German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ

The Colombian peace process between the Colombian government and the guerrilla organization FARC is despite all difficulties and imponderables one of the few rays of hope in the current worldwide war. In order to support the peace process in the areas of research, teaching and consultancy, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has been supporting the establishment and work of a German-Colombian Peace Institute (Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ)) in Bogotá since the end of 2016 with funds from the Federal Foreign Office. The Institute has since become the nucleus of a broad academic network within Colombia and between Colombia and Germany in which the central themes of the peace process are dealt with. In particular, universities from regions of Colombia that are most affected by the conflict are involved.

The project is carried out by a consortium of German and Colombian research and educational institutions. The scientific director of the Instituto CAPAZ is Prof. Dr. Stefan Peters, who also holds a professorship for peace research at the Law Faculty of Justus Liebig University in Giessen.

The founding members of the consortium on the German side are PRIF, Justus Liebig University Giessen (consortium leader), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Freie Universität Berlin and Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. The Colombian founding institutions are the Universidad Nacional (consortium leader), the Universidad de los Andes, the Universidad del Rosario, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and the Universidad Externado de Colombia. In 2018, eight further Colombian and two further German universities joined the consortium as associated partners. These are the following universities in Colombia: Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín), Universidad de Caldas (Manizales), Universidad del Cauca (Popayán), Universidad de Ibagué (Ibagué), Universidad Industrial de Santander (Bucaramanga), Universidad de Medellín (Medellín), Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla), Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellín). In Germany, these are the University of Erfurt and the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Eichstätt - Bavaria).

A period of ten years is planned for the establishment of the Institute. Following the successfully completed establishment phase (2016-2019), the project is currently in the institutionalisation phase (2020-2023). A consolidation phase (until 2026) is planned for the following years.

Two ongoing research projects in which PRIF is participating as part of the Instituto CAPAZ are “Violence and Political Order in Post-Conflict Colombia: An analysis of the assassination of social leaders” and “The impact of the collective reincorporation of former FARC-EP fighters on the local reconstruction of the social fabric in Colombia”.

Further information and current news can be found on the website of the Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ) and in this brochure.

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Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila

La reconstrucción del tejido social mediante la interacción entre comunidades y excombatientes de las FARC-EP | 2023: López Álvarez, Santiago / Wolff, Jonas / Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2023): La reconstrucción del tejido social mediante la interacción entre comunidades y excombatientes de las FARC-EP, CAPAZ Policy Brief 10-2023, 27.10.2023.; Show details

Local Competitive Authoritarianism and Post-Conflict Violence. An Analysis of the Assassination of Social Leaders in Colombia | 2022: Albarracín, Juan / Milanese, Juan Pablo / Valencia, Inge Helena / Wolff, Jonas (2022): Local Competitive Authoritarianism and Post-Conflict Violence. An Analysis of the Assassination of Social Leaders in Colombia, in: International Interactions, DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2023.2142218.; Show details

Pathways of post-conflict violence in Colombia | 2022: Albarracín, Juan / Milanese, Juan Pablo / Corredor-Garcia, Juan / Valencia, Inge Helena / Wolff, Jonas (2022): Pathways of post-conflict violence in Colombia, in: Small Wars & Insurgencies, DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2022.2114244.; Show details

La lógica política del asesinato de líderes sociales en Colombia | 2022: Albarracín, Juan / Wolff, Jonas (2022): La lógica política del asesinato de líderes sociales en Colombia, El Espectador // Colombia + 20, 29.1.2022.; Show details

Desmantelando autoritarismos competitivos locales | 2021: Corredor-Garcia, Juan / Wolff, Jonas / Albarracín, Juan / Milanese, Juan Pablo / Valencia, Inge Helena (2021): Desmantelando autoritarismos competitivos locales, in: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Colombia (FESCOL) (ed.), Análisis, http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/kolumbien/17627.pdf.; Show details

Violencia y participación electoral en el posconflicto | 2020: Albarracín, Juan / Milanese, Juan Pablo / Valencia, Inge Helena / Wolff, Jonas (2020): Violencia y participación electoral en el posconflicto, Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, www.library.fes.de/(...).; Show details

La lógica política de los asesinatos de líderes sociales | 2020: Albarracín, Juan / Milanese, Juan Pablo / Valencia, Inge Helena / Navarro, Margarita / Wolff, Jonas (2020): La lógica política de los asesinatos de líderes sociales. Autoritarismo competitivo local y violencia en el posacuerdo, Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, www.library.fes.de/(...).; Show details

The Political Logic of Violence | 2020: Albarracín, Juan / Milanese, Juan Pablo / Valencia, Inge Helena / Wolff, Jonas (2020): The Political Logic of Violence. The assassination of social leaders in the context of authoritarian local orders in Colombia, PRIF Spotlight 15/2020, Frankfurt/M.; Download publication // Show details

Die politische Logik der Gewalt | 2020: Albarracín, Juan / Milanese, Juan Pablo / Valencia, Inge Helena / Wolff, Jonas (2020): Die politische Logik der Gewalt. Zur Ermordung sozialer Aktivist*innen im Kontext autoritärer lokaler Ordnungen in Kolumbien, PRIF Spotlight 14/2020, Frankfurt/M.; Download publication // Show details

Kolumbien: Der Frieden bringt neue Konflikte | 2020: Wolff, Jonas (2020): Kolumbien: Der Frieden bringt neue Konflikte, Welt-sichten, 29.3.2020.; Show details

El posacuerdo llegó con violencia a Tumaco | 2020: Salas Salazar, Luis Gabriel / Wolff, Jonas (2020): El posacuerdo llegó con violencia a Tumaco, in: UN Periódico, 224, 6–7, www.unperiodico.com.; Show details

Towards violent peace? | 2019: Wolff, Jonas / Salas Salazar, Luis Gabriel / Camelo, Fabián Eduardo (2019): Towards violent peace? Territorial dynamics of violence in Tumaco (Colombia) before and after the demobilisation of the FARC-EP, in: Conflict, Security & Development, 19:5, 497–520, DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2019.1661594.; Show details

Kolumbiens Gewalt-Frieden | 2019: Rähme, Sophie (2019): Kolumbiens Gewalt-Frieden. Zum Anstieg der Gewalt gegen soziale Aktivisten und Aktivistinnen seit dem Friedensabkommen 2016, PRIF Report 3/2019, Frankfurt/M.; Download publication // Show details

Territorial peace in Colombia: Not just a rural issue | 2019: Baum, Max (2019): Territorial peace in Colombia: Not just a rural issue, PRIF Blog, 27.6.2019.; Show details

Dinámicas territoriales de la violencia y del conflict armado antes y después del acuerdo de paz con las FARC-EP | 2018: Wolff, Jonas / Salas Salazar, Luis Gabriel / Camelo, Fabián Eduardo (2018): Dinámicas territoriales de la violencia y del conflict armado antes y después del acuerdo de paz con las FARC-EP. Estudio de caso: municipio de Tumaco, Nariño, in: Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ) (ed.), Documento de Trabajo 1/2018, (), 53-62, http://www.page.instituto-capaz.org/(...).; Show details

Colombia Under the Duque Government | 2018: Richter, Solveig / Wolff, Jonas (2018): Colombia Under the Duque Government. Policy options to strengthen the peace process, PRIF Spotlight 10/2018, Frankfurt/M. (Spanish translation available for download).; Download publication // Show details

Kolumbien unter der Regierung Duque | 2018: Richter, Solveig / Wolff, Jonas (2018): Kolumbien unter der Regierung Duque. Optionen zur Stärkung des Friedensprozesses, PRIF Spotlight 9/2018, Frankfurt/M.; Download publication // Show details

Frictions in Transitional Justice Processes: Colombia's Victims Law, Integral Reparation and the Temporality of Multiple Victimization in Displaced Women | 2018: Rähme, Sophie (2018): Frictions in Transitional Justice Processes: Colombia's Victims Law, Integral Reparation and the Temporality of Multiple Victimization in Displaced Women, in: Gobernar: The Journal of Latin American Public Policy and Governance, 2:1, 33-56, https://orb.binghamton.edu/gobernar/(...).; Show details

De las Zonas Veredales Transitorias de Normalización a la Paz Territorial. Tensiones, conflictos y retos en el suroccidente de Colombia | 2018: Rodríguez, Alberto / Castillo Burbano, Ángela / Biel Portero, Israel / Corr, Jeinny Cristina / Wolff, Jonas / Dietz, Kristina / Espitia Pérez, Luisa Fernanda / Góngora-Mera, Manuel / Chamorro Rosero, Mauricio / Achicanoy Romero, Natalia / Bermúdez Rico, Rosa / Aboueldahab, Susann / Bolaños Enríquez, Tania / Rodríguez, Tania (2018): De las Zonas Veredales Transitorias de Normalización a la Paz Territorial. Tensiones, conflictos y retos en el suroccidente de Colombia, Instituto CAPAZ: Policy Brief 1, www.page.instituto-capaz.org/(...).; Show details

Kolumbien: Frieden durch Gewalt? | 2018: Wolff, Jonas / Dietz, Kristina (2018): Kolumbien: Frieden durch Gewalt?, in: Blätter für die deutsche und internationale Politik, 7, 25-28, https://www.blaetter.de/(...).; Show details