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| CINEP/PP | |
|---|---|
| Name | CINEP/PP |
| Native name | Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular / Programa por la Paz |
| Formation | 1972 |
| Type | Nonprofit; NGO |
| Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Region served | Colombia |
| Languages | Spanish |
| Leader title | Director |
CINEP/PP is a Colombian non‑governmental organization founded in 1972 focused on research, education, and advocacy related to peacebuilding, human rights, and social development. The institute has engaged with actors across Colombian society, including communities, clergy, political parties, unions, and international organizations, while documenting conflict, promoting dialogue, and supporting transitional justice initiatives. Over decades it has collaborated with churches, universities, legal institutions, and humanitarian agencies to influence public policy and civil society responses to violence and displacement.
CINEP/PP was established in Bogotá amid debates involving the Second Vatican Council, Liberation Theology, Jesuits, Catholic Church in Colombia, National Front (Colombia), Alfonso López Michelsen, and Misa Campesina. Early influences included networks linked to Caritas Internationalis, Christian Democracy, Paul VI, Oscar Romero, and regional actors such as Camilo Torres Restrepo and Guerrilla Movements in Colombia. During the 1980s and 1990s it interacted with figures and institutions like Belisario Betancur, César Gaviria, Andrés Pastrana Arango, Ernesto Samper, FARC-EP, ELN (Colombia), AUC, and Colombian human rights organizations such as Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos contacts and Human Rights Watch observers. In the 2000s and 2010s its work intersected with the administrations of Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Juan Manuel Santos, the 2016 Colombian peace agreement, and international actors including the United Nations, European Union, Organization of American States, International Committee of the Red Cross, and Amnesty International.
The institute’s stated mission engages with stakeholders including Indigenous peoples in Colombia, Afro-Colombians, Campesinos, Women in Colombia, LGBT movement in Colombia, and urban social movements such as CUT (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores), FENALCO, and community organizations tied to cities like Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, and Cartagena, Colombia. Its activities cross paths with legal and policy institutions such as the Constitution of Colombia (1991), Colombian Constitutional Court, Fiscalía General de la Nación, Defensoría del Pueblo (Colombia), and transitional mechanisms like the Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz. Research and advocacy connected with agrarian reform debates reference actors such as Iván Duque Márquez, Sergio Fajardo, Gustavo Petro, Claudia López Hernández, Alvaro Leyva Durán, and international donors like USAID, DFID, and Sida.
The organization has governance bodies analogous to boards and directors seen in entities such as Pontifical Catholic University of Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad de los Andes, and coordination with ecumenical networks including ACT Alliance, Caritas Colombia, Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy, and faith‑based partners like the Methodist Church of Colombia and Anglican Church in Colombia. Staffing and specialist teams have collaborated with scholars and practitioners from institutions such as FLACSO, CEPET, IDEA Internacional, International IDEA, ICG (International Crisis Group), and legal experts linked to Universidad Externado de Colombia and Universidad Católica de Lovaina alumni.
Programmatic areas encompass documentation projects comparable to initiatives by Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica, Fundación Paz y Reconciliación, Corporación Nuevo Arcoíris, and Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo collaborations. Projects have addressed forced displacement like interventions studied by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, gender programs echoing standards from UN Women, and transitional justice reforms similar to those advanced by Truth Commission (Colombia) actors. Fieldwork has occurred in regions including Meta, Colombia, Antioquia Department, Chocó Department, Nariño Department, Cauca Department, and coordination with municipal authorities in Soacha, Buenaventura, and Tumaco.
Funding sources and partners have ranged across bilateral donors and multilateral institutions such as European Commission, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Oak Foundation, Norwegian Refugee Council, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and church funding channels connected to Caritas Internationalis and religious orders. Collaborative research and program partnerships included ties with universities like Columbia University, Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Johns Hopkins University, London School of Economics, and regional think tanks such as INDEPAZ, ANIF, Fedesarrollo, and CorpoNaciones.
Human rights documentation and advocacy placed the organization in contact with mechanisms and actors such as Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Comisión de la Verdad (Colombia), Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Truth, Justice and Reparation process, and non‑governmental monitors including Global Rights and Enough Project. Controversies have emerged over security incidents involving paramilitary demobilization processes, legal disputes related to witness protection comparable to cases involving JEP participants, and political critiques from parties including Centro Democrático (Colombia), Partido Liberal Colombiano, and Partido Conservador Colombiano. Allegations and debates have engaged public prosecutors, media outlets like El Espectador, Semana (magazine), El Tiempo, and international scrutiny from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
The institute’s impact is visible in contributions to transitional processes alongside actors such as Sergio Jaramillo Caro, Patricia Tobón, Claudia López, and civil society coalitions including Mesa de Víctimas, Coordinación Colombia Europa Estados Unidos (CCEEU), and MINGA. Critics from academic and political spheres, including commentators linked to Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Javeriana, Caracol Radio, and conservative think tanks such as Fundación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Social have questioned methodological choices, perceived partiality, and funding transparency. Supporters point to collaborations with International Crisis Group, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and successful community programs in regions affected by Plan Colombia and post‑accord implementation.
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Colombia