Daniela Suárez Vargas
@danielasuarezv.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher | Lawyer | Researching Transitional Justice, Victimhood & SGBV inside Armed Groups | Human Rights | ICL | LatAm 🇨🇴
📍Belfast, Northern Ireland
📍Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Hi Bluesky! With more people here, it’s time to introduce myself:
I’m a lawyer & Postdoc researcher working on:
- Transitional Justice
- Politics of Victimhood
- Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
- Female Fighters
- Int'l Criminal Law
- Human Rights
- LatAm (esp Colombia 🇨🇴)
Excited to connect 🙃
I’m a lawyer & Postdoc researcher working on:
- Transitional Justice
- Politics of Victimhood
- Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
- Female Fighters
- Int'l Criminal Law
- Human Rights
- LatAm (esp Colombia 🇨🇴)
Excited to connect 🙃
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📢 New Policy Paper! I’m delighted to share my latest policy paper: “Rethinking Victimhood: Insights from Colombia’s JEP on Gender-Based Violence within Armed Groups”💡
📄 Read it here:
🔗 🇬🇧 English: tinyurl.com/yck7vf9k
🔗 🇪🇸 Spanish: tinyurl.com/496syaeb
📢 New Policy Paper! I’m delighted to share my latest policy paper: “Rethinking Victimhood: Insights from Colombia’s JEP on Gender-Based Violence within Armed Groups”💡
📄 Read it here:
🔗 🇬🇧 English: tinyurl.com/yck7vf9k
🔗 🇪🇸 Spanish: tinyurl.com/496syaeb
(PDF) Rethinking Victimhood: Insights from Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) on Gender-Based Violence within Armed Groups [Policy Paper]
PDF | This policy paper examines the advances and limitations of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace’s (JEP) efforts to recognise fighters who were... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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📢 New Policy Paper! I’m delighted to share my latest policy paper: “Rethinking Victimhood: Insights from Colombia’s JEP on Gender-Based Violence within Armed Groups”💡
📄 Read it here:
🔗 🇬🇧 English: tinyurl.com/yck7vf9k
🔗 🇪🇸 Spanish: tinyurl.com/496syaeb
📢 New Policy Paper! I’m delighted to share my latest policy paper: “Rethinking Victimhood: Insights from Colombia’s JEP on Gender-Based Violence within Armed Groups”💡
📄 Read it here:
🔗 🇬🇧 English: tinyurl.com/yck7vf9k
🔗 🇪🇸 Spanish: tinyurl.com/496syaeb
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Last week, @aislingswaine.bsky.social shared about our @erc.europa.eu project's novel contributions to studying gender-based violence through the phenomenon of ‘coercive control’. Check out the recording now!
Thank you @danielasuarezv.bsky.social and Queen's University Belfast for hosting!
Thank you @danielasuarezv.bsky.social and Queen's University Belfast for hosting!
🎥 The recording is now available!
If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...
If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...
Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups & the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia
YouTube video by QUB School of Law
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Last week, @aislingswaine.bsky.social shared about our @erc.europa.eu project's novel contributions to studying gender-based violence through the phenomenon of ‘coercive control’. Check out the recording now!
Thank you @danielasuarezv.bsky.social and Queen's University Belfast for hosting!
Thank you @danielasuarezv.bsky.social and Queen's University Belfast for hosting!
🎥 The recording is now available!
If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...
If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...
Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups & the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia
YouTube video by QUB School of Law
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎥 The recording is now available!
If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...
If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...
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🚨 What happens when #GenderbasedViolence occurs within armed groups and not only against civilians? Join us to examine how #TransitionalJustice processes recognise and respond to this often-overlooked violence.
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
September 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 What happens when #GenderbasedViolence occurs within armed groups and not only against civilians? Join us to examine how #TransitionalJustice processes recognise and respond to this often-overlooked violence.
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
🚨 What happens when #GenderbasedViolence occurs within armed groups and not only against civilians? Join us to examine how #TransitionalJustice processes recognise and respond to this often-overlooked violence.
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
September 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 What happens when #GenderbasedViolence occurs within armed groups and not only against civilians? Join us to examine how #TransitionalJustice processes recognise and respond to this often-overlooked violence.
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST
📍QUB Moot Court & Online
🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5
Had a great time at #BISA2025 @mybisa.bsky.social yesterday!
Loved sharing a roundtable with Diana Ortega, @itseeefa.bsky.social & Dr Claire Wright on GBV, organised crime & transitional justice in Colombia, Mexico & Northern Ireland 🇨🇴🇲🇽☘️
Always a joy to work with such smart colleagues & friends🫰🏼
Loved sharing a roundtable with Diana Ortega, @itseeefa.bsky.social & Dr Claire Wright on GBV, organised crime & transitional justice in Colombia, Mexico & Northern Ireland 🇨🇴🇲🇽☘️
Always a joy to work with such smart colleagues & friends🫰🏼
June 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Had a great time at #BISA2025 @mybisa.bsky.social yesterday!
Loved sharing a roundtable with Diana Ortega, @itseeefa.bsky.social & Dr Claire Wright on GBV, organised crime & transitional justice in Colombia, Mexico & Northern Ireland 🇨🇴🇲🇽☘️
Always a joy to work with such smart colleagues & friends🫰🏼
Loved sharing a roundtable with Diana Ortega, @itseeefa.bsky.social & Dr Claire Wright on GBV, organised crime & transitional justice in Colombia, Mexico & Northern Ireland 🇨🇴🇲🇽☘️
Always a joy to work with such smart colleagues & friends🫰🏼
Spoke today at the #NarrativeCriminology Symposium at Swansea University, sharing work from my ESRC postdoc on the subversive victim, SGBV inside illegal armed groups and competing narratives of victimhood in Colombia's transitional justice. Grateful for the feedback… and the beach walk after 🌊☀️
June 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spoke today at the #NarrativeCriminology Symposium at Swansea University, sharing work from my ESRC postdoc on the subversive victim, SGBV inside illegal armed groups and competing narratives of victimhood in Colombia's transitional justice. Grateful for the feedback… and the beach walk after 🌊☀️
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Pleased to share this new publication with Libby Newton, in which we explore the Colombian JEP's innovative recognition of territories as victims of the Colombian conflict www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Transitional justice and other-than-human harm: lessons from Colombia
Armed conflicts destroy human lives and livelihoods, wildlife, landscapes and the webs of relationships between these phenomena. Yet, transitional justice practice has remained predominantly anthro...
www.tandfonline.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Pleased to share this new publication with Libby Newton, in which we explore the Colombian JEP's innovative recognition of territories as victims of the Colombian conflict www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We had a productive #ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow Development Programme policy challenge workshop in Birmingham!
Our interdisciplinary team representing four universities @jessanderson61.bsky.social @danielasuarezv.bsky.social @vpmlister.bsky.social tackled the needs of homeless domestic abuse victims.
Our interdisciplinary team representing four universities @jessanderson61.bsky.social @danielasuarezv.bsky.social @vpmlister.bsky.social tackled the needs of homeless domestic abuse victims.
March 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We had a productive #ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow Development Programme policy challenge workshop in Birmingham!
Our interdisciplinary team representing four universities @jessanderson61.bsky.social @danielasuarezv.bsky.social @vpmlister.bsky.social tackled the needs of homeless domestic abuse victims.
Our interdisciplinary team representing four universities @jessanderson61.bsky.social @danielasuarezv.bsky.social @vpmlister.bsky.social tackled the needs of homeless domestic abuse victims.
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Prof. Tine Destrooper (Ghent Uni) is recruiting three PhD researchers: Three Funded PhD Positions in the Field of #TransitionalJustice
“Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up”. justicevisions.org/vacancy-thre... @atlaswomen.bsky.social
“Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up”. justicevisions.org/vacancy-thre... @atlaswomen.bsky.social
Vacancy: Three Funded PhD Positions in the Field of Transitional Justice – Justice Visions
We are seeking to hire three fully funded PhD researchers as part of the new ERC project “Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up”. . We ar...
justicevisions.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Prof. Tine Destrooper (Ghent Uni) is recruiting three PhD researchers: Three Funded PhD Positions in the Field of #TransitionalJustice
“Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up”. justicevisions.org/vacancy-thre... @atlaswomen.bsky.social
“Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up”. justicevisions.org/vacancy-thre... @atlaswomen.bsky.social
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@qubcriminology.bsky.social
the QUB ICCJ Annual Lecture is going to be delivered by Prof Maximo Sozzo (University of Santa Fe, Argentina)
“Punishment and Authoritarianism in Latin America: a palimsepstic perspective”
6th March, 4 pm in the Great Hall
sign up here: shorturl.at/IodBC
the QUB ICCJ Annual Lecture is going to be delivered by Prof Maximo Sozzo (University of Santa Fe, Argentina)
“Punishment and Authoritarianism in Latin America: a palimsepstic perspective”
6th March, 4 pm in the Great Hall
sign up here: shorturl.at/IodBC
February 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
@qubcriminology.bsky.social
the QUB ICCJ Annual Lecture is going to be delivered by Prof Maximo Sozzo (University of Santa Fe, Argentina)
“Punishment and Authoritarianism in Latin America: a palimsepstic perspective”
6th March, 4 pm in the Great Hall
sign up here: shorturl.at/IodBC
the QUB ICCJ Annual Lecture is going to be delivered by Prof Maximo Sozzo (University of Santa Fe, Argentina)
“Punishment and Authoritarianism in Latin America: a palimsepstic perspective”
6th March, 4 pm in the Great Hall
sign up here: shorturl.at/IodBC
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Still time to apply for these great collaborative studentships with hugely supportive supervisory teams
We are pleased to announce 2 exciting funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Children’s Rights.
1. Deaf children and young people’s rights shorturl.at/NL6lt
2. Developing a child-led measure of poverty: see here:https://shorturl.at/lzamB
Application deadline for both is 31st March 2025.
1. Deaf children and young people’s rights shorturl.at/NL6lt
2. Developing a child-led measure of poverty: see here:https://shorturl.at/lzamB
Application deadline for both is 31st March 2025.
Deaf children and young people’s access to key supports and prov | Study | Queen's University Belfast
shorturl.at
February 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Still time to apply for these great collaborative studentships with hugely supportive supervisory teams
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#NewBookAlert: Two decades ago, it was believed that hybrid courts would vanish with the ICC's creation. Instead, they have multiplied. Kirsten Ainley & Mark Kersten's new book examines their impact. I contributed a chapter on hybrid investigative mechanisms academic.oup.com/book/59279/c...
Hybrid Investigatory Mechanisms and Other Hybrid Justice Initiatives
AbstractHybrid tribunals have not generally been used in Latin America, with ordinary domestic criminal courts favoured to provide accountability in transi
academic.oup.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#NewBookAlert: Two decades ago, it was believed that hybrid courts would vanish with the ICC's creation. Instead, they have multiplied. Kirsten Ainley & Mark Kersten's new book examines their impact. I contributed a chapter on hybrid investigative mechanisms academic.oup.com/book/59279/c...
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My book, The Figure of the Witness in International Criminal Tribunals Memory, Atrocities and Transitional Justice, is now available in paperback - tinyurl.com/wzcjestp
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
My book, The Figure of the Witness in International Criminal Tribunals Memory, Atrocities and Transitional Justice, is now available in paperback - tinyurl.com/wzcjestp
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The editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog kindly invited me to participate in a symposium on the book “Reparations by Non-State Armed Groups Under International Law” by Dr. Olivia Herman. Here is my contribution: www.armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2025/01/27/b...
Armed Groups and International Law - Book Symposium “Reparations by Non-State Armed Groups”: Operationalising the Duty of NSAG to Provide Reparations: Reflections from Colombia
For decades, Colombia has faced an ongoing series of armed conflicts involving a diverse range of non-official armed actors. The legal and public policy landscape of the Colombian state has had to …
www.armedgroups-internationallaw.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog kindly invited me to participate in a symposium on the book “Reparations by Non-State Armed Groups Under International Law” by Dr. Olivia Herman. Here is my contribution: www.armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2025/01/27/b...
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The Morrigan - @joytwemlow.bsky.social, Belén Mattos-Castaneda @danielasuarezv.bsky.social, @anuragdeb.bsky.social & Bethany McShepherd write about their amazing #Barbie workshop
Excellent 2 days - thoughtful, #feminist & the craic!
#LegalFeminism #Utopias #Manifestos
👇
dflw.ie/feminist-uto...
Excellent 2 days - thoughtful, #feminist & the craic!
#LegalFeminism #Utopias #Manifestos
👇
dflw.ie/feminist-uto...
January 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Morrigan - @joytwemlow.bsky.social, Belén Mattos-Castaneda @danielasuarezv.bsky.social, @anuragdeb.bsky.social & Bethany McShepherd write about their amazing #Barbie workshop
Excellent 2 days - thoughtful, #feminist & the craic!
#LegalFeminism #Utopias #Manifestos
👇
dflw.ie/feminist-uto...
Excellent 2 days - thoughtful, #feminist & the craic!
#LegalFeminism #Utopias #Manifestos
👇
dflw.ie/feminist-uto...
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Our brilliant colleague Kevin Hearty on the autobiographical turn in the criminolgy of war 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azae099/7953326
Narrating the Consequences of Conflict: Death, Survival and the ‘Autobiographical Turn’ in the Criminology of War
Abstract. Locating itself within narrative criminological scholarship and the criminology of war literature, this article critically examines how the theme
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January 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Our brilliant colleague Kevin Hearty on the autobiographical turn in the criminolgy of war 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azae099/7953326
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Here it is! Delighted to round off 2024 with publication of my new book ‘Constructing Victimhood: Beyond Innocence and Guilt in Transitional Justice’. Available online now.
Huge thanks to all the direct and indirect contributors who shaped the final book
academic.oup.com/book/58974
Huge thanks to all the direct and indirect contributors who shaped the final book
academic.oup.com/book/58974
December 12, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Here it is! Delighted to round off 2024 with publication of my new book ‘Constructing Victimhood: Beyond Innocence and Guilt in Transitional Justice’. Available online now.
Huge thanks to all the direct and indirect contributors who shaped the final book
academic.oup.com/book/58974
Huge thanks to all the direct and indirect contributors who shaped the final book
academic.oup.com/book/58974
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We compiled a starting kit of international organizations, NGOs and associations in the field of international justice and human rights to follow for justice-related news. 👇
go.bsky.app/ScHA5sh
go.bsky.app/ScHA5sh
December 17, 2024 at 11:43 AM
We compiled a starting kit of international organizations, NGOs and associations in the field of international justice and human rights to follow for justice-related news. 👇
go.bsky.app/ScHA5sh
go.bsky.app/ScHA5sh
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I’m working on a starter pack for those interested in WPS. I’m struggling with the search function on Blue Sky. Please let me know if you’d like to be added.
go.bsky.app/QF29N6Y
go.bsky.app/QF29N6Y
November 13, 2024 at 10:31 AM
I’m working on a starter pack for those interested in WPS. I’m struggling with the search function on Blue Sky. Please let me know if you’d like to be added.
go.bsky.app/QF29N6Y
go.bsky.app/QF29N6Y
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aje.io/80lhbf
The promises of “never again” made after WWII appears to be forgotten, as war continue to plague humanity in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere, RWI has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative that promises to revolutionise the way we monitor IHL.
aje.io/80lhbf
The promises of “never again” made after WWII appears to be forgotten, as war continue to plague humanity in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere, RWI has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative that promises to revolutionise the way we monitor IHL.
aje.io/80lhbf
ICMD: A new tool to end impunity for those who violate the rules of war
A new initiative by RWI promises to revolutionise the way compliance with the rules of war is monitored globally.
aje.io
November 24, 2024 at 9:05 AM
aje.io/80lhbf
The promises of “never again” made after WWII appears to be forgotten, as war continue to plague humanity in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere, RWI has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative that promises to revolutionise the way we monitor IHL.
aje.io/80lhbf
The promises of “never again” made after WWII appears to be forgotten, as war continue to plague humanity in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere, RWI has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative that promises to revolutionise the way we monitor IHL.
aje.io/80lhbf
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Weshalb #IchBinHannashtag/IchBinHanna" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#IchBinHanna in die Wissenschaft wollte:
❤️Forschung
❤️Lehre
Was den Beruf von #IchBinHanna tatsächlich ausmacht:
✅Bewerben
✅Anträge schreiben
✅Existenzängste haben
✅dauernd umziehen/pendeln
✅unbezahlte Überstunden
✅heimlichen Plan B schmieden
❌Forschung
❌Lehre
❤️Forschung
❤️Lehre
Was den Beruf von #IchBinHanna tatsächlich ausmacht:
✅Bewerben
✅Anträge schreiben
✅Existenzängste haben
✅dauernd umziehen/pendeln
✅unbezahlte Überstunden
✅heimlichen Plan B schmieden
❌Forschung
❌Lehre
November 8, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Weshalb #IchBinHannashtag/IchBinHanna" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#IchBinHanna in die Wissenschaft wollte:
❤️Forschung
❤️Lehre
Was den Beruf von #IchBinHanna tatsächlich ausmacht:
✅Bewerben
✅Anträge schreiben
✅Existenzängste haben
✅dauernd umziehen/pendeln
✅unbezahlte Überstunden
✅heimlichen Plan B schmieden
❌Forschung
❌Lehre
❤️Forschung
❤️Lehre
Was den Beruf von #IchBinHanna tatsächlich ausmacht:
✅Bewerben
✅Anträge schreiben
✅Existenzängste haben
✅dauernd umziehen/pendeln
✅unbezahlte Überstunden
✅heimlichen Plan B schmieden
❌Forschung
❌Lehre
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Last week the JEP unveiled its seventh indictment against the former FARC, the second against its Secretariat and the first for conscription of children.
My anaysis of the accusation.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/138510-fa...
My anaysis of the accusation.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/138510-fa...
FARC leadership accused of war crimes over child soldiers
In Colombia, six former FARC leaders have been charged with participating in the recruitment of child soldiers. Following the announcement by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), they indicated t...
www.justiceinfo.net
November 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Last week the JEP unveiled its seventh indictment against the former FARC, the second against its Secretariat and the first for conscription of children.
My anaysis of the accusation.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/138510-fa...
My anaysis of the accusation.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/138510-fa...
Reposted by Daniela Suárez Vargas
November 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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A working list of researchers, practitioners, and organizations working on transitional justice, please let me know if I missed you or anyone else who should be added! bsky.app/starter-pack... Some overlap with but narrower focus than my other list on humanitarian aid, peacebuilding & development.
November 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM
A working list of researchers, practitioners, and organizations working on transitional justice, please let me know if I missed you or anyone else who should be added! bsky.app/starter-pack... Some overlap with but narrower focus than my other list on humanitarian aid, peacebuilding & development.