In this event we will address the scope, needs and challenges of the JEP’s Forensic Team as a central element of peacebuilding in Colombia

Exhuming the truth: forensic experts and its contribution in the JEP

Within the Unit of Investigation and Accusation of the JEP is a technical forensic team, whose work contributes to meeting victims’ right to truth, reparation and transitional justice as set out in the peace agreement. The team’s task is to oversee the exhumation of human remains of victims of the armed conflict whose perpetrators are included in the JEP and either accept responsibility and contribute to the whole truth, or not. In this public dialogue, we will address the scope, needs and challenges of this forensic team as a central element of peacebuilding in Colombia.

Dr. Giovanni Álvarez Santoyo | Director of the UIA-JEP (to be confirmed)

Dr. Mauricio Aguirre | Attorney leader of the Forensic Team UIA-JEP

Dr. Germán Cano | Forensic medical examiner responsible for the Forensic Team UIA-JEP

The Forensic Team | UIA-JEP

Chair: María Fernanda Olarte-Sierra | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam | Rodeemos el Diálogo