Colombia Human Rights Committee Women's History Month Event

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Date: 
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 6:30pm
Location : 
DC

IN HONOR OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
The Colombia Human Rights Committee and GWU are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on the current human rights situation in Colombia seen through the eyes of women human rights defenders.


Location:  The Elliott School of International Affairs1957 E St. NW, Room Number 505, George Washington University

JOMARY ORTEGON OSORIO is a staff attorney with the Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo in Bogotá. What the Law on Justice and Peace (Law 975 of 2005) has meant for justic and impunity

LILIANA MARÍA URIBE TIRADO is an attorney and social researcher, and co-founder of the Corporación Jurídica in Medellín. Systematic practice of extrajudicial executions and impunity in Colombia

MARÍA VICTORIA FALLON, attorney and human rights defender with the Grupo Interdisciplinario de Derechos Humanos in Medellín. Judicial independence and the rule of law in Colombia

LUZ MARINA MONZÓN is an attorney, consultant, university professor, and a specialist in international human rights law in Bogotá. Research on sexual violence against women