Time Line

Partial agreement on agricultural development is established

Temporary suspension of talks by FARC, following the government's proposal to endorse a final peace treaty with a referendum and not with a Constituent Assembly, as requested by FARC.

A partial agreement on the political participation of former guerrillas is established..

A partial agreement on a solution to the problem of illicit drugs is established

President Juan Manuel Santos is re-elected as president, which enables the peace negotiations to continue

Discussion begins on the issue of victims of the conflict with three sub-themes: reparation, truth and justice

The first of five groups of a dozen victims testifies to the Bureau.

Creation of the Historical Commission of the Conflict and its Victims.

Installation of a Subcommittee of military and guerrilla fighters for a bilateral ceasefire and the abandonment of weapons

The commissions make the 3 partial agreements public.

The Constitutional Court approves the referendum

President visits Europe to seek support for peace

Temporary suspension of talks after kidnapping of Army general, Rubén Dario Alzate, by FARC

The delegation of victims travels to Havana

FARC decrees an indefinite ceasefire

First unilateral and indefinite truce of the FARC begins.

The Historical Commission of the Conflict and its Victims delivers reports on the history and impact of the war

FARC renounces recruitment of children under the age of 17

Joint military/guerrilla demining agreement

President Juan Manuel Santos orders a month-long suspension of bombing of FARC

Death of 11 soldiers in FARC attack and subsequent resumption of air strikes by the government.

End of unilateral and indefinite truce by the FARC after the bombing of the government that leaves 26 guerrillas dead.

Creation of the Truth Commission

The peace delegations agree to form the commission for the clarification of truth, coexistence and non-repetition

President Juan Manuel Santos sets a deadline of four months to decide whether to continue with the peace process

New unilateral truce by FARC; five days later, President Juan Manuel Santos orders the suspension of bombings

Government suspends after bombings

The Legal Advisory Sub-Commission is created, composed of the Government and the FARC.

President proposes creation of a transitional legislative body for peace agreements

The least amount of violence recorded in the conflict since 1976

Partial agreement reached on transitional justice in Havana

FARC announce that they are ready to become a political movement

Delegations agree on the search for and identification of persons missing in the conflict

President grants pardon to 30 imprisoned guerrillas

Congress approves the bill that regulates the plebiscite as a mechanism to endorse the agreements

FARC apologize for the Bojayá massacre .

Partial agreement on victims reached

An announcement made about the creation of a tripartite mechanism for monitoring and verifying the bilateral and definitive ceasefire and the laying-down of arms. On January 25, the UN approved the political mission.

Government restructures protocols for visits of FARC peace delegation to camps

Congress approves the FARC's transitional zones

Failure to deliver the final agreement as stated above

Government and FARC agree on mechanisms to provide legal security and stability to the agreement

Agreement is reached on the disengagement of children under 15 from the FARC

Congress approves the Peace Legislative Act.

An agreement is reached to begin a process of voluntary substitution of illicit crops in the municipality of Briceño, Antioquia. This process stems from the joint work carried out with the community since mid-2015, within the framework of the pilot humanitarian demining plan.

The Government and FARC delegations signed the agreements of Ceasefire and Bilateral and Final Ceasefire and Hostilities, and the Abandonment of Arms and Security Guarantees in the Cuban capital.

Final ceasefire, transitional zones and disarmament process announced

The Constitutional Court gives its approval for the endorsing mechanism to be a plebiscite with a threshold of 13%.

Peace delegations release protocols detailing ceasefire and disarmament

Criteria and mechanisms for the election of JEP judges agreed upon

The parties signed a Final Agreement on Conflict Resolution and the Building of a Stable and Lasting Peace

The parties signed a Final Agreement on Conflict Resolution and the Building of a Stable and Lasting Peace.

FARC apologizes for the 11 deputies from Valle killed in 2007.

FARC gives its tenth conference to formalize the decision to lay down arms and become a political movement.

President Santos delivers the final agreement to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon

Plebiscite was held. The result was the prevalence of NO over YES.

President Juan Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Prize for the peace process

The Ministry of Defense issues a decree on the 26 pre-grouping zones for the FARC.

UN launches ceasefire monitoring and verification mechanism in pre-grouping zones

President Santos and Timochenko sign in Bogotá the final agreement to end the armed conflict

Congress last endorses final peace agreement

D-Day begins to begin the demobilization of former combatants and their reintegration into civilian life.

Se anunció la creación de un mecanismo tripartito de monitoreo y verificación del cese al fuego bilateral y definitivo y la dejación de armas.

Se anuncia cese al fuego definitivo, zonas de concentración y proceso de desarme

Las partes suscribieron un Acuerdo Final Para la Terminación del Conflicto y la Construcción de una Paz Estable y Duradera

Se realizó un plebiscito. El resultado arrojó la prevalencia del NO sobre el SI.

El presidente Juan Manuel Santos gana el Nobel por el proceso de paz

El presidente Santos y Timochenko firman en Bogotá el acuerdo definitivo para el fin del conflicto armado

El Congreso refrenda por última vez el Acuerdo final de Paz

Inicia el día D para comenzar la desmovilización de los ex combatientes y que se reintegren a la vida civil

The "Visa for foreigners of the FARC" is created.

The deadline for the delivery of FARC weapons is extended.

FARC makes first delivery of weapons to UN

The UN received all the FARC weapons agreed.

UN Endorses Second Peace Mission in Colombia

Selection process for JEP judges started

End of the laying down of arms, of the transitional zones and of the bilateral and definitive ceasefire.

Members of the Truth Commission with the FARC chosen

FARC registered their political party

The Truth Commission forms with 11 members

Supreme Court endorses JEP

UN Secretary-General visits Colombia

OAS announces support for the peace process

The Constitutional Court upholds the Amnesty Law

The JEP is installed

The Truth Commission, presided over by Father Francisco de Roux, was installed.