Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN) is a national network of Afro-Colombian communities that practices collective territorial governance through assemblies, councils, and consensus-based decision-making. It defends autonomy, ancestral land rights, and self-determination.
| Creation date | 1993 |
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| Topics | Democracy, Rights, Commons, Land Use |
| Context | Rural |
| Typology | Regional Network |
| Languages | Spanish; Castilian |
| Thematics | Radical Democracy |
PCN emerged after Colombia’s 1991 Constitution recognized collective land rights for Black communities. It articulates local community councils that govern territory collectively through assemblies and traditional norms.
Decision-making emphasizes consensus, territorial autonomy, and defense of life against extractivism and armed violence. Each community maintains its own governance while coordinating regionally.
PCN remains active today as one of the strongest examples of non-state territorial democracy in the Americas, linking grassroots governance with political advocacy.