in finalizing the policy on gender equity and zero tolerance to gender violence. To this end, the Activity worked on a guideline to promote equality conditions inside the Court as well as preventing and sanctioning any conduct related to GBV. The document will be approved by the entire Court’s magistrates and, subsequently, will be disseminated to all staff and alongside a training. Simultaneously, an internal communications campaign is being implemented in the Court to promote gender equality as well as to raise awareness among the Court public officials on gender issues.
Additionally, JSP continued to provide support to the Court providing scholarships for two law students to carry out internships at the Court which initiated in November 2020 and runs through August 2021. The two law students come from Santander de Quilichao and are from Universidad del Cauca. The first is, Nalini Viveros González, a 27-year-old Afro- Colombian. The second student is Eduar Andrés Vega Anacona, a 25-year-old who has a Nasa, Inga, and Yanakona lineage. They have carried out their internships at the Constitutional Court’s Documentation Office and their tasks are related to analysis and titling of judicial decisions, classification of exhortative judgments, projection of jurisprudential lines and participation in investigations on the Court's jurisprudence.
The law students have stated that this experience is very relevant since as students of vulnerable populations, it has allowed them to gain practical experience at a high-level professional setting. They also recognize that this is an opportunity to build important relationships, which motivates them to pursue their professional career. It is expected that in the coming quarter, they will move to Bogotá to carry out their internships in person.
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Institutionalization of a Gender Focus in the Attorney General’s Office. Together with the advisors from the FGN’s Higher Studies Directorate, the Vice-Prosecutor’s office and the Citizen Security Office, the systematization process of the peer-to-peer strategy made significant progress with the follow-up process of prioritized cases.27 To this end, JSP is developing a Must-have for investigation document that compiles key concepts to develop a comprehensive list based on check lists for investigations and prosecutions of sexual crime, that includes as an input a check list for domestic violence investigation that is being finalized by the FGN. In the coming six months the next steps (finishing the documents and FSG’s approval) will be completed to finish the strategy’s systematization process and institutionalize the peer-to-peer strategy.
Prioritization and follow-up using the peer-to-peer methodology. During this quarter, a new FGN Citizen Security Delegate was selected, as well as new FGN coordinator for the peer-to-peer strategy and new prosecutors who will support the process. The changes in staff caused some delays in the coordination between JSP and PGN. Nonetheless, during
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the quarter, 283 cases were reviewed of which 69 were prioritized for procedural advance. The following table disaggregates these advances:
TABLE 6. REVIEWED AND PRIORITIZED CASES UNDERTHE PEER-TO- PEER STRATEGY Q2 FY2021 Crime Reviewed cases Prioritzed cases Chocó Antioquia Cauca Nariño Córdoba Chocó Antioquia Cauca Nariño Córdoba Domestic 26 109 12 9 14 5 13 10 7 9 Violence Sexual 33 55 2 0 17 4 8 2 0 9 Violence Homicide 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Total 64 164 14 9 32 9 21 12 7 20 Total 283 69 Reviewed
During this quarter, 17 response referral pathways were activated, and 61 advances were made (53 which continue at the sub-phase associated with Activity Indicator 8). The departments of Putumayo and Antioquia did not have advances due to FGN delays in assigning the godfathers prosecutors for these departments. The following table presents the advances reached during this quarter, disaggregated by department and crime.
Table 7. ADVANCES IN CASES BY DEPARTMENT AND GBV TYPE
CÓRDOBA CHOCÓ NARIÑO CAUCA Cases Cases Cases that Activated Cases that Activated that Activated that Activated Types of received referral received referral received referral received referral cases follow-up pathways Advances follow-up pathways Advances follow-up pathways Advances follow-up pathways Advances Domestic Violence 16 2 8 8 0 4 22 6 2 34 7 30 Sexual Violence 4 0 2 32 8 10 53 0 0 0 0 0 Femicide 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 23 2 10 40 8 14 75 6 2 34 7 30
However, the methodology’s scope is not limited to the figures given that it already has incorporated the gender focus in a qualitative manner into the case investigations, which has positively impacted their resolutions. For example, in the department of Chocó, the prosecutor and multi-disciplinary team provided local prosecutors with a questionnaire guide with a gender and human rights focus to use in cases where women suffered from domestic abuse and sexual violence. This has been used by prosecutors in a satisfactory manner and has improved sensibility regarding the victims’ situations. In addition, in Cauca, the peer-to-peer team identified that some local prosecutors were not sanctioning sexual relations between 14-year-old minors with adult men. This led to the case being re-opened.
A positive highlight GBV case took place in Barbacoas (Nariño) where the family commission classified a domestic abuse case that was then transferred to the FGN. Thanks to JSP’s efforts, it was re classified as an attempted femicide case due to death threats and the repeated attempts to choke the victim. This demonstrated the imminent risk faced by the victim which resulted in orders issued to the judicial police to identify the aggressor and determine the penalty. Also, in Chocó, two sexual violence cases targeting minors in
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Riosucio and Acandí advanced to the judgment phase due to the application of a gender perspective and differential approach.
Legal Representation and Psychosocial Accompaniment to GBV Victims. During the quarter, two grants were awarded, one to Humanas and the other to Sisma Mujer to continue the representation and psychosocial accompaniment to cases. The distribution by region and number of cases is:
• Sisma will continue with 30 cases in the departments of Chocó, Cauca and Nariño. • Corporación Humanas will continue with 29 cases in the departments of Antioquia, Putumayo and Córdoba.
With respect to national LGBTI CSOs:
• Colombia Diversa continued to provide representation of 11 cases in the departments of Cauca, Chocó and Nariño. • Caribe Afirmativo continued to provide legal representation for nine cases in the departments of Córdoba, Antioquia and Putumayo.
Additional support came from the Fundación Círculo de Estudios who continued to implement the telephone hotline providing emergency psychosocial accompaniment to women and LGBTI victims. Since the beginning of the hotline in November 2020, it has received 277 total assistance consultations, 98 correspond to the period of January-March 2021.
In addition to legal and psychosocial accompaniment, these grants have also carried out political advocacy trainings while also advancing implementation of different sustainability strategies for the program’s closing.
Caribe Afirmativo’s efforts on sustainability strategies were key in developing two products: a methodology to guide criminal representation, and Ombudsman’s Office public official training methodology for those responsible for the legal representation of victims to strengthen their capacities for GBV cases of LGBTI.
Total advances in cases adding peer to peer strategy and CSO reached 64, 105.3% of the goal for FY2021. 92% of victims are women, 25% are children under 18 years old and 96.9% of cases are penal.
Meanwhile, Círculo de Estudios carried out three preparatory roundtables in Chocó, Córdoba and Putumayo focused on the strengthening and sustainability of social organization processes for LGBTI. During the coming quarter, departmental working roundtables will be held with LGBTI leaders to finish the process. In addition, Círculos de Estudios and Colombia Diversa agreed to develop an expert short concept document on psychosocial impact and non-material damages due to GBV, contributing to the legal representation of LGBTI cases.
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In addition, Colombia Diversa successfully completed the inter-institutional coordination sessions with the AARs from Nariño, Cauca and Chocó, where the municipal access to justice referral pathways and the recommendations to improve the response to GBV cases of LGBTI persons were presented. Furthermore, through a joint effort between Colombia Diversa and the indigenous authorities of northern Cauca Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas (ACIN) it was developed a brochure on basic LGBTI concepts that is currently being translated into the Nasa traditional language for its distribution.
Sub-Objective 3.3 Impunity for serious conflict-related crimes addressed.
This sub-objective promotes access to justice for victims of serious crimes through support from regional CSOs to improve their performance and specialization in legal orientation and cases representation to support victims, including psychosocial support. It also includes carrying out trainings for judicial staff and local CSO members.
Access to justice on serious crimes. During this quarter, the CCJ continued providing legal representation and psychosocial support to eight cases that includes 72 victims of crimes such as homicides of protected persons, forced disappearances, and forced displacements. Five of these cases correspond to social leaders homicides. The cases are listed in the table below.
TABLE 8. Number of Victims Assisted and Punishable Conducts Number of Case Description victims with Case name Location Conduct legal representation This case has four direct victims, three killed and one Forced displaced. The four victims were members and leaders of Embera Alto Sinú- disappearance the Embera indigenous community. These acts occurred 16 Katio- Urrá Córdoba and Homicide. between 1999 and 2001. The victims are: Kimy Pernía Domic Alejandro Domicó, Lucindo Domicó, José Ángel Domicó. Forced displacement of 94 families allegedly committed by Turbo- Forced Blanquicet 34 a paramilitary group. Blanquicet is the name of Turbo’s Antioquia displacement. corregimiento where these acts were committed. Two indigenous victims were reported by the army as San Francisco Toribio- Extra judicial combat casualties in June 2006. Allegedly, a group of 7 Reservation Cauca execution. military soldiers broke into the homes of the victims and kidnapped them before killing them. Mr. José Adalberto Torrijano was a campesino guard- Campesina Corinto- coordinator for Corinto, Cauca. On September 23, 2017, Guard Homicide. 3 Cauca he responded to the community’s call to intercede for Corinto campesinos who were detained by army members. In 2001 Mr. Sigifredo Bravo, was living in a farm on the Contragloban Turbo- Forced municipality of the Turbo (Antioquia). Four armed men 1 Union Leader Antioquia displacement. threatened him and demanded that he abandon his property. In 2013 the victim's unit liaison officer of the municipality Awa Puerto Homicide and of Puerto Caicedo and the Awá governor of the Damasco Putumayo Caicedo- forced 2 Vides reservation, Jhon Alberto Chapal Pascal, were Leaders Putumayo displacement. stopped on the inter- municipal roadway by men who killed them.
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Number of Case Description victims with Case name Location Conduct legal representation On December 2, 2018, two leaders were killed, Héctor El Palmar- Homicides of Ramiro García, an indigenous authority, and his son Ricaurte- Awá indigenous 7 Arturo García. Héctor, and his son Arturo was the Nariño reservation leaders. governor-elect of the Cabildo Mayor Awá of the municipality of Ricaurte. The detainment circumstances are unknown. The victim Campesino Montería- disappeared from the city of Montería and was reported as youth of False Positive. 2 Córdoba a FARC member killed in combat in the municipality of Itsmina Istmina in 2006. Total 72
During this quarter, relevant procedural advances were not made due to pending responses by judicial authorities on the testimonies documented by CCJ of the different cases.
Sub-Objective 3.4. Rapid response interventions effectively implemented.
Via this sub-objective, JSP provides immediate responses to situations that may not necessarily be included in the work plan but are considered timely and strategic opportunities to solve emerging demands. The interventions are related to a particular demand or an opportunity to improve attention to victims of the armed conflict; provide justice services; strengthen public policy for the promotion of restorative justice; establish trust or other programmatic aspects.
Strengthening Activities for HRDSL for the FGN.28 During this quarter, JSP supported the FGN to carry out legal investigations for 112 of these cases. Case classifications are detailed in the following table.
TABLE 9. NUMBER OF PRIORITIZED CASES Department Prioritized cases Procedural phase Inquiry: 38 Putumayo 59 Investigation: 4 Ruling phase: 17 Inquiry: 14 Córdoba 20 Investigation: 3 Ruling phase: 3 Inquiry: 9 Nariño 21 Investigation: 4 Ruling phase: 8 Inquiry: 1 Chocó 12 Investigation: 4 Ruled: 7 Total cases: 112
28 As it is mentioned on the context analysis on this report, in February 2021, the FGN become the entity in charge of registering and providing official numbers of HRDSL homicides.
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During this quarter, 27 cases with procedural advances were reported. Of these, 10 cases correspond to the department Putumayo, six correspond to the department of Nariño, 10 correspond to the department of Chocó and one case corresponds to Córdoba. All the cases belong to the Special investigation Unit, except for one Córdoba case which is being handled by the Citizen Security Delegate. Of the cases with procedural advances, two cases from Putumayo are highlighted since they advanced to the ruling phase: Gloria Argenis Ocampo’s case, who was a social leader killed on January 6, 2020, in the municipality of Puerto Guzman, and the case of Nixon Valencia, a social leader killed on April 22, 2019, in the municipality of San Miguel. The following table presents the type of procedural advance up to March 2021 and is organized by department:
TABLE 10. NUMBER OF CASES WITH ADVANCES BY PROCEDURAL PHASE
Procedural phase From From From From From From From From From Prioritized Department inquiry to inquiry to inquiry to investigatio inquiry to ruling to inquiry to investigation inquiry to cases inquiry investigatio ruling n to ruling accusation Execution conviction to accusation indictment with an n stage stage hearing of sentence formulation order Sanctions Putumayo 18 4 4 9 1 - - - - - Nariño 13 1 - 6 - 2 2 1 1 - Chocó 10 - 3 - - - - 7 - - Córdoba 1 ------1 Total: 42
The consultant team also worked to develop products such as: i) 27 victim profiles, ii) 23 context analysis documents of regional dynamics, iii) 20 cartographic spatial analysis documents, iv) one cadastral analysis document, v) 22 evidentiary inventory matrix, vi) two infographics, vii) one methodological document. In addition, to increase coordination with the Human Rights Activity which also carries out procedural support activities with the FGN, JSP agreed to share methodologies with the program starting in the coming quarter.
Support to PGN Activities to Strengthen HRDSL Protection. Due to the internal changes in the directors of the PGN, the activities that JSP implemented during the quarter were:
JSP provided assistance to activities by following-up and monitoring the protection of HRDSL established on the PGN’s Directive No. 002 of 2017. Furthermore, JSP accompanied a Mesa de Protección de la Vida for personeros at the national level carried out online on January 5. The Mesa had 217 live users and 2,724 reproductions. As a result, awareness was raised regarding the important role that personeros in the communities, as well as the importance of implementing prevention measures due to the continuation of human rights violations against them such as stigmatization, persecution, attacks, threats and homicides.
JSP also continue the technical assistance to build the digital version of “The Best Practices Guide to Address Disciplinary Cases Related to HRDSL.” With the appointment of Javier Augusto Sarmiento Olarte as the new PGN’ Human Rights Delegate, the content was
45 approved and the PGN’s press office recommendations were included. JSP is currently working on the first version and is redefining the prologue. Following this, the human rights delegate’s requested changes, and the document will be approved by the delegate’s team, the press office and the IG’s office. This process is expected to be completed in April.
Finally, at the end of March, two consultants were hired to accompany the PGN’s Human Rights delegate to impulse the procedural advancement of disciplinary investigations against public officials that involve HRDSLs. Results are expected in the coming quarter.
Activities to Support the Search Unit for Disappeared Persons (UBPD). During this quarter, JSP provided assistance to three UBPD activities:
The first activity, the National Registry of Mass Graves, Illegal Cemeteries and Burial Sites aims to systemize and complement the information of the quantified cemetery diagnostics by department. The following results are reported for the quarter: 149 cemeteries registered, 481sites identified in non-structured sources, 65 sites have been geo-referenced and correspond to mass graves and cemeteries.
The geo-referenced sites are in 12 departments: Antioquia (4); Caquetá (1); César (1); Cundinamarca (2); Guaviare (3); Magdalena (2), Meta (32), Nariño (3); Putumayo (1); Santander (2), Sucre (4) and Valle del Cauca (10).
The third initiative coordinated by JSP was the presentation to the UBPD about a technology to quickly identify DNA29. JSP support to the meeting comprised on simultaneous interpretation and the coordination of the meeting. Participants included a US Santa Barbara County official and ANDE organization experts, as well as eight public officials from the UBPD Research, Recovery and Information Directorate. The meeting presented the Rapid DNA technology and its application, and it was highlighted how it can substantially improve the time and accuracy of identifying bodies. The application of this technology could improve UBPD’s capacity to identify presumed disappeared victims, contributing also to the process of returning the body to family members while strengthening the Comprehensive System of
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Truth, Justice and Reparation. The next quarter JSP will carry out a legal analysis to stablish the feasibility for the UBPD to apply the Rapid DNA methodology.
Truth Commission (CEV) During this quarter, JSP in partnership with the Truth Commission, coordinated the second phase of the “Stories to change HISTORY”, an event that promotes the reflection and dialogue centered on people’s and organizations’ stories highlighting their solidarity efforts that contributed to the defense of human rights and peacebuilding. In this second phase, a closing event will take place that will support the CEV’s social dialogue agenda and communications campaign “More Reasons to Believe” which seeks to incentivize understanding based on dialogue, solidarity and resistance experiences by the communities that transformed the regions.
The closing event will take place in May and will aim to present co-existence stories and include three components: first, a 2020 year-in-summary which will recount reflections that emerged through the events: second, present three stories on experiences from the private sector; and lastly, a dialogue or exchange involving Father Francisco de Roux and an artist or public figure (to be defined).
Finally, JSP completed its support to the CEV in the design and implementation of a communications strategy with an ethnic and territorial approach to disseminate, make pedagogy and promote a social dialogue framed in the objectives of the CEV of coexistence, non-repetition, clarification and recognition. 20 radio spots were made, which were broadcasted over 1,500 times on national stations such as Blu Radio and La Mega, and on 72 community stations in 24 departments, reaching more than 5 million people. Also, 10 video spots were produced and 7 Facebook Live sessions carried out, where several commission, victims and artists of national recognition such as Puerto Candelaria, Bahía and Adriana Lucía participated, reaching 1,486,168 people. With this strategy, the communicative capacities of the CEV were strengthened, impacting a wider audience and improving the confidence of citizens.
Other activities under Rapid Response Actions
Restorative Justice. To strengthen restorative justice public policy in Antioquia’s Urabá region, during the quarter, the first restorative meeting was organized as part of the APP supported by JSP. To carry out these meetings, 260 potential restorative justice cases were reviewed. The process of reviewing these files, as well as the systematization of the information, was carried out with the support of the Diocesis de Apartadó and the Local Prosecutor's Office, that guided and facilitated the consultation of the files. As a result of this process, 10 likely potentially successful cases were prioritized, and one restorative agreement was reached.30 As an outcome of the first agreement, three persons linked to the investigation recognized their responsibility in the case as well as causing harm to the victim. In the next quarter JSP will continue to review potential restorative cases and will
30 The case which was successfully resolved took place on February 2, 2020 in the municipality of Mutatá, when the offenders who were in the victim’s property establishment, physically attacked her and damage some belongings. This case was reported before the local prosecutor’s office of the municipality of Chigorodó, who initiated an investigation for personal injury and damage to goods. 47 carry out more restorative agreements. Next quarter, four meetings are scheduled with local prosecutor offices and restorative mediators from universities to complete more restorative agreements.
JSP developed a document with technical guidelines to identify potential cases to apply restorative mechanisms under criminal justice. It includes a methodology to carry out restorative meetings in PDETs municipalities through public-private partnerships based on JSP’s experience in Urabá and describes the steps to carry out the meetings and the procedure that must be applied. The document will be updated based on the lessons learned in the coming months.
To ensure the sustainability of these activities, two agreements were signed, one with Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia and the other with Universidad de Antioquia. The first one seeks to promote reflection and academic training on restorative justice at the local level. With Universidad de Antioquia’s and its law school it aims to appoint professors at the school’s Mediation Center who supported JSP methodology of Restorative Meetings to the restorative process.
Finally, JSP supported the CSJ in producing 10 animated videos that explain how to apply restorative justice according to the Colombian laws for adult offenders. These contents are addressed to the judicial branch and will be disseminated in the coming quarter in accordance to a communications plan.
Constitutional Court. During this quarter, JSP continued to support the Constitutional Court to strengthen the Court’s active and passive transparency strategies. JSP hired a graphic designer to disseminate the fulfillment of the Court’s goals through infographics and to carry out the design of periodic publications, templates, and photographs for tutela bulletins, for the internal publication “Corte de Cuentas”, and for the public hearing invitation announcement, among others. The Court has stated that this support has been very relevant for the dissemination of its activities.
Plan Antioquia
Local Justice Systems. As part of the Plan Antioquia strategy, JSP accompanied the LJC sessions of the municipalities of Bajo Cauca in the prioritizing process of 2021 activities, which are: • Mobile justice sessions (virtual and in person). • Implementation and strengthening of virtual legal offices. • Recognition and dissemination of the ADR through the implementation of the ADR Toolbox.
In Briceño’s LJC they prioritized the decentralization of justice services and promoted the communication and dialogue between law conciliators trained in the framework of the ADR Toolbox with community actors of the municipality.
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As part of the LJS strategy in the Bajo Cauca, a meeting was held with 17 legal conciliators trained by the AAR’ Universidad de Antioquia to achieve commitments of LJS regarding the report of the conciliations carried out, as well as the membership of the conciliators to the LJS. Also, JSP’s technical accompaniment contributed that LJC include participation strategies for community and school mediators. Meanwhile, the community mediators trained under the ADR Toolbox reported 624 agreements during this quarter.
Legal virtual offices. As mentioned in Objective 2, during the quarter the Universidad EAFIT virtual legal office resumed activities on the Justice Houses of the municipalities of Cáceres, Tarazá, Caucasia, Nechí and Zaragoza. In Bagre, Briceño, Ituango and Valdivia the virtual office hours were based in the municipal mayor’s office. Office hours were held from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. In total, 57 people were assisted during the quarter. Also, cooperation agreements were signed between EAFIT and the municipalities of Nechí and Zaragoza to provide legal virtual offices services.
Advocacy for justice services offer. With JSP technical support to Caceres’ LJC, the municipal administration hired a support psychosocial professional to the family commission office.
Mobile Justice Sessions. During the quarter, JSP supported carrying out four virtual mobile justice sessions, which are described below:
• In Cáceres, 94 people attended from the Guarumo, Piamonte, Jardín corregimientos and from the main urban center. In the session the UARIV assisted the participants as well as the Universidad EAFIT’s legal virtual office. • In Nechí, two virtual sessions were held by the Universidad EAFIT’ and UARIV. The first session was carried out in the corregimientos of Cargueros and Bijagual with 33 participants. The second had 58 participants and included services from the same entities but was oriented at the urban population. • In Briceño, a session was held with UARIV and the Universidad EAFIT’s virtual legal office. 87 assisted the session in the municipal downtown area.
2.2. Challenges Encountered, Proposed Solutions, and Lessons Learned
During the last quarter, JSP faced several challenges, proposed solutions and consolidated lessons learned as is illustrated in the table below.
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TABLE 11. CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS, AND LESSONS LEARNED
Challenges Solutions Lessons Learned Implementation Challenges Need to resume certain critical in- person activities, like for example mobile Implementation of biosafety Permanent monitoring and evaluation of justice sessions, meetings of the local protocols and exhaustive follow-up COVID presence and risk variables. justice committees, trainings on ADR in the regions. Toolkit. Combine virtual activities and some in- Follow-up and continuous review of Activities oriented at intervention person activities. the activities for the sustainability of sustainability during the extension. JSP activities.
Security Challenges Activities have been carried out In Cauca and Nariño, the incidents that Continue virtual activities which in addition virtually to accommodate the compromise security increased, which is to reducing risks, increases the possibilities limited physical movements of associated with the internal conflict of of technological developments in the region public officials between FARC dissidents for the control over in areas where prior to the pandemic, municipalities. The monitoring of narcotrafficking routes which have caused access did not exist. security conditions which may affect continuous killings of leaders and residents in person- activities in the of the region. municipalities continues. In northern Antioquia and Bajo Cauca, Activities have been carried out security events have increased due to virtually to accommodate the conflict between the criminal groups “Los limited physical movements of Caparros and “Clan del Golfo”. Among the public officials between Monitoring of security conditions of the most common crimes in the area are municipalities. The monitoring of subregions will continue as well as the homicide and child forced recruitment as security conditions which may affect analysis of capacities of illegal armed groups, well as displacement of campesinos to the in person- activities in the urban areas. Public security forces have municipalities continues. advanced military campaigns in the area to address the illegal armed groups. In the Bajo Atrato region of Chocó, a dispute between member of the ELN terrorist group and the criminal group In the municipalities of Bajo Atrato, JSP regional specialist in Vigia del Fuerte has “Clan del Golfo” over control of online activities should be worked well and avoids the physical narcotrafficking routes has been constant. maintained. For the necessary in- movement of public officials from Urabá to This situation has affected the indigenous person activities, JSP Regional Quibdo, which mitigates security risks for and Afro-Colombian communities due to Specialist is in the Antioquia the public officials. Additionally, it is the use of methods prohibited by municipality of Vigia del Fuerte. out necessary to continue monitoring the international humanitarian law such as activities needed to be done in- region’s security conditions. planting anti-personal mines in area of major person. transit for these communities. This situation generated confinement and accidents due to their detonation. Grants and subcontracts The Grants and Subcontract team Given the extension of the COVID-19 worked with each of the public health emergency in Colombia, some organizations to implement a review restrictions continue and therefore the and negotiation exercise. The pandemic has taught us that as part of planned in-person activities related to some considering the budget and the planning and follow-up processes it is grant and subcontract activities had to be timelines of each project. Due to important to anticipate and consider various transferred to virtual platforms. Due to this, this, changes and modifications were implementation scenarios to include a detailed review and changes to the jointly defined regarding the alternatives for the in-person activities. timelines and updating of product timelines to achieve a proper submission dates were necessary. implementation under the current conditions.
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2.3 Program Coordination
During this quarter, JSP coordinated with other USAID programs to align objectives, strength each other, as well as share information and resources. In the following text it will describe the activities per department:
Cauca: JSP coordinated with the USAID Human Rights Activity for the activities related to March 8, International Women’s Day.
Nariño: JSP coordinated with USAID’s Human Rights Activity to analyze the security situation of the Fundación Arco Iris. Also, the Memory House of Tumaco received support from JSP and Colombia Transforma to promote the school mediation strategy among schools of Tumaco.
Chocó: JSP participated on the local humanitarian coordination table of international cooperation entities. JSP, as member of the gender committee of the table, meet with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) team and ACDI/VOCA’s to share the activities planned.
Córdoba: JSP coordinated joint activities with Land Opportunities Activity, Commercial Partnerships Activity, IOM, FINTRAC and the Human Rights Activity to commemorate March 8 in the municipalities of Tierralta, Montelíbano and Puerto Libertador.
Antioquia: As part of Plan Antioquia, JSP continued to work with the same strategic partners and USAID Activities. As part of the Bajo Cauca Cooperation Roundtable comprised of the USAID Human Rights Activity, MAPP-OEA, UN Human Rights, Ombudsman’s Office and JSP, virtual meetings were carried out to: • Complete a contextual analysis of the municipalities, considering the security context. • Work with personeros to share agendas and coordinate activities to guarantee the fulfilment of human rights. • CUEES Bajo Cauca working roundtable’s activation was sought, specifically regarding human rights, security, and justice to coordinate activities that strengthen and generate impact based on all the participating agencies working in the sub- region. CUEES members are USAID programs, municipal mayor’s office representatives, ART, Antioquia governor’s office, higher education institutions, SENA, Chamber of Commerce, among others
3. OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Grants Awarded
During this quarter, five cost extensions were awarded to grantees to provide activity and strategy continuity during the extension period of the Activity. These grants correspond to
51 four AARs (Cordupaz, Cordeagropaz, Culturama, and Cauca’s Chamber of Commerce) which implement LJS strengthening efforts, conflict resolution mechanisms and the Todos en Sintonía con la Justicia strategy in six departments; and the grant for Benposta that implements case documentation efforts for leaders in Córdoba.
In addition, five new fixed-price grant agreements were awarded dedicated to issues of women victims and LGBTI GBV victims to continue litigation activities and psychosocial accompaniment and legal representation of victims of serious crimes during conflict. These have an approximate total of USD$387,110. Please see Annex F, Table 1 for information on each award.
Subcontracts Awarded.
During this quarter, JSP signed 2 subcontracts worth USD$102,519. These subcontracts will: A) develop a net platform (web) that engages mediators, conciliators, and other stakeholders, facilitating interaction to manage and promote ADR and the Toolbox at the six JSP intervention departments. B) promote legal representation of black and Afro- Colombian communities with the support of the Criminal Law Clinic of the University of the Andes to access to justice for four cases, related to protection of ethnic rights and the recognition of Afro jurisdiction, within the framework of the strategy for strengthening Afro justice in the regions targeted by the JSP Activity. Please see Annex F, Table 2 for information on each award.
In addition, during this quarter, eight modifications were made to active subcontracts due to delays based on COVID-19 restrictions.
Pending Subcontract Awards.
During the third quarter, JSP expects to issue a small subcontract to conduct and analyze the exit survey of the Todos en Sintonía con la Justicia strategy.The request for proposal has been released and an award is expected at the beginning of April. Information on this pending award is detailed in Annex F, Table 3.
Recruitment and Personnel
Bogotá-based staff
During the quarter, JSP hired six (6) people in Bogotá to cover the following positions: Administrative Assistant (travel team), Accountant, Assistant Accountant. Human Resources Analyst, Director of Operations and Auxiliary of Monitoring and Evaluation.
Regarding the resignations, the vacant positions were: Human Resources assistant which was replaced by the Analyst position to obtain a profile better suited to the positions requirements and competencies. The resignation of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, who was replaced by an internal promotion for the MEL assistant, which resulted in the
52 promotion of the MEL auxiliary which, in turn, resulted in a new auxiliary. Also, the positions of Grants and Contracts Specialist and Land Restitution Specialist were positions that remained vacant during the quarter but were not replaced due to the closure of JSP activities. Although for the land restitution position, a consultant was hired to finalize pending activities.
Regional staff.
A regional advisor was hired for the Nariño region covering the vacancy that was open since December 2020.
The administrative assistant from the Nariño regional finished her contract as well as the Chocó region’s chauffeur, positions that were not replaced once the needs and requirements of the regional offices were assessed for JSP’s closing. In addition, two regional advisors (Urabá and Nariño) resigned, who were also replaced. Furthermore, the assistant from the Putumayo regional resigned whose duties were assumed by another assistant in the region via remote mechanisms.
Consultancies.
During the quarter, 40 consultants were hired to provide support to different counterparts. Six (6) consultants support the “Todos en Sintonia con la Justicia” strategy in Bogotá and the management units (south and north). One (1) consultant supports the Putumayo regional team as the Project Manager. One (1) consultant supports the “best practices” process of MEL. One (1) consultant supports the Toolbox strategy. One (1) consultant supports the follow-up of appropriation of Justice Houses and citizen co-existence with the Ministry of Justice and Law. Five (5) consultants support the communications team located in the region. Two (2) consultants support the Constitutional Court on issues of gender and one (1) consultant supports active and passive transparency strategies of the Court. One (1) consultant supports the grants and sub-contracts team. Two (2) consultants carry out accompaniment to the members of the National Commission sectional committees of the Judicial Branch. Four (4) consultants support indigenous justice. Two (2) consultants support the restorative justice strategy to advance the Superior Council of the Judiciary. One (1) consultant supports school mediation in the Nariño region. One (1) consultant provides accompaniment to the Minister – Vice-Minister for Justice (for a month to support the legislative process to reform family commission offices, see objective 1.1). Three (3) consultants support the Land Restitution team. Five (5) consultants support the Search for Missing Persons Unit on issues of systematization of information for the National Mass Graves Registry. Two (2) consultants/advisors in the Nariño region who support the LJS and a (1) consultant/advisor for the Antioquia region.
Other Administrative Tasks
Subcontract and Grant Closing:
During the quarter, JSP’s grants and subcontract team initiated the closeout process for
53 grants that concluded in December 2020. For each closing, the grants and subcontracts team worked together alongside the MEL team to verify that the Activity possessed all the corresponding documentation for each of the agreements, especially the deliverables and indicator reports.
During this quarter, 74 grants and 17 subcontracts were closed. In addition, 10 agreement closeouts are currently in process. This information is detailed in Annex F.
Funds used to address COVID-19:
During this quarter, JSP continued operational and programmatic adaptations in order to ensure the implementation of activities under biosafety protocols and measures for beneficiaries, local counterparts and staff members. No activities that are substantially new or different were executed because of COVID-19, therefore there are no COVID-19 expenditures to be reported this quarter.
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ANNEX A. TABLE OF INDICATORS
Unidades META de medida Resultados FY2021 Avances % Avance % y META TOTAL Comentarios Avances # Código Nombre del Indicador acumulados a (Oct 1, 2020 Acumulados acumulado Avance Total Avance frecuencia JSP Q1-FY2021 FY2020 a Jun 30, FY2021 FY2021 Total de 2021) medición Meta Principal: Asistir a los socios colombianos en el fortalecimiento de un sistema de justicia eficaz y resolutivo, abordando las necesidades de justicia fundamentales de las víctimas del conflicto armado, y aumentando el apoyo del Estado de Derecho en regiones objetivo de Colombia afectadas por el conflicto. Objetivo 1: Mayor acceso a servicios de justicia más eficaces, inclusivos y resolutivos en regiones de Colombia que hayan sido afectadas por el conflicto Al cierre el trimestre ene - mar 2021 se registra que 16 municipios lograron mejorar su oferta de justicia, así:
Chocó: 3: Istmina - Medio San Juan - Tadó Nariño: 5: Barbacoas - El charco - Francisco Pizarro - Olaya Herrera - Santa Barbara de Iscuandé Córdoba: 1: San José de Ure Número de municipios Antioquia: 4: Apartadó - Chigorodó - JSP que logran la Turbo - Cáceres ampliación de la oferta Número Cauca: 3: Corinto - Miranda - de justicia local de Santander de Quilichao 1 Ob1-SLJ (administrativa y municipios 16 17 22 129,4% 33 38 115,2%
formal) como resultado En Chocó: de la gestión de los Trimestral -Istmina: Se apoyó la gestión para la Comités Locales de contratación de un trabajador social Justicia apoyo comisaría de familia (1) -Medio San Juan: Se apoyó la gestión de la contratación de una psicóloga (1) apoyo comisaría de familia -Tadó: Se apoyó la gestión de la contratación de una psicóloga (1) para la comisaría de familia, una asistente para la inspección de policía (1), un apoyo a la comisaría de familia (1), un apoyo al inspector rural para el
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Corregimientos Guarato, Munbu, y Gingarabá; y un apoyo al inspector rural (1) Corregimientos Tapón, Corcobado, Playa de oro y Carmelo.
En Nariño: -Barbacoas: Contratación psicólogo (1) para la comisaría de familia -El Charco: Contratación trabajadora social (1) para la comisaría de familia y una psicóloga (1) -Francisco Pizarro: Contratación de un auxiliar en psicología (1) para la comisaría de familia y un apoyo administrativo (1) -Olaya Herrera: Contratación de servicios psicológicos (1) para la comisaría de familia -Santa Bárbara Iscuandé: Contratación de psicólogo (1) para la comisaría de familia
En Córdoba: -San José de Uré: Contratación psicóloga (1) comisaría de familia -Montelíbano: Nombramiento de sustanciador para el juzgado promiscuo del círculo de Montelíbano (1)
En Antioquia: -Apartadó: Nombramiento profesional forense (1) con destinación a la Unidad Básica de Apartadó-Dirección Seccional Antioquia-Dirección Regional Noroccidente y Nombramiento sustanciador (1) para el Juzgado 001 de familia de Apartadó -Chogorodó: Transado profesional forense (1) cargo de profesional
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universitario forense, grado 10, destinada a la Unidad Básica Istmina- Seccional Chocó- regional Noroccidente, con su mismo cargo y grado a la Unidad Básica de Chigorodó- Antioquia- Dirección regional noroccidente -Turbo: Nombramiento profesional forense (1) grado 10, con destinación a la Unidad Básica de Turbo Dirección Seccional Antioquia-Dirección Región Noroccidente -Cáceres: Contrato psicólogo (1) para la comisaría de familia
En Cauca: -Corinto: Contratación de (2) personas, a través de contratos de prestación de servicios, como parte del equipo interdisciplinario de apoyo a la comisaría de familia -Miranda: Nombramiento provisional de inspectora rural (1) -Santander de Quilichao: Contratación (2) médicos forenses para la planta de personal de la unidad básica de Santander de Quilichao. 1.2: Mayor coordinación interinstitucional entre actores del sector judicial a nivel local y regional. Número de medidas de Número En el trimestre Q2-2021 se registraron Ob1- protección ordenadas de 901 medidas de protección con una 2 Medidas de por Comisarías de medidas 5.532 3.100 2.305 74,4% 8.632 7.837 90,8% tasa semestral de 3,6 medidas por Protección Familia de 12 caso. municipios Trimestral 1.4: Establecimiento de servicios de justicia rurales eficaces, inclusivos y resolutivos en municipios selectos afectados por el conflicto.
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Al cierre del trimestre JSP ha apoyado la realización de 15 JJM. •Durante Q2-FY2021 se llevaron a cabo 17 JJM en Cauca (2), Nariño (5), Putumayo (2), Antioquia (5), Chocó (1) y Córdoba (2). Número de personas Número •De las 15 JJM 4 fueron temáticas (3 Ob1- atendidas durante las de atención a víctimas y 1 con comisarías Jornadas de jornadas de justicia 3 personas 21.353 4.000 3.759 94,0% 25.353 25.112 99,0% de familia). justicia móvil -JJM- realizadas •En las 15 JJM se registró un total de móvil con apoyo de JSP, fuera Trimestral 2.157 personas atendidas (68% fueron de las áreas urbanas mujeres) y 2289 solicitudes de atención. •El 65,3 % de las solicitudes (1.494) tuvo relación con víctimas de conflicto armado, mientras que el 10,7% con trámite de documentos. Objetivo 2: Mayor apoyo ciudadano del Estado de Derecho en regiones afectadas por el conflicto. En el trimestre Q2-2021 se reportaron Número 2671 acuerdos de los cuales 130 de fueron realizados por conciliadores en Número de conflictos registros o equidad, 1.703 por mediadores resueltos por actas de comunitarios y 838 por conciliadores Ob2- operadores de acuerdos en derecho. Conflictos mecanismos 4 de 13.074 6.500 5.749 88,4% 19.574 18.823 96,2% Reportaron 49 conciliadores en resueltos alternativos de resolución derecho, 24 mediadores comunitarios MASC solución de conflictos de y 12 conciliadores en equidad. (MASC) que han sido conflictos Los conciliadores formados por los entrenados por JSP AAR en el proceso de caja de Trimestral herramientas, reportan en total 624 acuerdos 2.3: Mayor uso ciudadano de servicios de justicia formales e informales que promuevan el Estado de Derecho Número de actividades de difusión (cineforos) Número de los 29 documentales de Se desarrollaron en el trimestre 8 Ob2-Casos 5 JEI producidos por JSP, actividades 29 18 13 72,2% 47 42 89,4% cineforos de difusión de los JEI con instituciones del documentales JEI producidos por JSP. sector justicia, Trimestral universidades, OSC,
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pueblos indígenas y periodistas, realizadas con apoyo de JSP. Objetivo 3: Fortalecimiento de respuestas judiciales dadas a las víctimas del conflicto armado.
Durante este trimestre se registró un Número de casos aumento en el avance de los casos del penales y/o indicador debido a que la FGN facilitó disciplinarios, a JSP un reporte actualizado que apoyados por el recogió los avances alcanzados por el USG, en la equipo consultor en todos los casos en Fiscalía General los que prestó apoyo en el transcurso FGN 12 24 30 125,0% 36 42 116,7% de la Nación del último semestre, información con (FGN) y la que no se contaba anteriormente; y Procuraduría porque a lo largo del último trimestre General de la se intensificaron las actividades Número Nación (PGN), investigativas llevadas cabo por la FGN Ob3-Casos de casos 6 respectivamente, debido a los levantamientos de líderes relacionados con algunas restricciones relacionadas con Trimestral denuncias de la pandemia. abusos contra No se presentan avances en este defensores de indicador durante el trimestre debido derechos a que el nuevo Procurador Delegado humanos y para los DDHH, Javier Augusto líderes sociales, Sarmiento, solo hasta el 23 de marzo que han PGN 23 6 2 33,3% 29 25 86,2% aprobó la contratación de los dos (2) progresado en al consultores por parte de JSP para menos un paso apoyar esta iniciativa desde abril y procesal. hasta junio de 2021. Se espera lograr avances en los 4 casos faltantes para llegar al cumplimiento de la meta. 3.1: Aumento en la eficacia y transparencia de los procesos judiciales de Restitución de Tierras. No. de audiencias de No. de En el trimestres Q2-FY2021 Se realizan restitución de tierras audiencias dos audiencias de restitución de 7 Ob3-Tierras presenciales y/o 4 6 4 66,7% 10 8 80,0% tierras en los municipios de Montería y virtuales, realizadas Trimestral Popayán. con apoyo de JSP
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3.2: Manejo de la impunidad de casos de VBG relacionados con el conflicto, mediante el fortalecimiento de servicios judiciales y un mayor compromiso de la sociedad civil (no incluye trabajos relacionados con la Jurisdicción Especial de Paz).
En total se presentaron en el trimestre Número de casos de avances en 64 de los casos violencia basada en acompañados desde la estrategia peer género/violencia sexual to peer y las 4 organizaciones de (VBG/SV) que reciben Número carácter nacional que realizan Ob3- apoyo en su de casos 8 868 75 79 105,3% 943 947 100,4% actualmente acompañamiento CasosVBG investigación y que psicosocial y judicial a casos de VBG. progresan en por lo Trimestral EL 92% de los casos que avanzan menos una subetapa corresponden a mujeres, el 97% son del proceso judicial o casos de tipo penal y el 73% registra administrativo un avance en la investigación del caso. 3.3: Manejo de la impunidad de crímenes cometidos dentro del contexto del conflicto armado mediante el fortalecimiento de servicios judiciales y un mayor compromiso de la sociedad civil (no incluye trabajos relacionados con la Jurisdicción Especial de Paz). El indicador suma los casos nuevos Número de individuos priorizados para su atención y de comunidades Número seguimiento, junto con los casos marginadas o de bajos Ob3- de atendidos en los consultorios jurídicos ingresos que recibieron 9 Víctimas individuos 4.133 350 336 96,0% 4.483 4.469 99,7% y de víctimas de graves delitos del asistencia jurídica o asistidas conflicto armado. Para el trimestre Q2- asistencia de víctimas Trimestral 2021, se priorizaron 74 nuevos casos de con el apoyo del USG VBG y se atendieron en total 86 casos (DR6.3-1) en consultorios jurídicos. Tareas Transversales Para el Q2-2021 se logró un CC $COP apalancamiento de fondos total de Valor de Fondos $ $ $ $ $ 10 PPP/FUNDS- 67,7% 95,9% $108.967.481 de los cuales el 65,3% Apalancados 2.620.978.874 379.021.126 256.571.968 3.000.000.000 2.877.550.842 Apalancados Trimestral proviene del sector privado y el 34,7% del sector público.
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Annex B. Advance of the LJS action plans for 2021
MJD Four-Year Developed Plans % Action Plans Collation 202131 Plan Start Date Plan End Date CDJ Putumayo December 2020 December 2023 4% Approved Puerto Leguízamo November 2020 December 2023 9% Approved Orito November 2020 December 2023 33% Approved Puerto Asís November 2020 December 2023 20% Approved Puerto Caicedo November 2020 December 2023 33% Approved San Miguel November 2020 December 2023 37% Approved Valle del Guamuez November 2020 December 2023 32% Approved Puerto Guzman. November 2020 December 2023 34% Approved CDJ Cauca January 2021 October 2023 10% Approved Buenos Aires February 2021 September 2023 5% Approved Caldono February 2021 October 2023 0% Approved Toribio March 2021 November 2023 10% Approved Jambaló January 2021 December 2021 10% Approved Caloto December 2020 November 2023 10% Approved Santander de Quilichao December 2020 November 2023 10% Approved Corinto January 2021 November 2023 10% Approved Miranda February 2021 November 2023 10% Approved
CDJ Nariño February 2021 December 2023 13% Approved Francisco Pizarro October 2020 December 2023 38% Approved Ricaurte October 2020 December 2023 31% Approved Tumaco October 2020 December 2023 35% Approved Barbacoas November 2020 December 2023 43% Approved Magüi Payán October 2020 December 2023 31% Approved Roberto Payán May 2020 December 2023 30% Approved El Charco February 2020 December 2023 37% Approved Olaya Herrera April 2020 December 2023 42% Approved Santa Bárbara de February 2020 December 2023 Approved 41% Iscuandé La Tola March 2020 December 2023 23% Approved CDJ Chocó March 2020 December 2023 - Pending Istmina February 2020 December 2023 58% Approved Tadó May 2020 December 2023 35% Approved Condoto February 2020 December 2023 30% Approved Medio San Juan February 2020 December 2023 29% Approved Bajo Baudó May 2018 December 2023 11% Approved Bojayá June 2020 December 2023 0% Approved Riosucio June 2020 December 2023 0% Approved Unguía May 2020 December 2023 21% Approved
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MJD Four-Year Developed Plans % Action Plans Collation 202131 Plan Start Date Plan End Date EL Carmen de Atrato March 2020 December 2023 30% Approved Nóvita February 2020 December 2023 17% Approved
CDJ Córdoba Action Plan pending development - Pending Tierralta September 2020 December 2023 25% Approved Puerto Libertador September 2020 December 2023 25% Approved Montelíbano September 2020 December 2023 28% Approved San José de Uré September 2020 December 2023 25% Approved CDJ Antioquia CDJ formalization and action plan pending - Pending Apartadó December 2020 December 2023 Pending Pending Turbo December 2020 December 2023 Pending Pending Carepa November 2020 December 2023 Pending Pending Chigorodó November 2020 December 2023 Pending Pending Mutatá September 2020 December 2023 5% Pending Vigía del Fuerte August 2020 December 2023 10% Approved Tarazá January 2021 December 2023 12% Approved Caucasia January 2021 December 2023 18% Approved El Bagre January 2021 December 2023 15% Approved Zaragoza February 2021 December 2023 7% Approved Nechí January 2021 December 2023 12% Approved Cáceres January 2021 December 2023 10% Approved Ituango January 2021 December 2023 8% Approved Valdivia January 2021 December 2023 10% Approved Briceño January 2021 December 2023 12% Approved
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Annex C. Articles published in Justicia Rural
Title Date Link
Una voz de ayuda en medio del temor January 21, 2021 https://cutt.ly/uzojup9 y la desconfianza Una herramienta interactiva para January 15 2021 https://cutt.ly/nzoj1cv entender el conflicto armado
Víctimas de Tierralta cuentan con January 21, 2021 https://cutt.ly/vzpvxma pinceles sus historias La alianza para auxiliar a las January 25, 2021 https://cutt.ly/5zpc1tx comunidades étnicas El legado perdido de los líderes February 11, 2021 https://cutt.ly/obp2o3q asesinados Una lucha por los derechos de la February 12, 2021 https://cutt.ly/qzpby2t población LGBTI en el pacífico nariñense Las manos indígenas que tejen para February 16, 2021 https://cutt.ly/7bpnrei rescatar sus saberes ancestrales La web app que pone a prueba sus February 21, 2021 https://cutt.ly/ibpm26m destrezas para resolver conflictos Violencia contra población LGBTI: al February 25, 2021 https://cutt.ly/dbpmx8w menos 75 muertes en 2020 ¿Qué puedo hacer si soy víctima de February 27, 2021 https://cutt.ly/qzpnqag violencia intrafamiliar? Por la vida y la valentía: una campaña March 1, 2021 https://cutt.ly/bbp1wcu que exalta la labor de las defensoras de derechos humanos ABC: ¿qué puedo hacer si soy víctima March 8, 2021 https://cutt.ly/2bp9toj de violencia intrafamiliar? Putumayo estrena juzgado para la March 9, 2021 https://cutt.ly/nbp88ap restitución de tierras ¿Por qué es importante la conciliación March 24, 2021 https://cutt.ly/fbp8sog para construir paz en las regiones del país?
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Annex D. Publications in local media
Name Date and publisher Link
La plataforma web que a través del juego enseña February 24, 2021 a resolver conflictos cotidianos El Espectador
http://bit.ly/3rSMK1P
MinJusticia invita a los gobiernos departamentales a impulsar los Métodos de Resolución de March 3, 2021
Conflictos Diario del norte https://bit.ly/3toMl7A
MinMusticia pide a gobernadores a impulsar March 3, 2021
Métodos de Resolución de Conflictos El Quindiano https://bit.ly/3lgcYJc March 2, 2021
MinJusticia lanzó estrategia Caja de Herramientas El Nuevo Siglo https://bit.ly/3tiAQ1G February 28, 2021 Alcaldía El Charco Facebook
Campaña de no estigmatización lgbti webpage http://bit.ly/3llrcbI February 28, 2021 Alcaldía El Charco Facebook
Campaña de no estigmatización lgbti webpage http://bit.ly/3lnrNtJ February 5, 2021 Alcaldía El Charco Facebook
Campaña de no estigmatización lgbti webpage http://bit.ly/3rY8J7G February 8, 2021 Alcaldía El Charco Facebook
Campaña de no estigmatización lgbti webpage http://bit.ly/3eMiItc February 8, 2021 Alcaldía El Charco Facebook
Campaña de no estigmatización lgbti webpage http://bit.ly/3lmmeeK February 8, 2021 Alcaldía Barbacoas Facebook
Campaña de no estigmatización lgbti webpage http://bit.ly/2QaiRMG La lucha contra la estigmatización en el pacifico February 10, 2021 nariñense Colombia Diversa Twitter https://bit.ly/3vtmXzv February 21, 2021 Alcaldía Tumaco Facebook
JJM Barrio Nuevo Milenio Tumaco webpage http://bit.ly/2QeAGu9
Mural Todos en Sintonía Tumaco February 24, 2021 http://bit.ly/2P3GTIM
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Alcaldía Tumaco Facebook webpage February 16, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
Promoción de Todos en Sintonía webpage http://bit.ly/3rSqlC0 February 17, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
Promoción de Todos en Sintonía webpage http://bit.ly/3bT92v6 February 17, 2021 Promoción de los Métodos de Resolución de Cordeagropaz Facebook
Conflictos webpage http://bit.ly/3cJjPqW February 22, 2021 Promoción de los Métodos de Resolución de Cordeagropaz Facebook
Conflictos webpage http://bit.ly/3lnq0EN February 22, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
Cine foro Mediación Escolar en Tumaco webpage http://bit.ly/3bTBVXQ February 23, 2021 Página de Cordeagropaz
Mural Todos en Sintonía Tumaco Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/30Ojbmf February 24, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
MRC mediación escolar webpage https://bit.ly/3rTTFbe February 24, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
MRC mediación escolar webpage https://bit.ly/3rTTFbe February 23, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
MRC mediación escolar webpage http://bit.ly/3bSac9V February 24, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook Fortalecen CLJ webpage. Edición Impresa February 26, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
Promoción de los Sistemas Locales de Justicia. webpage http://bit.ly/3todxna March 4, 2021 Cordeagropaz Facebook
Todos en Sintonía Tumaco webpage http://bit.ly/2OvzzFX March 2, 2021 Evento Caja de Herramientas con Federación Cordeagropaz Facebook
Nacional de Departamentos webpage http://bit.ly/3vwxE4n March 6, 2021
Jornada de Justicia Móvil en Tumaco Tumaco’s mayor office website http://bit.ly/30QP8dy March 7, 2021
Jornada de Justicia Móvil en Tumaco Tumaco’s mayor office website http://bit.ly/30OjL3p March 8, 2021 Cine foro JEI pueblo indígena Eperara Municipio El Alcaldía El Charco Facebook
Charco webpage. http://bit.ly/3rSgHPC February 23, 2021 Pagina de Facebook Alcaldesa
Mural Todos en Sintonía Tumaco de Tumaco https://bit.ly/2Ov98Ab
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Los coloridos murales con los que el Cauca honra January 20, 2021 a sus líderes y clama por protección Blu Pacífico twitter https://bit.ly/2Osamvn February 23, 2021 Facebook Gobernador del
Comité Departamental de Justicia del Cauca Cauca. https://bit.ly/3jKrfgl January 26, 2021
Fortalecen acceso a la justicia en el Cauca Proclama Cauca. https://bit.ly/3jFqsxq
En Buenos Aires y Jambaló se implementará la January 27, 2021 Caja de Herramientas El nuevo Liberal edición impresa January 28, 2021 Socialización capacitación en MRC municipio de Alcaldía de Jambalo Facebook
Jambaló webpage https://bit.ly/3bvXn51 Arrancó oficialmente el Comité Departamental de January 28, 2021 Justicia El Nuevo Liberal edición impresa
Caja de Herramientas en mecanismos de January 29, 2021 resolución de conflictos Proclama Cauca. https://bit.ly/3d69mHG
El Cauca cuenta con una caja de herramientas February 9, 2021 para solución de conflictos Piendanotas https://bit.ly/3a4iDy6
Cauca cuenta con una Caja de Herramientas para February 8, 2021 resolución de conflictos Yotuube Proclama Cauca https://bit.ly/2OukXGN February 8, 2021 Cauca cuenta con una Caja de Herramientas para Universidad del Cauca resolución de conflictos webpage https://bit.ly/3cZUnPn
En Cauca se crea una Caja de Herramientas para February 9, 2021 resolución de conflictos Radio 1040 https://bit.ly/3qaJ2zZ
Cauca cuenta con una Caja de Herramientas para February 8, 2021 resolución de conflictos Periódico La última. https://bit.ly/2Z6K4kG
Minjusticia implementa la Caja de Herramientas en Métodos de Resolución de Conflictos en cinco February 8, 2021 municipios del Cauca Ministerio de Justicia webpage https://bit.ly/3cZVEpD February 8, 2021 Gobernación del Cauca
Presentación Caja de Herramientas Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/2NqbAqM
Presentan la Caja de Herramientas para February 9, 2021 resolución de conflictos El Nuevo Siglo https://bit.ly/3acmo4r
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February 9, 2021
Caja de Herramientas Resolución de Conflictos Unicauca al día https://bit.ly/3bysnBA Caja de Herramientas para resolución de conflictos: Pacto por la vida, los derechos February 9, 2021 humanos, el territorio y la paz El Nuevo Liberal https://bit.ly/3paki9J February 17, 2021
Lanzamiento web app Todos en Sintonía Periódico Virtual https://bit.ly/30sOTW2 February 18, 2021 Crean aplicación web para mejorar la convivencia El Nuevo Liberal edición impresa February 21, 2021
Conciliación en equidad en Miranda Facebook webpage of the AAR https://bit.ly/3esf3jQ February 25, 2021 Jornada de Justicia Móvil en la vereda Loma Alcaldía de Jambaló Facebook
Redonda de Jambaló webpage https://bit.ly/30uSqD6
Encuentro formación conciliación en equidad en el March 6, 2021 municipio de Caldono Facebook webpage of the AAR https://bit.ly/3chhFhN
Encuentro de futuros mediadores comunitarios del March 6, 2021 municipio de Jambaló Facebook webpage of the AAR https://bit.ly/3l1t09H
Encuentro de futuros mediadores comunitarios del March 6, 2021 municipio de Buenos Aires Facebook webpage of the AAR https://bit.ly/2PNXL6C March 6, 2021 Capacitación en mediación comunitaria en Alcaldía de Jambaló Facebook
Jambaló a cargo del AAR webpage https://bit.ly/3l1Epq6
Encuentro formación conciliación en equidad en el March 8, 2021 municipio de Caldono Facebook webpage of the AAR https://bit.ly/3sZaYHO January 12, 2021 Murales con mensajes de Paz y acceso a la Corporación Culturama
Justicia Colombia Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/3cmC84P February 11, 2021 Reinicio de Proceso de Formacion y Fortalecimiento Corporación Culturama en Métodos de Resolución de Conflictos Colombia Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/38uLUAU February 16, 2021 Lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía Conexión Putumayo Facebook con la justicia. webpage https://bit.ly/3atOlF9 February 16, 2021 Lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía Putumayo Positivo Facebook con la justicia. webpage https://bit.ly/3u7eEJ8
Lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía February 16, 2021 con la justicia. Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/3aLA5aT
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February 16, 2021 Red de Reporteros Lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía Comunitarios Colombia con la justicia. Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/3uiCrWG February 16, 2021 Lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía Fundación Makikuna Facebook con la justicia. webpage https://bit.ly/3jYniot February 16, 2021 Lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía Conexión Putumayo Facebook con la justicia. webpage https://bit.ly/3atOlF9 February 18, 2021 Presentación de la estrategia "Todos en Sintonía Alcaldía Valle del Guamuez con la Justicia" en Valle del Guamuez Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/3qBbqKT Foro "Encuentro para el diálogo y entendimiento entre justicia ordinaria,administrativa y la justicia étnica de los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades February 24, 2021 negras y afrocolombianas del Municipio Valle del Alcaldía de Valle del Guamuez
Guamuez" Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/30weDAX February 24, 2021 Corporación Culturama
Video de Jusiticia Afro Colombia Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/3leyLRG February 16, 2021
Lanzamiento App Todos en Sintonía RTC Industria Cultural https://bit.ly/2Zom50u February 16, 2021
Lanzamiento App Todos en Sintonía Sinergia de Comunicaciones https://bit.ly/3dju0Ev February 17, 2021
Lanzamiento App Todos en Sintonía Panorama del San Jorge https://bit.ly/2ONVAPW February 17, 2021
Lanzamiento App Todos en Sintonía NP Noticias https://bit.ly/3jZLlDE March 11, 2021 Alcaldía La Apartada Córdoba
La Violencia no da Espera Facebook webpage https://bit.ly/3rEFuXo March 11, 2021
La Violencia no da Espera Sinergia Comunicaciones https://bit.ly/3l80QK7 March 11, 2021
La Violencia no da Espera RTC Industria Cultural https://bit.ly/2PU9kt0 March 11, 2021 La Apartada’s mayor office
La Violencia no da Espera website https://bit.ly/3qDSqeO March 11, 2021 Montelíbano’s Mayor office
La Violencia no da Espera website https://bit.ly/2OJWHA2 March 11, 2021
La Violencia no da Espera NP Noticias online https://bit.ly/3vefYud March 11, 2021 Mayor office website La
App Ellas Apartada Córdoba https://bit.ly/3lbnvW1
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February 15, 2021 Foro Interétnico Solidaridad
¿Sabes qué es la Justicia Propia Afrocolombiana) Chocó Facebook webpage http://bit.ly/38z2hfz ¿De qué manera resuelves tus conflictos February 16, 2021 cotidianos? Cordupaz Twitter account. https://bit.ly/3bGN4em ¿De qué manera resuelves tus conflictos February 16, 2021 cotidianos? Cordupaz Twitter account http://bit.ly/3bEj0QL February 17, 2021 ¿De qué manera resuelves tus conflictos Riosucio Stereo Facebook cotidianos? webpage http://bit.ly/3qMaP97
Te invitamos al lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía con la justicia, una plataforma web February 17, 2021 que te ayudará a resolver conflictos cotidianos Página de Facebook Canalete jugando. Stereo http://bit.ly/3vh6O01
Este jueves 18 de febrero será el lanzamiento de la Web App Todos en Sintonía con la justicia, una February 17, 2021 herramienta que te ayudará a resolver los Canalete Stereo Facebook conflictos cotidianos jugando. webpage http://bit.ly/38z02sF February 17, 2021
¡Te invitamos a estar en sintonía con la justicia! Cordupaz Twitter account https://bit.ly/38zPauK February 17, 2021
¡Te invitamos a estar en sintonía con la justicia! Cordupaz Facebook webpage http://bit.ly/3bEj0QL
#EnVivo Sigue el lanzamiento de la Web App February 18, 2021
"Todos en Sintonía con la Justicia". Cordupaz Twitter account https://bit.ly/3qMc9sB HOY lanzamiento de la Web app February 18, 2021
#TodosEnSintonía Cordupaz Twitter account https://bit.ly/3cuA5LY La administración municipal de Tadó informa que gracias a nuestro alcalde el doctor Cristian Copete durante el periodo comprendido del 2 al 5 de March 6, 2021 marzo se realizó la jornada de justicia móvil con la Alcaldía de Tadó Facebook finalidad de prestar los siguientes servicios webpage http://bit.ly/3bFFh0l Primera Jornada de Justicia Móvil y Social March 7, 2021 Biosegura en el corregimiento de urundó (Alto Alcaldía de Nóvita Facebook
Tamaná). webpage http://bit.ly/38z2hfz
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Annex E. Events Strengthening GBV and Gender Issues
Department Municipalities Activity Implemented Support a virtual dialogue on GBV response referral pathways and protection measures ANTIOQUIA Carepa addressed to 60 persons in the six JSP municipalities, including LJS public officials and representatives of the Juntas Somos Más women’s network. Support for a dialogue about the participation and access to justice regarding GBV under the Law 1257 of 2008 framework. The event had the participation of 30 women from local CSOs, Puerto Libertador the USAID’s Human Rights Activity, the governor’s secretary, and the municipal family commission office. Support for a workshop on “training and awareness raising on specific impacts on women during the COVID-19 pandemic.” This event included the participation of local women’s Montelíbano CSOs such as the Diócesis de Montelíbano, the family commission office, the victims’ liaison, CÓRDOBA and the municipal’s governor’s secretary. JSP accompanied an in-person dialogue on the relationship between economic violence and Tierralta intra-familial violence that included the participation of the family commission office, FINTRAC, Nuestra Tierra Próspera, IOM and local women’s CSOs. Support for an online dialogue with LJC members, regional CSOs, CRJ members, and Departmental level governor’s secretaries to discuss femicides that took place in southern Córdoba and to respond to victims and raise awareness on the conditions of women’s lives in the region. Support a workshop organized by the Consultivo de mujeres de Corinto for 50 girls, youth, and adolescents on self-care, defense of women’s rights and GBV response referral pathways. Corinto This event included the participation of the mayor’s office and the municipal family commission office. A march and in-person dialogue were supported for the revindication of women’s rights and dissemination of the GBV referral pathways at emblematic points of the municipality with the Caloto participation of 50 persons from civil society and representatives from the mayor’s and governor’s offices. Support a dialogue addressed to 50 women and promoted by the departmental women’s CAUCA Toribío secretariat on the rights of women with an emphasis on political participation and GBV response referral pathways. Support for the youth forum on “Women’s experiences regarding COVID-19 from the access to justice perspective.” This event included the participation of 50 women youth of the Caldono municipality, UN Women, the women’s secretariat, and the departmental education and cultural secretariat. Support for a workshop on economic autonomy, political empowerment and leadership of Miranda women in the municipality including the participation of 50 local women and the municipal mayor’s office. Support the departmental virtual meeting for the women’s liaison of Cauca to coordinate the Popayán activities included in the Women’s Public Policy with the municipal liaisons, with the participation of UN Women and the Women’s secretariat. Support a dialogue to raise awareness on the Law 1257. It included the participation of 20 Olaya Herrera persons such as victim CSOs, the municipal women’s roundtable and public officials for the family commission office, the Police Inspection and the local health directorate. Support for a dialogue to raise awareness of Law 1257. It included the participation of 20 La Tola persons such as victim CSOs, the municipal women’s roundtable and public officials for the family commission office, Police Inspection and the local health directorate. Support for a dialogue to raise awareness of Law 1257. It included the participation of 20 Santa Bárbara persons such as victim CSOs, the municipal women’s roundtable and public officials for the NARIÑO family commission office, the Police Inspection and the local health directorate. Support to carry out the march for women’s rights and respect for life which included the participation of the local health directorate, the governor’s secretary, the ICBF, the women’s Barbacoas municipal roundtable, the victims’ roundtable, the CSO Piernas Cruzadas and representative groups of the municipal Community Action Board. Support to disseminate a radio clip via online networks and WhatsApp on the history of Magüí Payán International Women’s Day, awareness raising of GBV, and response referral pathways. Support the virtual gender forum organized by Tumaco’s mayor’s office to orient Tumaco Tumaco women on the fight for the defense of women’s rights. Support to carry out radio program throughout March on the experiences of women human Departmental level rights defenders organized by the Red de Mujeres Juntas Somos Más. CHOCÓ Support a dialogue on international cooperation and the fights for the defense of women’s rights organized by ACDI/VOCA and the Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó. This included Quibdó the in-person participation of 50 persons including local women’s CSOs and members of the university community.
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Istmina Support to the local CSO Corporación de Mujeres Líderes Chocóanas Empoderadas de Istmina to carry out and disseminate a training video on women’s rights and the fight to defend those rights. Support the painting of a mural made in commemoration of International Women’s Day Puerto Asís, Puerto raising awareness on the fight for women’s rights organized by the women’s CSO Alianza Leguízamo Tejedoras de Vida with the participation of the municipal mayor’s offices. PUTUMAYO Support a dialogue about the efforts for the defense of women’s rights based on the gender Mocoa equity policy with the participation of local women CSOs, Putumayo’s governor’s office, and municipal office.
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Annex F. Grants Executed During Second Quarter FY 2021
Grant Grantee Activity Value COP$ Number This activity aims to strengthen the processes of the Local Justice Systems (SLJ by its Spanish Acronym) by means of the implementation, appropriation and strengthening of the Culture of the Legality, the Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (MRC by its JSP-20-G-089 Culturama Spanish Acronym), and the generation of public politics in the COP 156.000.000 local and regional administration of justice in the municipalities of Orito, Puerto Asís, Puerto Caicedo, Puerto Guzmán, Puerto Leguízamo, San Miguel and Valle del Guamuez, in the department of Putumayo. This activity aims to strengthen the processes of the Local Justice Systems (SLJ by its Spanish Acronym) by means of the implementation, appropriation and strengthening of the Culture of the Legality, the Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (MRC by its JSP-20-G-090 Cordeagropaz Spanish Acronym), and the generation of public politics in the COP 165.000.000 local and regional administration of justice in the municipalities of Tumaco, Francisco Pizarro, Olaya Herrera, La Tola, El Charco, Santa Bárbara, Barbacoas, Roberto Payán, Magüí Payán and Ricaurte This activity aims to strengthen the processes of the Local Justice Systems (SLJ by its Spanish Acronym) by means of the implementation, appropriation and strengthening of the Culture of the Legality, the Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (MRC by its JSP-20-G-091 CC Cauca COP 171.036.500 Spanish Acronym), and the generation of public politics in the local and regional administration of justice in the municipalities of Buenos Aires, Caldono, Caloto, Corinto, Jambaló, Miranda, Toribío y Santander de Quilichao del department of Cauca. This activity aims to “Provide technical assistance and training to the Local Justice Operators and members of Civil Society Organizations, which are part of the Local Justice Systems, to JSP-20-G-092 Cordupaz strengthen self-composition conflict mechanisms, promotion of COP 450.000.000 citizen culture and the generation of public policy in the administration of local and regional justice in the prioritized municipalities in the Urabá Antioqueño, Chocó and Córdoba” This activity aims to document three cases of human rights Benposta Nación de violations or threats against social leaders or human rights JSP-20-G-096 Muchachos defenders in the municipalities Tierralta and Puerto Libertador COP 40.000.000 Colombia. in the department of Córdoba, with a differential, territorial, gender and ethnic focus. This activity aims to generate the sustainability of the psychosocial support strategy from a human rights perspective with LGTBIQ + victims of gender-based violence and / or violence due to prejudice in Chocó, Córdoba and Putumayo, JSP-21-G-111 Circulo de Estudios COP 69.998.820 through the support group methodology (tecnologia de los circulos de estudios), to strengthen their psychosocial well- being, access to justice and the reconstruction and qualification of the social fabric among groups. This activity aims to strengthen territorial capacities for judicial support and legal representation of cases of gender-based JSP-21-G-112 Caribe Afirmativo violence against LGBT people to give sustainability to the COP 70.000.000 strategies of access to justice for victims of VBG in Córdoba, Antioquia, and Putumayo. This activity aims to promote access to justice for victims of serious human rights violations through legal representation and JSP-21-G-113 CCJ-Víctimas COP 50.000.000 the qualification of territorial CSOs in litigation. This activity aims to promote access to justice for women victims of gender- based violence in the departments of Chocó, JSP-21-G-114 Sisma Cauca, and Nariño, through legal representation and COP 74.999.998 psychosocial support for women victims, as well as the promotion of strategies to prevent violence against women. This activity aims to 1) continue the implementation of the JSP-21-G-115 Humanas strategy of legal representation and psychosocial support of COP 75.000.000 GBV cases, which allows women victims of GBV to access
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justice mechanisms in the departments of Antioquia Putumayo and Córdoba. 2) promote the strengthening of inter- institutional coordination meetings in 2 municipalities prioritized by each department, to address the barriers that prevent access to justice for women victims of GBV, through support to specific cases. Sub-Total COP $1.322.035.318 Sub-Total USD $ 387.110
Subcontracts Executed During First Quarter FY 2021
Subcontract Subcontractor Activity Value COP $ Number The purpose of this subcontract is to develop a net platform UT Fortalecimiento (web) that engages mediators, conciliators, and other JSP-21-FPSC-038 COP 200.000.000 MRC stakeholders, facilitating interaction to manage and promote MRC at the 6 JSP intervention departments. This subcontract aims to promote legal representation of black and Afro-Colombian communities with the support of the Criminal Law Clinic or Prisons Group of the University of the Universidad de los JSP-21-RFP-055 Andes, to access justice for 4 cases, related to protection of COP 149.828.933 Andes ethnic rights and the recognition of Afro jurisdiction, within the framework of the strategy for strengthening Afro justice in one, or all six of the regions targeted by the JSP Program. Sub-Total COP 349.828.933 Sub-Total USD $102.519
Subcontract and Grant Pipeline First Quarter FY 2021
Reference Name of Activity Value Status Develop the exit citizenship survey • En convocatoria adapted from the "Todos en sintonia con la • Se espera adjudicar la última semana JSP-21-FPSC-040 Justicia" strategy in 10 prioritized COP$35.000.000 de marzo, para iniciar implementación intervention municipalities. en abril
Sub-Total COP $35.000.000 Sub-Total USD $ 10.000
Grants and Subcontract Closed Second Quarter FY 2021
Numero Entidad Activity Status Grants “Strengthen the Justice System of the Wounaan people in the Department of Chocó, municipalities Bajo Baudó, Istmina, Medio San Juan and Riosucio, to JSP-19-G-013 WOUNDEKO strengthen the coordination and articulation processes, between the special Cerrado indigenous jurisdiction and the authorities of the formal justice system, within the framework of the strategy of local justice systems.” "Strengthen the exercise of the justice of the Awá and Eperara-Siapidaara People in JPS-19-G-014 UNIPA Cerrado the Department of Nariño". “Improvement of media coverage of justice issues, with responsibility, independence JPS-19-G-015 Colprensa and knowledge, with specific actions in the departments of Chocó, Nariño, Cerrado Putumayo, Córdoba, Antioquia and Cauca”. “Strengthen the justice systems of the Indigenous Peoples (Emberá and Tules) Cabildo Indigena present in the municipalities focused on the Urabá Antioqueño (Turbo, Chigorodó, JPS-19-G-016 Cerrado Chigorodo Vigía del Fuerte, Mutatá and Apartadó) and strengthen the processes of coordination and articulation between the Special Indigenous Jurisdiction and the
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actors of the Ordinary National Judicial System within the framework of the strategy of Local Systems of Justice.” Asociacion de Cabildos indigenas JPS-19-G-017 “Strengthening the justice systems of indigenous peoples in Putumayo.” Cerrado de Putumayo- CAIOP Diocesis de “Promoting justice mechanisms and enforcing youth rights for building peace in their JPS-19-G-018 Cerrado Montelibano territories”. Resguardo Zenú del “Strengthen the justice systems of the Indigenous Zenú people of Alto San Jorge, in JPS-19-G-019 Cerrado Alto San Jorge the south of Córdoba”. COADFORPAZ- “Strengthening Community Councils in Chocó on matters related to Afro- JPS-19-G-020 Cerrado FISCH Colombian Justice". “Strengthening the coordination capacity between the Special Indigenous JPS-19-G-021 ACIN Cerrado Jurisdiction and the Ordinary National Judicial System in the North of Cauca.” “Strengthening the capacity of the Association Red de Mujeres del Norte del Cauca (REDMUNORCA) to provide judicial representation and psychosocial support to Red de Mujeres del JSP-19-G-022 victims of gender-based violence and guarantee access to justice for women in the Cerrado Norte del Cauca municipalities of Caldono, Caloto, Toribio, Santander de Quilichao, Buenos Aires, Corinto, Miranda, and Jambaló in the North of Cauca.” “Strengthening of the Fundación Social Abrigando Sueños of the Department Fundación Social JSP-19-G-023 Córdoba, for legal representation and psychosocial support of victims of violence Cerrado Abrigando Sueños based on gender to ensure access to justice for women". Pastoral Social “Strengthening the Pastoral Social Diócesis de Mocoa Sibundoy, for judicial JSP-19-G-024 Diócesis Mocoa representation and psychosocial support of victims, on issues of gender-based Cerrado Sibundoy violence, to guarantee access to justice for women ". Asociación de “Strengthening of the Asociación Municipal de Mujeres (ASOM) of Cauca, for Mujeres psychosocial attention and judicial representation of victims in gender-based JSP-19-G-025 Afrodescendientes violence to ensure access to justice and the full exercise of women’s rights, in the Cerrado del norte del municipalities of: Caldono, Toribio, Jambalo, Caloto, Santander de Quilichao, Cauca- ASOM Buenos Aires, Corinto, and Miranda in the North of Cauca. Asociación Alianza Departamental De “Strengthening of the Asociación Alianza Departamental de Mujeres Tejedoras de JSP-19-G-026 Organizaciones De Vida del Putumayo, for legal representation and psychosocial support of victims of Cerrado Mujeres Tejedoras violence based on gender to ensure access to justice for women". De Vida “Strengthening of civil society organizations (CSO) of Putumayo that serve the JSP-19-G-027 Así somos Cerrado LGBT population to guarantee access to justice for this population.” Asociación de “Strengthening the Asociación Mujeres del Plantón Reconstruyendo Vida in mujeres el Plantón JSP-19-G-028 Antioquia, for judicial representation and psychosocial support of victims, on issues Cerrado Reconstruyendo of gender-based violence, to guarantee access to justice for women”. Vidas “Strengthening of the Diócesis de Montelíbano of the Department Córdoba, for Diócesis de JSP-19-G-029 legal representation and psychosocial support of victims of violence based on Cerrado Montelíbano gender to ensure access to justice for women". Asociación De “Strengthening of the ASOLIPNAR organization of Nariño, for the judicial Liderezas Del JSP-19-G-030 representation of victims in gender-based violence to ensure access to justice for Cerrado Pacifico Nariñense - women.” Asolipnar - “Strengthening of civil society organizations (CSO) of Putumayo that serve the JSP-19-G-031 Orito Diverso Cerrado LGBT population to guarantee access to justice for this population.” “Strengthening the Corporación Colectiva Justicia Mujer in Antioquia, for judicial Colectiva Justicia JSP-19-G-032 representation and psychosocial support of victims, on issues of gender-based Cerrado Mujer violence, to guarantee access to justice for women”. “Strengthening of the Fundación Johana Maturana of the department of Chocó, in Fundación Johana JSP-19-G-033 order to increase access to more effective, inclusive and responsive services to the Cerrado Maturana LGBT population to ensure access to justice to this population”. “Strengthening and empowerment of the Corporación Todos Somos Iguales of the department of Antioquia, that attends population LGBT, in order to increase access Todos somos JSP-19-G-034 to more effective, inclusive and responsive services to the LGBT population to Cerrado iguales ensure access to justice to this population in municipalities of Chigorodó, Mutatá and Vigía del Fuerte”. Fundación Latidos “Strengthening of civil society organizations (CSO) of Chocó that serve the LGBT JSP-19-G-035 Cerrado Chocó population to guarantee access to justice for this population.” JSP-19- G- “Strengthening of civil society organizations (CSO) of Cauca that serve the LGBT Pazarte el Derecho Cerrado 036 population to guarantee access to justice for this population.” “Strengthening and empowerment of the Corporación red para la protección de JSP-19-G-037 Tejiendo vida Cerrado personas con VIH: Tejiendo Vida, that attends population with sexual orientations
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and diverse gender identities, in order to increase access to more effective, inclusive and responsive services to the LGBT population to ensure access to justice to this population in municipalities of Apartadó, Carepa y Turbo in Antioquia Department”. “Strengthening of the Corporación Córdoba Diversa LGBTI of the department of Córdoba, that attends population LGBT, in order to increase access to more JSP-19-G-038 Córdoba Diversa Cerrado effective, inclusive and responsive services to the LGBT population to ensure access to justice to this population”. “Strengthening of the Corporación Montelibano Afirmativa of the department of Corporación LGBTI Córdoba, that attends population LGBT, in order to increase access to more JSP-19-G-039 Montelíbano Cerrado effective, inclusive and responsive services to the LGBT population to ensure access Afirmativa to justice to this population”. “Strengthening Community Councils in the municipalities of Puerto Guzmán, JSP-19-G-041 Fedecap Puerto Caicedo, Puerto Asís, Puerto Leguizamo, Valle del Guamuez, San Miguel and Cerrado Orito in Putumayo on matters related to Afro-Colombian Justice". Grupo de apoyo a mujeres víctimas del “Strengthening of GAMVICA organization of Nariño, for the judicial representation JSP-19-G-042 Cerrado conflicto armado – of victims in gender-based violence to ensure access to justice for women.” Gamvica. “Strengthening social and organizational processes of Afro-Colombian women from JSP-19-G-043 Coca Cerrado eight community councils and one local civil society organization in Putumayo.” Red Departamental “Social and organizational strengthening to 60 afro Colombian women members to JSP-19-G-044 de mujeres the social organizations in the department of Chocó to generate more citizen Cerrado Chocóanas. awareness and support for justice and law ". “Strengthening the women movement Piernas cruzadas in the department of JSP-19-G-045 Piernas Cruzadas Cerrado Nariño”. Red Departamental “Strengthening the Red Departamental de Mujeres Chocóanas for judicial JSP-19-G-046 de mujeres representation of victims, on issues of gender-based violence, to guarantee access Cerrado Chocóanas. to justice for women". “Strengthening the Corporación Integral para el Desarrollo Comunitario- Caminar del Departamento del Chocó, for judicial representation and psychosocial support JSP-19-G-047 Caminar del Chocó Cerrado of victims, on issues of gender-based violence, to guarantee access to justice for women ". Fundación “Strengthening of the Fundación Afrocolombiana Arco Iris of Nariño department JSP-19-G-048 Afrocolombiana to provide attention to the LGBT population in order to ensure access to justice Cerrado Arcoiris LGBTI to this population”. Asociación de “Strengthening of the Asociación de Campesinos del Sur de Córdoba- ASCSUCOR campesinos del sur JSP-19-G-049 in the support and judicial representation of victims in cases of land restitution in Cerrado de Córdoba – articulation with the CCJ.” ASCSUCOR Asociación Tierra “Strengthening the Asociacion Tierra Para Todos Inclusión Social of the department JSP-19-G-050 para Todos of Antioquia for the judicial representation of victims in judicial cases of land Cerrado Inclusión Social restitution, covered by law 1448 of 2011.” Asociación “Strengthening of the Asociación Campesina de Inza Tierradentro-ACIT in the JSP-19-G-051 Campesina de Inza support and judicial representation of victims in cases of land restitution in Cerrado Tierradentro articulation with the CCJ”. Corporación JSP-19-G-053 Centro de Pastoral “Strengthen the community council of Urabá- Antioquia in ‘justicia propia’” Cerrado Afrocolombiana “Strengthen the indigenous Awá women and Eperara Siapidaara, both politically as JSP-19-G-055 UNIPA well as within their communities and their specific organizations to which they Cerrado belong, CAMAWARI, UNIPA and ACIESNA, of the department of Nariño”. Fundación Strengthening the judicial response to the victims of the armed conflict in the land JSP-19-G-056 Socicultural restitution through mentoring to the Organización Zonal Indígena del Putumayo Cerrado Manglaria (OZIP) Asociación de Mujeres del Plantón JSP-19-G-057 Strengthening women's organizations Cerrado Reconstruyendo Vida Urabá This activity aims to strengthen the Secretariado Diocesano de Pastoral Social De Diócesis De Tumaco in the department of Nariño for the judicial representation JSP-19-G-059 Pastoral Tumaco Cerrado and Psychosocial support of victims of serious violations of human rights committed in the context of the armed conflict. Strengthening of the "CORSOC" of the department of Córdoba in the legal support JSP-19-G-060 CORSOC Cerrado of victims of lands restitution
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Strengthening of the Fundación Quilichao Diversa- FUNQUIDIVERSA in the JSP-19-G-061 Funquidiversa department of Cauca to provide attention to the LGBT population in order to Cerrado ensure access to justice to this population. Strengthening of the f Corporación Administrativa de Formación para la Paz, del Foro Interétnico Solidaridad Chocó (COADFORPAZ), for the judicial JSP-19-G-065 Coadforpaz-Fisch representation and psychosocial support of victims of serious violations of human Cerrado rights committed in the context of the armed conflict in eight municipalities in the Chocó Department. This activity aims to Strengthen of the youth program of the Cabildo Mayor Awá JSP-19-G-066 Camawari de Ricaurte (Camawari) in the Municipality of Ricaurte, in the department of Cerrado Nariño. “Apoyo a iniciativas locales de comunicación para promover el acceso a la justicia, JSP-19-G-067 Sinergia mediante la difusión de experiencias de éxito, rutas de atención y la realización de Cerrado campañas pedagógicas.” Strengthening the capacities of indigenous and rural women linked to social and Corporación Mujer, organizational processes in municipalities of Caldono, Caloto, Corinto, Miranda, JSP-19-G-068 Niñez y Juventud Cerrado Jambaló, Buenos Aires, Santander de Quilichao y Toribío in the Department of Norte caucana Cauca. Asociación Strengthening the capacities of afro Colombian women linked to social and JSP-19-G-069 Afromirandeña organizational processes in municipalities Caloto, Corinto, Miranda, Buenos Aires, Cerrado “ASOAFROMI” Santander de Quilichao in the Department of Cauca. Organización Zonal Strengthening the judicial response to the victims of the armed conflict in the land JSP-19-G-070 Indígena del restitution through mentoring to the Organización Zonal Indígena del Putumayo Cerrado Putumayo – OZIP (OZIP). Fundación Colombiana Strengthening the capacities of women linked to social and organizational processes JSP-19-G-071 Gestión Ambiental Cerrado in Puerto Libertador in the Department of Córdoba. y Social Puerto Libertador Asociación de Mujeres Víctimas del Conflicto Strengthening the capacities of women linked to social and organizational processes JSP-20-G-072 Cerrado Armado Calzado y in Montelíbano in the Department of Córdoba. Artesanías Nazaret Montelíbano Support to local communication initiatives to promote access to justice, by JSP-20-G-073 ACOP spreading successful experiences, focus routes and achievement of pedagogic Cerrado campaigns in the 10 municipalities prioritized by JSP in Nariño. Asociación de Strengthening the judicial response to the victims of the armed conflict in the land autoridades restitution through mentoring to the Asociación de Autoridades Tradicionales tradicionales Mesa JSP-20-G-081 Mesa Permanente de Trabajo por el Pueblo Cofán y Cabildos Indígenas Cerrado Permanente de Pertenecientes a los Pueblos Awa, Nasa, Kichwa, Emberá Chami del Municipio del trabajo por el Valle del Guamuez y San Miguel in the department of Putumayo". pueblo COFAN Strengthening the Comisión Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas-CNMI in the territories JSP-20-G-082 CNMI Cerrado of the departments of Córdoba, Antioquia, Chocó, Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo". JSP-20-G-084 Chocó Joven Strengthening youth organizations in the Chocó department. Cerrado Training in self-righteousness and intercultural justice aimed at indigenous men and women of Pueblos Emberá, Guna Dule y Zenú of Urabá Antioqueño and JSP-20-G-085 OIA Cerrado strengthening the Consejerías de Mujer, Familia y Generación of: “Organización Indígena de Antioquia-OIA). “Strengthening the system of own justice, coexistence and conflicts resolution under the values of the Eperara Siapidaara people, in accordance with the origin JSP-20-G-087 ACIESNA law, traditional, ancestral, and cultural principles, its history, territoriality and Cerrado government of indigenous cabildos and resguardos from the municipalities of Tumaco, Olaya Herrera, La Tola, El Charco and Santa Barbará de Nariño”. providing legal guidance and pro-bono legal representation (free and voluntary legal services) to vulnerable, marginalized and low-income populations, with priority for women victims of the armed conflict, in the priority municipalities of the JSP-20-G-088 Fundación Probono Cerrado department of Antioquia, by means of a field work procedure through focal groups and the consequent prioritization, selection and taking of cases and legal processes from different jurisdictions, according to the identified legal needs. This activity aims to Document four cases of human rights violations or threats JSP-20-G-093 IPC against social leaders or human rights defenders in the sub-region of Urabá, Cerrado department of Antioquia, with a differential, territorial, gender and ethnic focus. This activity aims to strengthen the Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas del Pueblo JSP-20-G-094 ACIPS Siona Nicani Eja Ganteya Huejobo Zio Bain- ACIPS, through mentoring from the Cerrado Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ) on strategic land restitution litigation, 76
aimed at participation in the promotion of public policy, decision-making and follow- up to the implementation of the victims' law. Corporación para el This activity aims to document three cases of human rights violations or threats Manejo de against social leaders or human rights defenders in the municipalities Buenos Aires, JSP-20-G-097 Conflictos Norte Cerrado Corinto and Toribio in the department of Cauca, with a differential, territorial, del Cauca- gender and ethnic focus. COMAC This activity aims to Strengthen the 18 community councils belonging Red de Consejos Comunitarios de Comunidades Negras del Pacifico Sur (RECOMPAS) in the municipalities of Tumaco and Francisco Pizarro in Nariño Department, in the implementation of Afro-Colombian justice (JPA by its Spanish Acronym) with a Consejo differential and gender approach, improve their capacity for advocacy in local JSP-20-G-098 Comunitario Bajo Cerrado justice systems and generate inputs to contribute to the advancement of public Mira y Frontera policy dealing with Afro-Colombian justice. 2) Strengthen the Black community of the Bajo Mira y Frontera Community Council in the process of land restitution, actions and routes aimed at compliance with the precautionary measure 2012 - 2029 issued on 25 October 2012. Asociacion de This activity aims to strengthen the Secretaría Técnica of Comisión Nacional de Autoridades Territorios Indígenas –CNTI, through mentoring from the Comisión Colombiana JSP-20-G-099 Arhuacas de la de Juristas (CCJ) on strategic land restitution litigation, aimed at participation in Cerrado Sierra Nevada- the promotion of public policy, decision-making and follow-up to the ASO-CIT. implementation of the victim's law. Corporación This activity aims to Support to local communication initiatives to promote access Cultural Camaleon JSP-20-G-100 to justice, by spreading successful experiences, focus routes and achievement of Cerrado De Urabá - pedagogic campaigns in the six municipalities prioritized by JSP in the Urabá. CARCAMU This activity aims to Support to local communication initiatives to promote access Fundación Tengo to justice, by spreading successful experiences, focus routes and achievement of JSP-20-G-101 Cerrado Ganas pedagogic campaigns in the municipalities of Buenos Aires, Caldono, Caloto, Corinto, Jambaló, Miranda and Santander de Quilichao in the Cauca department. The purpose of this agreement is to establishment of an academic scholarship Universidad del program to strengthen the local offer, effectiveness and responsiveness of the JSP-20-G-103 Cerrado Cauca justice system in the municipalities of Buenos Aires, Jambaló, Toribío, Caloto, Caldono, Corinto, Miranda and Santander de Quilichao, Department of Cauca. Promoting access to justice for women victims of gender violence by strengthening JSP-20-G-105 Sisma Mujer Cerrado local justice systems in Cauca, Chocó and Nariño Implementation of the Virtual program “Derecho de Vozs” in Nariño, Chocó and Córdoba for prevention, route access guidance and psychosocial support from a Human Rights perspective to women and LGBTI people victims of gender-based JSP-20-G-106 Circulo de Estudios violence or at risk of occurrence in the context of COVID-19, and for the Cerrado strengthening of three civil society organizations in digital, virtual and teleworking tools aimed at preventing the invisibility and weakening of social and community work around the defense of human rights Judicial representation of victims of gender-based violence by Regional Civil Society JSP-20-G-107 Mujeres del Planton Cerrado Organizations (CSOs) Strategic litigation, judicial representation and psychosocial support of victims of Mujeres Tejedoras Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the municipalities of Puerto Guzmán, Puerto JSP-20-G-108 Cerrado de Vida Caicedo, Puerto Asís, Puerto Leguízamo, Orito, San Miguel and Valle del Guamuez, in the department of Putumayo. Strengthening the organizational processes of the LGBT population in six Fundación municipalities in the department of Nariño, to promote objection to discriminatory JSP-20-G-109 Afrocolombiana Cerrado practices in order to improve social conditions and access to justice for this Arcoiris LGBTI population group. Legal representation and psychosocial support for victims of gender-based violence Fundación Social JSP-20-G-110 to guarantee access to justice for women in the department of Córdoba, in the Cerrado Abrigando Sueños municipalities of Tierralta, Montelíbano, San José de Ure and Puerto Libertador Subcontract Activity 1 Afro-Colombian Justice: Under this activity the subcontractor shall strengthen the community councils and their ethnic-organizational processes JSP-19-FPSC- related to JPA for the following Afro-Colombian community councils in Cauca and UNIVALLE Cerrado 010 Putumayo. Activity 2 Intercultural Mediation: The subcontract will support the design, development and testing of the sub-module on Intercultural Mediation of the AMCR Toolbox for DNP. develop a model and a pilot phase for an innovative APP that will be applied in one JSP-19-FPSC- Fundación Ideas of the regions prioritized by JSP where different private actors will be approached Cerrado 014 para la Paz to become contributing partners to the public sector to strengthen local justice. JSP-19-FPSC- Under this activity the subcontractor shall strengthen Afro-Colombian Justice and FUCLA Cerrado 015 ethnic and organizational processes of the community councils in Chocó 77
department and Vigia del Fuerte in Antioquia by means of the identification, documentation, systematization and analysis of cases related to the uses and the customs, inter-ethnic and inter-cultural conflicts mediation and practices to resolve these conflicts within the framework of JPA. This subcontract aims to strengthen the processes of equity conciliation existing in JSP-19-FPSC- Fundacion Liborio the municipalities of Montelíbano, San Jose de Uré and Puerto Libertador in the Cerrado 016 Mejia department of Córdoba. Unión temporal Cámara de JSP-20-FPSC- Strengthen the processes of equity conciliation existing in the municipalities of Comercio Cali y Cerrado 017 Caloto, Miranda and Santander de Quilichao in the department of Cauca. Cámara de Comercio de Cauca strengthen the processes of equity conciliation existing in the municipalities of JSP-20-FPSC- Corporacion Orito, Puerto Asís, Puerto Guzmán, San Miguel and Valle del Guamuéz in the Cerrado 018 Culturama department of Putumayo. JSP-20-FPSC- Strengthen the processes of equity conciliation existing in the municipalities of UCC Urabá Cerrado 019 Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó, Turbo and Mutatá in the department of Antioquia. Strengthen the processes of equity conciliation existing in the municipalities of JSP-20-FPSC- UNAD Carmen del Atrato, Riosucio, Unguía, Istmina, Medio San Juan, Tadó and Nóvita in Cerrado 020 the department of Chocó. This subcontract aims to document and draw attention to the positive Fundación Instituto transformations of institutions and 45 cases of people that have stood out for their JSP-20-FPSC- de Estudios para el solidarity within the justice and land sectors, as well as to elaborate and diagram Cerrado 022 Desarrollo y la Paz- one or more knowledge products within the framework of the Commission's INDEPAZ analysis and management of knowledge for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition (CEV by its Spanish Acronym). This subcontract aims to Strengthen the capacities of Afro-Colombian leaders (men and women) and ethnic authorities of the Departments of Antioquia, Chocó, JSP-20-FPSC- Universidad de los Córdoba, Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo, in the design of public policy proposals, the Cerrado 025 Andes implementation of high-impact advocacy on the media and public opinion, and strategic litigation, in order to contribute to the effectiveness of ethnic rights, access to justice, and advancement in the acknowledgement of the Afro-Colombian Justice. Colegio Mayor This subcontract aims to carry out legal clinics to safeguard collective interests or JSP-20-FPSC- Nuestra Señora del rights in priority regions in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó as part of Cerrado 026 Rosario USAID’s Justice for a Sustainable Peace Program’s legal advocacy strategy. This subcontract aims to develop an innovative APP model that will be applied in JSP-20-FPSC- Fundación Ideas one of the regions prioritized by JSP where different private actors will be Cerrado 027 para la Paz approached to become contributing partners to the public sector to strengthen local justice. Camara de JSP-20-FPSC- Strengthen the processes of equity conciliation existing in the municipality of Comercio de Cerrado 028 Tumaco - Nariño. Tumaco Implement the legal clinic for the defense of collective interests or rights in the JSP-20-FPSC- UNIVERSIDAD municipalities of Caldono and Santander de Quilichao in the Department of Cauca Cerrado 029 DEL CAUCA as part of USAID’s Justice for a Sustainable Peace Program’s legal advocacy strategy. To carry out a virtual diploma course to train and educate 92 police inspectors in the departments of Antioquia, Chocó, Córdoba, Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo on JSP-20-FPSC- FUNDACION issues of the Police and Co-existence Code, gender focus, the Transportation Cerrado 031 LIBORIO MEJIA Code, administrative and constitutional law issues, forensics processes and Local Justice System dynamics. To strength the response capacity in the application of Community Justice of the Committees of Coexistence and Conciliation of the ASOJUNTAS, Community Action Boards and their articulation with the centers of coexistence and/or houses JSP-20-FPSC- COMAC of justice and conciliation centers, to improve access to justice in rural areas, within Cerrado 032 the framework of the Local Systems of Justice (SLJ), in the municipalities prioritized by JSP in the northern part of the Cauca, through training in mediation, conciliation and conflict resolution techniques. To contribute to the strengthening of self-protection capacities of donor organizations and JSP beneficiaries through training, technical assistance in the elaboration or improvement of self-protection plans and the exchange of JSP-21-FPSC- Caribe-IPC experiences for the promotion of networking that allows civil society organizations Cerrado 034 to maintain levels of operation in relation to the search for access to justice, without increasing their current risk and mitigating some that may arise through the dissemination of lessons learned during the process.
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JUSTICE FOR A SUSTAINABLE PEACE ACTIVITY 120 Youth from Chocó Strengthened Their Capacities to Access Justice
The Corporación Chocó Joven is an organization that has more than 20 years of experience working for the protection and defense of youth rights in the department of Chocó, a territory historically impacted by the armed conflict. In this context, strategies are coordinated with public and private institutions to prevent and resolve issues affecting youth, such as forced child recruitment, illegal drug use and teenage pregnancy.
In 2020, with support from USAID’s Justice for a Sustainable Peace Activity,
Chocó Joven led a project in five municipalities with high levels of violence such as Bojayá, El Carmen de Atrato, Condoto, Istmina and Tadó, to improve the trust
among youth regarding justice and strengthen their abilities to resolve everyday conflicts in school, their neighborhoods and families.
Through this project, 120 youth between the ages of 18-22 years old learned
about justice referral pathways through Local Justice Committees. Similarly, five Co-Existence Action Committees were established, one for each municipality and
each comprising 25 youth trained on conflict identification and management. Through these committees, 100 problems were resolved related to neighbor
disputes, property boundary issues, family issues, business affairs among others. PHOTO: USAID Justice for a Sustainable Peace Activity In this context, Juan Carlos Córdoba, one of the project youth beneficiaries in
Istmina remarked, “Thanks to the tools obtained, I learned to resolve conflicts “Before, I resolved conflicts through through dialogue and in not in a violent manner as I did before.” In addition, he fights, and through what I learned has committed to replicate this new knowledge with his siblings and friends from in the project I understood that the neighborhood. violence is not the pathway. Now, I To further expand project impact, a communications and sensitization strategy have tools to better process problems, as well as strengthen my was designed that included murals, radio programs and training workshops on youth leadership abilities in my issues such as leadership, participation and the youth law. Furthermore, a virtual municipality”. institutional service fair was held and five support networks were formed comprised of 44 social organizations and institutions from Chocó to strengthen
Juan Carlos Córdoba youth leadership and improve their trust in justice institutions. Beneficiary Luis Moreno, the Chocó Joven Thematic Coordinator, expresses that one of the project’s most important achievements was strengthening the lawfulness culture and expanding youth’s understanding of justice. “At the beginning, youth only related justice to something criminal and accusatory, but through this project they could understand this from another point of view that justice is about us and that we can resolve conflicts in a non-violent manner from our role as youth,” stated Luis.
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