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This event will be held in Spanish.
Speaker: Diego García-Sayán Larrabure, Peruvian lawyer and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Perú. He sat as judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and was president of the Court between 2010 and 2012
Moderated by: Harvard Association of Peruvian Students
Board and members of the Harvard Association of Peruvian Students will meet Peruvian lawyer and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Perú, Diego García-Sayán to talk about his career and the current situation of social and political instability in Perú.
Diego García-Sayán, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers for two terms (2016-2022). Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights until December 31st, 2015 and its President for two consecutive terms. Broad experience in multilateral organizations at the United Nations and the Organization of American States, including: Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Peace Agreements at El Salvador and for the subsequent verification of the agreements reporting directly to the Security Council. Chairperson of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Member of the Redesign Panel on the United Nations System of Administration of Justice, appointed by the UN Secretary General (2006). Head of the Electoral Mission of the OAS in Guatemala in the general elections (2007). Appointed by the Secretary General (2017) to conform the “Comité de Escogencia” in Colombia that appointed all the members of the transitional justice and of the Truth Commission following the Peace Agreements FARC/Colombian Government. Minister of Justice during the democratic transition in Peru. Minister of Foreign Affairs that proposed and promoted the Inter-American Democratic Charter adopted in the Lima General Assembly (Sept. 11, 2001).
Harvard Association of Peruvian Students (HAPS) is the official Harvard-wide organization that brings together students, professors, alumni and researchers interested in Peru.
Presented by Harvard University Association of Peruvian Students, Cultural Agents and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute at University of Connecticut.