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Monday, October 20, 2008

Discussion with Colombian Legal Experts on Extrajudicial Executions and the Impact of the Extradition of the AUC Leadership on t

Time: 
10/21/2008 - 10:30 - 10/21/2008 - 12:00
Two
of the most critical human rights justice issues facing current and
past victims of Colombia's violence are the extrajudicial executions of
Colombian civilians by State security forces and the May 2008
extradition of 15 members of the Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
paramilitary group to the United States. Since 2002, there have been an
alarming number of extrajudicial executions of Colombian civilians by
State security forces. Reported killings of civilians by the Colombian
army escalated in 2007. Despite some efforts by the Colombian
government, under international pressure, to address this, numerous
cases continue to take place in 2008. The extradited paramilitaries to
the US, which include the AUC leadership, have ordered the killings and
disappearances of thousands of Colombian civilians, countless massacres
and the massacre of hundreds of thousands of persons. Colombian lawyers
representing these victims will be discussing the current challenges
faced in seeking justice for the victims of extrajudicial executions
and the effect of the extradition to the US of the AUC leadership on
victims' rights.
 
Presenters will include:
*     Agustin Jimenez Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP)
*     Gustavo Gallon Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ)
*     Liliana Uribe Corporation Judicial Liberty (CJL)-Medellin 
 
Date:          Tuesday, October 21 2008
Location:   WOLA (1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 400 - Washington, DC)
Phone:        202-797-2171
Time:          10:30-12:00pm
  • By intern at 10/20/2008 - 12:46
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Human Rights Violations and Racism In a Divided Bolivia

Time: 
10/21/2008 - 19:00 - 10/21/2008 - 21:00

The Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program presents:

Human Rights Violations and Racism In a Divided Bolivia

Join us for the showing of a documentary:

Humillados y Ofendidos, Sucre 24 de Mayo
(In Spanish; 50 minutes; Produced by Artes Andes Americas)

Tuesday, October 21
7:00-9:00 pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St., NW Room 213

Over the past eight years, social and political polarization in Bolivia has steadily increased as indigenous peoples become politically empowered as never before. The election of Evo Morales and the MAS party in 2005 formally transferred national power to a historically marginalized majority, but it also further galvanized a counter-reform movement led by elites from the country’s wealthiest regions. The ensuing conflicts have become a chronic condition leading to a deterioration of the democratic political culture of Bolivia. This documentary uses vivid street scenes and personal interviews in the city of Sucre, where a representative assembly recently drafted a new constitution, to show manifestations of human rights violations, racism, and violence toward indigenous political activists.

The film will be followed by a question and answer session featuring a panel of Washington, DC experts on Bolivia: Elliott School professor Kevin Healy, author of the book Llamas, Weavings, and Organic Chocolate: Multicultural Grassroots Development in the Andes and Amazon of Bolivia; American University Professor Rob Albro, author of the forthcoming book Roosters at Midnight: Indigenous Signs and Stigma in Urban Bolivia, to be published by SAR (School for Advanced Research) Press; and Coletta Youngers, Senior Fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America and author of numerous works on human rights and democracy in the Andes, including Drugs and Democracy in Latin America: The Impact of U.S. Policy.

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to lahsp@gwu.edu.

  • By Abigail Poe at 10/16/2008 - 15:18
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Film Screening: Human Rights Violations and Racism In a Divided Bolivia

Time: 
10/21/2008 - 19:00 - 10/21/2008 - 21:00

Humillados y Ofendidos, Sucre 24 de Mayo
(In Spanish; 50 minutes; Produced by Artes Andes Americas)

 

Over
the past eight years, social and political polarization in Bolivia has
steadily increased as indigenous peoples become politically empowered
as never before. The election of Evo Morales and the MAS party in 2005
formally transferred national power to a historically marginalized
majority, but it also further galvanized a counter-reform movement led
by elites from the country’s wealthiest regions. The ensuing conflicts
have become a chronic condition leading to a deterioration of the
democratic political culture of Bolivia. This documentary uses vivid
street scenes and personal interviews in the city of Sucre, where a
representative assembly recently drafted a new constitution, to show
manifestations of human rights violations, racism, and violence toward
indigenous political activists.

 

The
film will be followed by a question and answer session featuring a
panel of Washington, DC experts on Bolivia: Elliott School professor
Kevin Healy, author of the book Llamas, Weavings, and Organic Chocolate: Multicultural Grassroots Development in the Andes and Amazon of Bolivia; American University Professor Rob Albro, author of the forthcoming book Roosters at Midnight: Indigenous Signs and Stigma in Urban Bolivia,
to be published by SAR (School for Advanced Research) Press; and
Coletta Youngers, Senior Fellow at the Washington Office on Latin
America and author of numerous works on human rights and democracy in
the Andes, including Drugs and Democracy in Latin America: The Impact of U.S. Policy.

 

Tuesday, October 21
7:00-9:00 pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St., NW Room 213
This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to lahsp@gwu.edu.

  • By intern at 10/21/2008 - 10:09