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Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in Colombia: Lost human rights opportunities for ex-combatants with disabilities

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This article examines whether and how the circumstances of Colombian ex-combatants with disabilities were recognized in the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) processes in the period following the adoption of the 2016 peace agreement. Our results suggest severe procedural and substantive shortcomings during the drafting of the peace agreement and the implementation of the DDR processes that exacerbated the exclusion of ex-combatants with disabilities from available opportunities for their social, economic, and political reintegration. We conclude that a better understanding of the disabling impact of conflict and the experiences of impairment and disability could have mitigated such neglect.

Source: Journal of Human Rights

DOI: 10.1080/14754835.2021.1969648

Authors: Minerva Rivas Velarde, Janet E. Lord, Michael Ashley Stein, Thomas Shakespeare

Institutions: University of Geneva, Harvard University, University of Pretoria, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3207038107

FWCI: 2.082

Cites: 29

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10