In Pictures: The Role of Transitional Justice in Peace Processes
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Juan Manuel Santos, the former president of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, greets Liv Tørres, the director of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, along with Fernando Travesí, executive director of ICTJ, at the reception before the event.
The 11th Annual Emilio Mignone Lecture took place on February 26 at at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in New York.
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and NYU Law’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) were pleased to welcome Juan Manuel Santos, the former president of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, for a conversation on the role of transitional justice in peace processes, with Liv Tørres, the director of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, hosted by the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.
Recorded Livestream
About Juan Manuel Santos
President Santos served as Colombia’s head of state for two terms from 2010 to 2018, during which time he led peace negotiations with the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and signed the landmark peace agreement in 2016 that ended the 50-yearlong civil war. That same year, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his resolute efforts to bring peace to his country. Currently, President Santos teaches at Oxford University and chairs the board of COMPAZ Foundation, which he created to promote peace, protect the environment, and fight poverty. He also serves on the boards of the International Crisis Group, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Global Commission on Drug Policy, and recently joined The Elders. His latest book, The Battle for Peace, tells the story of the long, hard road traveled to end the conflict with FARC.
About the Annual Emilio Mignone Lecture Series
This lecture series was named after human rights advocate Emilio Fermín Mignone, founder and director of the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, and loving father of Monica Maria Candelaria Mignone, whom the Argentine military forcibly disappeared on May 14, 1976. The series honors Mignone’s lifelong commitment to human rights, accountability, and justice and his vital leadership in documenting disappearances and other grave human rights violations committed by Argentina’s security forces.
Past speakers have included Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, Sherrilyn Ifill, Darren Walker, José Zalaquett, Louise Arbour, and Aryeh Neier.
