BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T234949EDT-8121zXuvhZ@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260309T034949Z DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism welcomes Claus Kress and Jose Mauricio Gaona.\n\nThe civil war between the Colombian gove rnment and the FARC has been one of the longest ones after the Second Worl d War. Although rejected by referendum by the Colombian people\, the peace agreement would have set a precedent in the field of transitional justice the significance of which goes far beyond Colombia. The talk will offer a few initial international law and legal policy reflections on how the Col ombian peace agreement attempted to deal with the tension between peace an d justice and the international legal implications of its rejection.\n\nCl aus Kress\, a professor at the University of Cologne\, is an expert on int ernational criminal law\, international humanitarian law\, and human right s. Director of the Institute for International Peace and Security Law at t he University of Cologne\, Professor Kress has represented Germany in stat e negotiations regarding the International Criminal Court since 1998\, and was an External Adviser to the Turkel Commission in 2011-12.  In 2014\, h e was awarded the M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award for “outstanding academic s ervice to international criminal law.'\n\nJose Mauricio Gaona is an intern ational legal scholar\, author\, lecturer\, and researcher specialized in the areas of international\, comparative\, constitutional\, and human righ ts law with academic and professional background in the United States\, Ca nada\, France\, Italy and Latin America (UCLA\, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ\, Sorbonne-Assas\, Unidroit)\, as well as highly qualified experience in global research (Yal e University\, UNIDROIT Rome\, BNF Paris\, HRC Indianapolis\, HACLR Columb us\, ASIL Washington)\, legal engineering\, international affairs and gove rnment.\n\nOrganized by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism in collaboration with the 'Strengthening justice for international crimes: a Canadian Partnership' (SSHRC) group.\n DTSTART:20161004T213000Z DTEND:20161004T230000Z LOCATION:NCDH 201\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36 44 rue Peel SUMMARY:The Rejection of the Colombian Peace Agreement: Implications for Co lombia and Transitional Justice URL:/law/channels/event/rejection-colombian-peace-agre ement-implications-colombia-and-transitional-justice-263207 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR