Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia, WCL Panel, March 24, 12pm

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Human Rights First

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American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

Invite you to a panel discussion

In the Dock and Under the Gun: Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia

Panelists:

Liliana Andrea Avila

Member, Colombian Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace

Luz Marina Monzon

Human Rights Adviser, Colombian Commission of Justice

Andrew Hudson

Senior Associate, Human Rights Defenders Program, Human Rights First

Two of Colombia’s leading human rights activists, Luz Marina Monzon and Liliana Andrea Avila, will provide firsthand testimony of how the Colombian legal system is used to silence and stigmatize the human rights movement. Andrew Hudson will present Human Rights First’s new report which for the first time documents the extensive use of specious criminal investigations in Colombia.

Tuesday, March 24, 12pm – 1.30pm, Room 503

American University Washington College of Law

4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington D.C.

Please RSVP to humlaw@wcl.american.edu or 202.274.4180

Lunch will be available.

Copies of Human Rights First’s new report will be available. For more information: http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/reports/index.