What is Justice in Transitional Justice? Exploring Answers through the Colombian Case

Sponsored by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP)
The talk will present the transitional justice system that was created in Colombia after the 2016 peace agreements. As a result of negotiation, this system seeks to use alternative forms of justice, such as restorative justice, to provide responses to the victims of international crimes. With discussant Yuri Alexander Romaña-Rivas and speaker Alexandra Sandoval Mantilla.
Bio
Yuri Alexander Romaña-Rivas, an Afro-Colombian lawyer, is a current doctoral (Ph.D.) candidate in the Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) program at 51Թ’s Faculty of Law and an O’Brien Fellow at the 51ԹCentre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.
Alexandra Sandoval Mantilla is currently a Judge of the Chamber of Amnesties or Pardons and the Chairperson of the Gender Equality Commission in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (“JEP” in Spanish) in Colombia and is a CHRLP Winter 2025 visiting O’Brien Fellow in Residence.