Colombian Colloquium: Sexual Violence in Colombia's Armed Conflict

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Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South, S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Monica Arango, marangoolaya@llm10.law.harvard.edu

Alejandra Azuero Quijano, LLM Candidate Harvard Law School, Researcher on Gender Issues, CODHES (Consultancy for Human Rights and Forced Displacement), Colombia.

Alejandra Azuero Quijano will present her most recent research project: Sexual Violence in Massacre Settings: A Case Study. She will discuss the issue of sexual violence in armed conflict settings, its recognition as a violation to Human Rights and International Criminal Law, and the contemporary relevance of the debate at the local level.

Talk will be given in Spanish.