From Environmental Harm to Ecological Reconciliation: Rethinking Environmental Peacebuilding through International Law


Publisher: Ecology & Society

Author(s): Britta Sjöstedt

Date: 2026

Topics: Land, Peace Agreements, Programming

Countries: Colombia

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The author examines how the Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (Special Jurisdiction for Peace; JEP) in Colombia has developed innovative legal approaches to address environmental harm in armed conflict, including by recognizing Indigenous and Afro-Colombian territories as victims.