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June 11, 2025 – Navigating the Waters of Peace: Challenges and Opportunities in the Implementation of Colombia’s Peace Agreement

June 6, 2025- Inaugural Strategic Peacebuilding Academy, a home run for the Kroc Institute

October 24, 2024 – Kroc Institute releases third special report on implementation status of ethnic approach within Colombian Peace Agreement

May 10, 2024 – Engaging with influencers: Peace Accords Matrix visits Washington, D.C.

May 7, 2024 – Kroc Institute releases eighth report on Colombian Peace Agreement implementation

April 18, 2024 – Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace: Development and challenges of the restorative and transitional justice model

April 9, 2024 – Transitional Justice in Colombia: The Environment as-and-for Transitional Justice

November 30, 2023 – Lasting and Sustainable Peace in Colombia: The seventh anniversary of the peace accord and opportunities that lie ahead

November 27, 2023 – On the world stage: Kroc Institute’s Peace Accords Matrix invited to brief the UN Security Council

September 13. 2023 – Kroc Institute to have major presence at ISA-LAC Conference

June 27, 2023 – Kroc Institute releases seventh report on Colombian Peace Agreement implementation

June 12, 2023 – Statement from Josefina Echavarría Álvarez, Director of the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM), about agreements reached between the Government of Colombia and the country’s National Liberation Army (ELN)

April 26, 2023 – Kroc Institute releases special report on implementation status of gender approach within Colombian Peace Agreement

January 31, 2023 – Kroc Institute hosts Colombian digital archive at the University of Notre Dame

January 12, 2023 – Peace Can Happen

November 1, 2022 – The Interconnectedness of Peace and Nature Conservation: A Global Policy Conversation

September 22, 2022 – Former Colombian president and Nobel Laureate inspires and teaches during Keough School visit

June 7, 2022 – Kroc Institute releases sixth report on Colombian Peace Agreement implementation

May 5, 2022 – Kroc Institute releases special report on implementation status of ethnic approach within Colombian Peace Agreement

December 7, 2021 – Kroc Institute releases special report on five years of Colombian Peace Agreement implementation

May 25, 2021 – Fifth Kroc Institute report on Colombian peace agreement shows continued progress despite adversity

January 27, 2021 – Peace Accords Matrix Program releases first report on implementation of ethnic provisions in 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement

September 2, 2020 – Peace Accords Matrix program awarded for monitoring gender perspective implementation in Colombia

June 16, 2020 – Kroc Institute releases fourth report, “Three Years After the Signing of the Final Agreement in Colombia: Moving Toward Territorial Transformation”

April 9, 2020 – “Impact of the COVID-19 crisis: The Barometer Initiative innovates and continues its work”

March 10, 2020 – “Kroc Institute statement regarding the March 7 El Tiempo interview with David Cortright”

December 7, 2019 – “New report emphasizes the importance of women’s leadership for building sustainable peace in Colombia”

June 20, 2019 – “Seminar on Colombian Peace Process at Two Years Draws A Crowd to Keough School Washington Office”

November 13, 2018 – “Report reveals Colombian Peace Agreement’s gender perspective is innovative, but seeing delays”

November 1, 2018 – “Peace Accords Matrix Team Honored With Presidential Team Irish Award”

August 9, 2018 – “Second Kroc Institute Report Shows Steady Progress of Peace Accord Implementation in Colombia”

May 14, 2018 – “Kroc Institute Leaders Provide Partial Update on Colombia Peace Accord Progress”

November 16, 2017 – “Colombian peace agreement progressing steadily, says Kroc Institute report”

June 1, 2017 – “Implementing the Colombian Peace Agreement”

June 1, 2017 – “Verifying Peace: Kroc Institute will monitor peace implementation in Colombia”

December 15, 2016 – “Nobel Peace Prize speech highlights contribution of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute to process of ending war in Colombia”

August 31, 2016 – “Kroc Institute charged with technical verification and monitoring of historic Colombian peace accord”