9. Perspectives

- Peace
When observing the Colombian situation in terms of peace and Human Rights, we corroborate the reincidence of acts of war committed by the different parts of the conflict who keep ignoring the specifications International Humanitarian Law and gravely injuring the civilian population, while the State continues to ignore and violate Human Rights. We, nevertheless appreciate the better conditions to achieve through political negotiations, the peace agreements that all Colombians desire. Under this vision we consider that the future of the Committee is closely tied to the participation in the peace process, by providing analyses of every phase and civil participation in the decision making, with the purpose of their rights being respected in the agreements, avoiding however, the breaking of the negotiations at all costs.
This participation implies the sponsoring of events for peace, strengthening stages of study and social organization, and widespreading of documents on the content of the agendas, agreements or disagreements in the discussed topics.

-Civilian Participation.
We consider of vital importance for all future actions for the defense of Human Rights, the development of organized civilian participation from the most basic levels. For this purpose, we will continue to create Local Human Rights Committees.
With the purpose of coordinating the actions of the local Committees we will present in the Regional Officers' Assemblies, as well as in Congress, the creation of a network that links the Committees regionally and nationally and the creation of an organism for the disclosure of documents and materials on Human Rights to the general public .
As long as the armed conflict and the current political, economic, and social crisis subsist, we believe the mission of the Committee is mostly in these two objectives without neglecting its regular duties.

Recently, in June of 2000, the 9th Forum "For Peace, Welfare, and National Sovereignty" took place. The Forum once again declared its position for a political solution to the conflict, respect of the integrity of Human Rights as a precondition for peace, and repudiation of the fumigation and escalation of war contained in Plan Colombia. The Committee has insisted on the need of a Sate Policy for peace, that the process not be interrupted, that demilitarized zones be kept for dialogue, with FARC as well as ELN, and for efforts on all the parts to achieve consummation of the agreements.