Discussion on lessons Colombia can draw from international experiences in prosecuting serious crimes is under way in Bogota. </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p>In his keynote speech, David Tolbert, president of ICTJ, outlined the key issues for Colombia to consider as it looks to find the model for criminal accountability that would form an integral part of the possible peace agreement ending more than 50 years of conflict. </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p>“Addressing the question of criminal justice is critically important both for the many victims of the conflict but also for Colombian society at large. The message of this conference is not that Colombia should follow any particular approach or model or even necessarily deviate from its current system of criminal justice. However, this is as good and wide-ranging group of experts as one could hope to hear on the variety of international experiences dealing with internationalized tribunals for serious crimes, and this is a unique opportunity to learn and explore the widest array of international experiences in this field,” said Tolbert.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p>Follow the livestream of the conference in Spanish at http://colombia-justicia-lecciones.ictj.org/en-directo and live Twitter coverage @theICTJ and #leccionesjusticia.

International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)

International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)

Discussion on lessons Colombia can draw from international experiences in prosecuting serious crimes is under way in Bogota.

In his keynote speech, David Tolbert, president of ICTJ, outlined the key issues for Colombia to consider as it looks to find the model for criminal accountability that would form an integral part of the possible peace agreement ending more than 50 years of conflict.

“Addressing the question of criminal justice is critically important both for the many victims of the conflict but also for Colombian society at large. The message of this conference is not that Colombia should follow any particular approach or model or even necessarily deviate from its current system of criminal justice. However, this is as good and wide-ranging group of experts as one could hope to hear on the variety of international experiences dealing with internationalized tribunals for serious crimes, and this is a unique opportunity to learn and explore the widest array of international experiences in this field,” said Tolbert.

Follow the livestream of the conference in Spanish at http://colombia-justicia-lecciones.ictj.org/en-directo and live Twitter coverage @theICTJ and ‪#‎leccionesjusticia‬.

Toby Cadman @tobycadman 

Toby Cadman @tobycadman 

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Toby Cadman @tobycadman 

MT @returningassets: @worldbank report on the drivers of #corruption. Understanding the motivation helps w/the fight: http://wrld.bg/ENhu5

Great mini-symposium @opiniojuris this week on paper by @jimgstewart on corp crim liability for intl crimes http://opiniojuris.org/2014/11/24/mini-symposium-james-stewarts-turn-corporate-criminal-liability-international-crimes-transcending-alien-tort-statute/ … … #ATS

ICAN-logo-for-email – IPPNW has produced a new Campaign Kit on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, present… http://ow.ly/2R1GMl

‚Handbook of good practices: Preventing corruption in humanitarian operations‘ http://bit.ly/11PDAaj  @anticorruption

UN experts urge President Obama to agree to release of #CIA #torture report in most complete & comprehensible form http://owl.li/EWBew 

UN experts urge @BarackObama to side w/those struggling to reveal truth & end use of #torture worldwide http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15348&LangID=E#sthash.LjgFuMiH.dpuf … #SenateReport

Amb Braun in #UNGA: Past has made Germans very sensitive to state authorities‘ intrusions into #Right2Privacy.

Here’s Amb. Braun’s full statement on the adoption of our resolution on the #Right2Privacy: http://www.new-york-un.diplo.de/Vertretung/newyorkvn/en/__pr/speeches-statements/2014/20141125-braun-on-privacy.html?archive=3759636 … @Brazil_UN_NY @hrw @ACLU

The Government submitted three claims against Russia into the European Court for Human Rights. http://on.fb.me/1vO8AVj 

US Ratification of the Children Rights Convention Would be Pointless (not so sure — Ed.) http://opiniojuris.org/2014/11/25/turns-us-ratification-convention-rights-child-pointless/ …

@opiniojuris Kristen Boon’s piece on Rights Up Front’s first year is featured in our new blog. Please read and share! http://bit.ly/1yTFWiM

Pillay visits UNMISS

Former High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng give a joint-press conference on South Sudan. UN Photo/Isaac Billy.

OJ roundtable on corporate criminal liability for international crimes (posts by @Peiresc, Ratner, Stephens) http://opiniojuris.org/  #CSR

Most interesting lecture by @tobycadman on problem of Palestinian-Izraeli conflict #ELSAday #ELSAQM

No legal aid lawyer in their right mind can believe this administration wishes them anything but ill. About time we made a stand.

AM Frick hofft auf Zusammenarbeit bei Vetorecht im #UN-Sicherheitsrat und Überweisung des #Syrien-Konflikts an den #ICC @IntlCrimCourt

Peres bashes Jewish nation-state bill at Ben-Gurion memorial ceremony http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.628849 …

Israel is European white supremacy in its most traditional settler colonial form.

The Hungarian government proposed a legal amendment that could allow school segregation. Please sign this petition! http://www.petitions24.com/petition_against_the_legalization_of_school_segregation …

Swiss Handicap – aussergewöhnlichgewöhnlich http://fb.me/4w5JgxPGU

„Two wannabe jihadists who set out from Birmingham for Syria last May had ordered Islam for Dummies from Amazon.“ http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2014/11/wahhabism-isis-how-saudi-arabia-exported-main-source-global-terrorism …