Implementation of Colombia's ambitious Peace Agreement negotiated between the government and the guerrilla group FARC remains unfinished. The creation and full functioning of the courts of transitional justice, land redistribution, crop substitution programmes and the protection of demobilized armed combatants have unfolded more slowly than many expected, reinforcing the perception that the government of President Iván Duque is undermining the agreement.

At the same time, hundreds of civic and community leaders in rural areas have been murdered. Is the peace process hitting inevitable or intentional delays? Colombian Presidential Counselor for Stabilization and Consolidation, Emilio José Archila Peñalosa, and Dr Anastasia Shesterinina, who has recently conducted fieldwork in former conflict areas in rural Colombia, discuss the status of the peace deal and its key components agreed to between the Colombian government and the FARC.

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