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The demobilisation ceremony of Bloque Cacique Nutibara from Medellín, Antioquia, on 25th of November 2003 indicated the beginning of the DDR process.
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Through 37 collective disarmament ceremonies 31.671 paramilitaries demobilised. Meanwhile nearly 10.500 combatants, mostly from the guerrilla groups, demobilised through the individual programme.
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On 25th of July 2005 the Law 975 became the first step towards transitional justice in the process
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The last collective demobilisation was the one of Bloque Élmer Cárdenas from Urabá, Antioquia, on 15th of August 2006.
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On 7th of September 2006 Decree 3043 was adopted. It led to the establishment of the High Presidential Council for Reintegration (ACR), which was to take over the responsibility of the reintegration process of the both individually and collectively demobilised.
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This was an attempt by the ACR to improve the monitoring and evaluation of the reintegration process
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The 7th of August 2010 former Minister of Defence Juan Manuel Santos becomes President of Colombia.
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On 29th of December 2010 the Law 1424 was adopted, giving the demobilised a year to turn themselves in and fulfill the requirements for obtaining legal benefits.
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On 29th December 2010 Law 1429 was adopted. It creates an economic initiative to employ vulnerable populations including demobilised. It also makes it easier to formalise companies from the informal sector.
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Period of which the demobilised can become active in the reintegration process and thereby receive legal benefits.
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Decree 1391 regulates the economic benefits for the participants of the reintegration process.
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On 31th of May 2011 Resolution 163 was adopted. It explains details of the new legal framework for the reintegration process.
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On 10th of June 2011 Law 1448 was adopted indicating a shift towards the victims in the peace process.
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On 3rd of November 2011 Decree 4138 was adopted. It changes the institutional set-up of the reintegration process by establishing the Colombian Agency for Reintegration
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Demobilised, who have not fulfilled the requirements of Law 1424 by 28th of December 2011, will be prosecuted for consent to crime.
