Public Engagement
Public Facing Scholarship
What Venezuela Can Learn from Guatemala's Democratic Transition, op-ed in The National Interest, 11 June 2026, nationalinterest.org/feature/what-venezuela-can-learn-from-guatemalas-democratic-transition
Who Has the Edge in Guatemala’s Presidential Race?, Featured Q&A, Latin America Advisor, The Dialogue, 11 April 2023, find commentary here
‘La Juridiction Spéciale pour la Paix colombienne: juge impartial ou institution politisée?’, Délibérée 9(1) – (The Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia : impartial judge or politicized institution ?)
Available in French here
La participación de las víctimas en el Sistema integral de verdad, justicia, reparación y no repetición (2017)
(book with Consuelo Linares and Juan Carlos Ospina, Comisión Colombiana de Juristas)
Available in Spanish here
From the penal prosecution of the Nuremberg trials to the massive diffusion of transitional justice measures since the 1980s, the participation of those who suffered massive violations of their most basic rights has been dramatically transformed. Transitional justice devices are increasingly designed to reflect the voice of victims and give them centrality as subjects of rights. Yet, the protagonism of victims has proved far from uniform across cases and has instead become one of the most problematic components of the newly-created transitional justice systems. Point 5 of the Colombian Peace Accords emphasizes the importance of victims' participation for the implementation of the agreements achieved between the FARC and the government. To this end, the Accords created the Integral System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition (SIVJRNR), tasked with ensuring the centrality of victims in the pursuit of those objectives. This book analyzes the efficacy the SIVJRNR for ensuring victims participation in the definition, implementation and monitoring of the Colombian transitional justice system. It offers recommendations in light of international norms regarding victims' participation in transitional justice and applicable Colombian jurisprudence.
Who Has the Edge in Guatemala’s Presidential Race?, Featured Q&A, Latin America Advisor, The Dialogue, 11 April 2023, find commentary here
‘La Juridiction Spéciale pour la Paix colombienne: juge impartial ou institution politisée?’, Délibérée 9(1) – (The Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia : impartial judge or politicized institution ?)
Available in French here
La participación de las víctimas en el Sistema integral de verdad, justicia, reparación y no repetición (2017)
(book with Consuelo Linares and Juan Carlos Ospina, Comisión Colombiana de Juristas)
Available in Spanish here
From the penal prosecution of the Nuremberg trials to the massive diffusion of transitional justice measures since the 1980s, the participation of those who suffered massive violations of their most basic rights has been dramatically transformed. Transitional justice devices are increasingly designed to reflect the voice of victims and give them centrality as subjects of rights. Yet, the protagonism of victims has proved far from uniform across cases and has instead become one of the most problematic components of the newly-created transitional justice systems. Point 5 of the Colombian Peace Accords emphasizes the importance of victims' participation for the implementation of the agreements achieved between the FARC and the government. To this end, the Accords created the Integral System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition (SIVJRNR), tasked with ensuring the centrality of victims in the pursuit of those objectives. This book analyzes the efficacy the SIVJRNR for ensuring victims participation in the definition, implementation and monitoring of the Colombian transitional justice system. It offers recommendations in light of international norms regarding victims' participation in transitional justice and applicable Colombian jurisprudence.
