In the Dock and Under the Gun: Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
12pm – 1:30pm, Room 503
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The Center and Human Rights First collaborated to organize March 24’s event “In the Dock and Under the Gun: Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders Colombia.” The event featured Liliana Andrea Avila (Member, Colombian Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace Luz), Marina Monzon (Human Rights Advisor, Colombian Commission of Justice), and Andrew Hudson (Senior Associate, Human Rights Defenders Program). Avila and Monzon described how the Colombian legal system has been used to silence and stigmatize the human rights movement in that country. Hudson presented the new Human Rights First report that documents the extensive use of specious criminal investigations in Colombia.