BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal: Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.12// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Ical BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.1371319.field_date.0@carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu DTSTAMP:20210301T004525Z DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n\n\n Sexual violence is a widespread and chronic issue in conflicts around the world. National efforts to address impunity for confl ict-related sexual violence (CRSV) have led to progress and faced challeng es. The UN Team of Experts\, together with its partners\, initiated a Digi tal Dialogue Series addressing topics covered in the \;Special Issue&n bsp\;of the Journal of International Criminal Justice on CRSV\n\n\n\n The s econd Digital Dialogue of the Series will bring together several contribut ing authors to the Special Issue\, academics\, and experts on the prosecut ion and investigation of serious crimes in Latin America\, with a focus on Colombia and Guatemala. Indeed\, despite widespread impunity for conflict -related sexual violence\, there have been a number of significant and inn ovative efforts to hold perpetrators accountable within \;national jus tice systems in these countries.\n\n\n\n In Guatemala\, national courts hav e prosecuted several emblematic cases involving sexual violence perpetrate d by state security forces during the internal armed conflict. In Colombia \, the creation of a Gender Submission within the Special Jurisdiction for Peace\, as well as of a special investigation team for cases of sexual vi olence in the Investigation and Prosecution Unit\, offer among others an o pportunity for the development of innovative responses to conflict related sexual violence as the Jurisdiction begins to investigate and adjudicate priority cases.\n\n\n\n Hosted by: the \;UN Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict\n\n\n\n In collaboration with:  \;Center for Gender Human Rights Gender and Migration at the Institute for Public Health\,  \;Institute for Public Health\, Washington Universit y in St. Louis \; \;Harvard Humanitarian Initiative \;and the  \;Carr Center for Human Rights Policy\, \;Harvard University\; the&nbs p\;Institute for the Study of Human Rights\, Columbia University\; and the  \;School of Transnational Governance\, \;European University Inst itute.\n\n\n\n Panelists: \;\n\n\n\n \n Ms. Daniela Kravetz | \;Attor ney\; Human Rights\, Accountability\, and Gender-based Violence Expert\; S pecial Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea \;\n \n \n Ms. Marta Valiñas | \;Member of the Independent International Fact-Fin ding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\; Human Rights and Le gal Professional Specializing on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes\n \n \n Ms. S usana SáCouto | \;Professorial Lecturer-In-Residence\; Director of the War Crimes Research Office of the Washington College of Law\n \n \n Ms. Ana Medina | \;Member of the Civil Society Organization\, Mujeres Transfor mando el Mundo (MTM) \;\n \n \n Amb. Charlotta Schlyter | \;Ambassado r for Sustainable Development\, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations\n \n \n Ms. Mona Rishmawi (Moderator) | \;Co-lead entity of the U N Team of Experts Chief of Rule of Law\, Equality and Non-Discrimination B ranch \;\n \n\n\n\n Daniela Kravetz (Chile) was appointed in October 201 8 as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea. Ms Kr avetz is an attorney with extensive experience in human rights\, accountab ility\, gender-based violence and access to justice in conflict and post-c onflict settings. Her experience covers countries in Latin America\, Afric a\, and the former Yugoslavia. \;While serving as a humanitarian law e xpert on the Security Council mandated Panel of Experts on the Sudan from 2016 to 2018\, Ms Kravetz conducted fact-finding missions to the Sudan and regional countries to investigate alleged violations by the parties to th e conflict. Previously\, she worked for over twelve years at the UN Intern ational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia\, first as a law clerk in Chambers and later as a prosecutor in the Office of the Prosecutor. He r prior experience includes working as a human rights officer in the UN Mi ssion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\n\n\n Marta \;Valiñas  \;is a human rights and legal professional\, who has been specializing on international criminal justice and\, more specifically\, on sexual and gen der-based crimes. Most recently\, she worked in one of the investigation t eams at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ( 2014-2019). Prior to that\, she worked as a legal adviser\, both in non-go vernmental organizations\, such as REDRESS (2009) and the Women’s Initiati ves for Gender Justice (2013/2014)\, and in the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009-2013). She has consulted for various organizations\, in cluding UNICEF-IRC\, UN Women\, ICTJ\, the OSCE Gender Section\, and vario us times for Justice Rapid Response. In this quality\, she has recently tr ained and mentored legal professionals in domestic jurisdictions such as G uatemala and Colombia (2017 and 2019). Ms. Valiñas holds a graduate degree in Law from the University of Porto and a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization (E.MA). She has also been an academic researcher at t he University of Leuven on transitional justice (2004-2008).\n\n\n\n Susana SáCouto directs the War Crimes Research Office of the Washington College of Law\, which promotes the development and enforcement of international c riminal law and international humanitarian law. She is also Professorial L ecturer-in-Residence at the Washington College of Law\, where she teaches courses on international criminal law\, international legal responses to c onflict-based sexual and gender violence. Ms. SáCouto’s background include s extensive practical experience with organizations working on human right s issues at both the domestic and international level\, including Women Em powered Against Violence\, Inc.\, the Office of the Prosecutor at the Inte rnational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia\, the Center for Hum an Rights Legal Action in Guatemala\, and the Florence Immigrant and Refug ee Rights Project. She also served as co-chair of the Women’s Internationa l Law Interest Group of the American Society for International Law\, and w as awarded The Women’s Law Center 22nd Annual Dorothy Beatty Memorial Awar d for significant contributions to women’s rights. In December 2017\, she was honored as part of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice’s unveil ing of the Gender Justice Legacy Wall\, which celebrates judges\, practiti oners\, academics\, advocates\, diplomats\, survivors\, witnesses\, and ot hers who have helped shape the field of international gender justice over the past 125 years.\n\n\n\n Amb. Charlotta Schlyter\, \;Ambassador for Sustainable Development\, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nation s\, will give the closing remarks.\n\n\n\n Mona Rishmawi \;is the Chief of the Rule of Law\, Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). She has been workin g for the United Nations since November 2000. Until June 2009\, she served as the OHCHR Legal Advisor and the Coordinator of the Rule of Law and Dem ocracy Unit. She was the Executive Director of the UN International Commis sion of Inquiry on Darfur which was established by the UN Security Council resolution 1564 of 18 September 2004. This inquiry led in March 2005 to t he first referral of a situation by the UN Security Council to the Interna tional Criminal Court. Between 2000 and 2004\, she was the Senior Policy A dviser to two UN High Commissioners for Human Rights: Mary Robinson and Sé rgio Vieira de Mello. In 2003\, she served with Sérgio Vieira de Mello in Iraq in his capacity as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-Gen eral.\n\n\n\n You can also find additional information about the entire ser ies on this page: \;https://spark.adobe.com/page/BKdUQCMyYyJbJ/.\n\n\n \n The panelists will answer some of the questions during the session. Plea se submit any questions you may have for them at least 24 hours prior to t he webinar by sending an email to \;toesvc@un.org\n\n\n\n Virtual Event Details:This event will be livestreamed on YouTube Live. Attendees regist ered for this event (link below)\, will first receive a confirmation email from Harvard Web Publishing\, confirming that they have signed-up succesf ully. On the day of the event\, they \;will receive a reminder for the livestream 30 minutes before the event along with a link to the YouTube p age where you can participate in the live chat and ask questions during th e event.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200929T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200929T134500 LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T144456Z LOCATION:Virtual Event (Registration Required) SUMMARY:The National Prosecution of CRSV in Guatemala and Colombia: Closer to a Victim-Centered Justice? 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