International Seminar: The Transitional Justice Model in Colombia

Recap on this Two-Day Event

International Seminar: The Transitional Justice Model in Colombia
March 24-25, 2022
Virtual event via Zoom Webinar

The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) and the Colombian Presidential Counsellor for Stabilization and Consolidation organized an international seminar on transitional justice entitled: “The Transitional Justice Model in Colombia” from March 24-25, 2022. The event included expert panels on Transitional Justice international experiences, and they presented on the challenges in the implementation of the sanctions regime of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP for its acronym in Spanish ). Conclusions and recommendations based on lessons learned will serve to strengthen the ongoing judicial procedures in Colombia.

CLE Credit was available for this event. You must have registered for these Zoom webinars to receive CLE credit. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. Below are the livestream videos.

Panelists Information (English / Spanish)

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Features an introductory video and the livestream videos for each event.

March 24, 2022 (Day One)

9:00 AM - 12:45 PM (US Eastern) |
8:00 AM - 11:45 PM (Bogotá)

Agenda:

• 9:00-9:25 / 8:00-8:25 - Opening Remarks    
  • Emilio José Archila, Presidential Advisor for Stabilization and Consolidation
  • Alberto J. Mora, ABA Associate Executive Director for Global Programs (Director of ABA ROLI)
  • Stephanie Iraida Villaronga, ABA ROLI Program Director - Colombia & Peru
    
• 9:30-11:00 / 8:30-10:00 - First Panel: International perspectives on Transitional Justice
  • Josefina Echavarría (moderator), Associate Professor at Notre Dame and Director of the Peace Accords Matrix at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
  • Justice Lawrence Tweyanze, Circuit of the High Court in Masaka (Uganda)
  • Justice Susan Okalany, of the International Crimes Division of the High Court of Uganda
    
  • María Camila Moreno, Director of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
    
• 11:15-12:45 / 10:15-11:45 - Second Panel (Part One): Sanctions Regime under the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP for its acronym in Spanish) - Components of Transitional Justice
  • Juana Acosta (moderator), Project leader JEP Observatory, Consultant and expert advisor in legal matters related to Transitional Justice, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law
  • Héctor Olasolo, Lawyer and doctorate from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and LL.M. from Columbia University (USA). Degree in Theology from the University of Santo Tomás (Colombia). Professor and Director of the Master's Program in International Law, Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia); President, Ibero-American Institute of The Hague for Peace, Human Rights and International Justice (IIH, The Netherlands)
  • Justice Camilo Suarez Aldana, Peace Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
  • Cristian Leonardo Wolffhugel Gutiérrez, Doctor in Criminal Law, University of Roma Tre, Italy. Professor at the Sergio Arboleda University and Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico    

March 25, 2022 (Day Two)

9:30 AM - 1:00 PM (US Eastern) |
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Bogotá time)

Agenda:

• 9:30-11:00 / 8:30-10:00 - Second Panel (Part Two): Sanctions Regime under the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP for its acronym in Spanish) - Components of Transitional Justice
  • Margarita Hernández (moderator), Executive Director of the Presidential Council for Stabilization and Consolidation
  • Javier Sarmiento, Delegate Attorney for Human Rights
  • Andrés Stapper, Director of the Reincorporation and Normalization Agency
  • Clara Sandoval, Professor at the University of Essex School of Law, ETJN Fellow and Program Director of the Global Survivors Fund
  •  Justice Roberto Vidal, Peace Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
• 11:15-12:45 / 10:15-11:45 - Third Panel: Conclusions, Recommendations, and Reflections
  • Juan Manuel Zarama (moderator), Human Rights Response Leader at ABA ROLI
  • Jairo Acosta, Delegated Prosecutor for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
  • Justice Ana Manuela Ochoa, Peace Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
  • Lorena Mesa, Deputy Director General of the Victims' Unit
    
  • Raul Rosende, Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
• 12:50-1:00 / 11:50-12:00 - Closing remarks by the Presidential Counsellor for Stabilization and Consolidation and ABA ROLI