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DESCRIPTION:The Special Jurisdiction for Peace\, a transitional justice tri
 bunal in Colombia\, was established as a result of the 2016 Peace Agreemen
 t between the Colombian Government and the former guerilla group of the FA
 RC-EP. This tribunal seeks to investigate and prosecute the most serious c
 rimes committed during the Colombian armed conflict. The Canadian Governme
 nt\, academia\, and civil society organizations have supported this attemp
 t to build long and lasting peace in Colombia. Still\, little is known\, i
 n Canada at large\, about this transitional justice process. In this oppor
 tunity\, the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism\, as a part of a 
 McNaughton-Humphrey public panel discussion\, has invited three justices o
 f the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to discuss aspects of accountability 
 and intersectionality within the context of the Special Jurisdiction for P
 eace work to the general public at 9I��������� Faculty of Law. This event is al
 so cosponsored by the Indigenous Law Association / Association du Droit Au
 tochtone (ILADA). \n\nJoin us for a talk with three justices of the Specia
 l Jurisdiction for Peace\, a unique court created in Colombia to render ac
 countable those involved in decades of armed conflict\, provide justice to
  victims of the violence and produce “truth” about the events\, including 
 through individual amnesties.\n\nWith Xiomara Balanta-Moreno\, Oscar Parra
 -Vera\, Alexandra Sandoval-Mantilla.\n\nOscar Parra-Vera \n\nOscar Parra-V
 era is a Justice at Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace. He holds an
  MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford\, a
 nd is a lecturer at the National University of Colombia. He has worked as 
 Senior Legal Officer at the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights\, and as a
  fellow and consultant at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. H
 e has been a guest expert for the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary
  Disappearances\, the Human Rights Council\, and the Office of the High Co
 mmissioner for Human Rights. \n\nXiomara Balanta-Moreno \n\nLawyer and Ph.
 D. in Social and Legal Sciences from the Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain
 )\, Master in International Law and human rights from the University of No
 tre Dame (United States)\, and Magister in Human Rights and Democracy in L
 atin America from the University Andina Simón Bolivar (Ecuador). Since 201
 8\, she has served as a Justice at the Chamber for Amnesty or Pardon of Co
 lombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (“JEP” in Spanish). She was vice p
 resident of the JEP for the 2018- 2021 term\, and was president of the Cha
 mber of Amnesty for the 2018-2019 period. She is currently the coordinator
  of the Ethnic-Racial Commission of the JEP. \n\nAlexandra Sandoval-Mantil
 la \n\nAlexandra Sandoval-Mantilla is currently a Justice at the Chamber f
 or Amnesty or Pardon of Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (“JEP” i
 n Spanish). In addition\, she has been a senior lawyer at the NGO Women´s 
 Link Worldwide\, a clerk at the State Council of Colombia (the highest cou
 rt for administrative law matters) and a senior lawyer at the Inter-Americ
 an Court of Human Rights (Costa Rica). She holds a law degree (J.D.) from 
 Los Andes University of Colombia\, and an LL.M (Cum laude) in Internationa
 l Human Rights and Criminal Justice from Utrecht University. She has lectu
 red at several academic institutions and participated in seminars in many 
 Latin-America countries. She is the author of two books and several schola
 rly articles. \n\nSupport provided by the Manuel Shacter Fund\n
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court Room 101
SUMMARY:Transitional justice in Colombia: The Special Jurisdiction for Peac
 e\, Accountability and Intersectionality
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 special-jurisdiction-peace-accountability-and-intersectionality-346345
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