Colombia

VI. Culture of Human Rights and peace-building in the business sector

Two political agendas working together [page 18]

6.1 The Council to the President for Human Rights, within the following year of this Plan being launched, will encourage business to define and publicly disclose their political commitment to respect human rights.

6.2 The Administrative Department for Social Welfare will strengthen the alliances between the private sector and the Administrative Social Inclusion and Reconciliation sector with a view to eradicate extreme poverty and overcome vulnerability conditions.

6.3 The Unit for Care and Integral Repair for Victims, as the coordinator of the National Care and Integral Repair for Victims (SNARIV), jointly with the Direction of Post-conflict, will develop strategies aiming at getting companies to contribute to the recovery of historical memory for peacebuilding, reconciliation and promotion of human rights and the reconstruction of the fabric of society, wherefore memory and peacebuilding culture initiatives might be created.

6.4 The Council to the President for Human Rights, the Colombian Agency for Reintegration and the Direction of post-conflict will prepare a joint strategy for companies to actively promote major participation of people in the reintegration process into the business field, in the production field, and in the peacebuilding processes.

6.5 The Task Force will encourage enterprises to exchange their experiences in order to better understand the human rights and peacebuilding management.

6.6 The Direction of Post-conflict will hold a public debate on the role and power of business enterprises in peacebuilding.