Why Truth and Justice Matter in Colombia, Expert Panel

This panel event was co-hosted by the TJI, Christian Aid Ireland and ABColombia.

This event explored the upcoming report of the Truth Commission in Colombia, with a focus on two innovative measures within the Colombian transitional justice approach: the role of business in conflict and peacebuilding, and the exclusion of crimes of sexual and gender based violence from amnesties in the Colombian conflict. The panel examined the intersectionality between gender and ethnic discrimination and conflict sexual violence in Colombia.

SPEAKERS

Eamon Gilmore is the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights (since March 2019) and has also served as EU Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process since October 2015. He was Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tr ...