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Gender Panic and the Failure of a Peace Agreement

Part of: Colombian Peace Talks and International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Lina M. Céspedes-Báez
Lina M. Céspedes-Báez*
Affiliation:
Law of Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
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Gender may have been one of the main reasons behind the rejection of the Peace Agreement in Colombia. A few hours after the narrow victory of those who opposed the deal, Senator and ex-president Álvaro Uribe Vélez gave a speech calling for the strengthening of religious family values. His words echoed an argument that gained traction in recent months in Colombia, particularly in the Evangelical Christian community: that the content of the Peace Accord dismantled traditional mores, such as the biological difference between man and woman, the importance of the heterosexual family, and the place of religion in public life.

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Symposium on the Colombian Peace Talks and International Law
Information
AJIL Unbound , Volume 110 , 2016 , pp. 183 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2016

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