Tactics and tools for the protection
of Human Rights Defenders

Tuesday 7 June, 16:00 - 21:00

Where: The Court Room (University of London, Senate House, First Floor)

Registration Required

Organised by PBI and the Institute for the Study of the Americas (University of London, School of Advanced Study), this conference will bring together a series of interdisciplinary panels and audience from NGOs and political, legal and academic sectors. Its aim is to increase understanding of the human rights situation in Mexico, especially with regard to the implementation of the rulings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR).

This topic will be explored in comparative perspective with the European Court of Human Rights, drawing attention to emblematic cases recently ruled on by the IACtHR, including those of Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú.

Speakers include:

Valentina Rosendo Cantú, indigenous woman who brought a successful IACtHR case against the Mexican government.

Santiago Aguirre, Mexican human rights lawyer with the Tlachinollan Human Rights centre, which represented the case of Valentina Rosendo Cantú before the IACtHR

Courtenay Barklem, lawyer and specialist on the European Court of Human Rights

For further information and to register for this conference, please contact susibascon peacebrigades.org.uk

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