Category: Afro-Colombians

I’ve heard about the restorative and reconciliatory justice that has taken place in the past few years since the Colombian government agreed to a ceasefire with the FARC. Most notably, Afro-Colombian communities have explored various ways to reconcile the grieve and trauma experienced at the hands of the violent insurgent group and the government. Ceremonies…

CUNY Law School Associate Professor Lisa Davis tackles in her latest article in the Human Rights Law Review what could have been in Colombia’s Peace Accords had it included gender and racial reconciliatory provisions. Davis contends that the Peace Accords of 2016 were revolutionary not only because they brought about the end of a sixty-year…