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Gustavo Alvira Gomez
Gustavo Alvira, JD, is a lawyer with a background in international law and international human rights law. Colombian by birth, he is the current Peace and Post-Conflict Advisor at Fundación Compartir. He is in charge of designing education programs for former FARC child soldiers and generating employment opportunities for demobilized combatants in rural areas. Before returning to Colombia, he was the Human Rights Fellow at the Vance Center for International Justice at the New York City Bar Association.
The recent targeting of rural community leaders is not a repeat of the bloodletting against the UP. The motives, causes and actors are different. Read More
El programa de desarrollo profesional Enfrentando el Pasado explora como las vivencias personales del conflicto de los docentes afectan la forma y los ... Read More
Uno de los ejes del proceso de paz de en este país, en los años 90, fue la propuesta de una reforma educativa que previniera un conflicto en el futuro. ... Read More
UNICEF y el ICTJ acaban de publicar un informe acerca del papel de la educación en los procesos justicia transicional. El sector educativo debe tener ... Read More
Todos los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas para el año 2030 le apuntan a la construcción de paz, sobre todo el ODS 4: Educación ... Read More
This week Colombia’s Senate approved an amended peace accord. The modifications weren’t enough to persuade former-President Uribe, but will they be enough ... Read More
Colombians have the opportunity on October 2nd to vote on the historic peace accord signed last month between the Colombian government and the FARC. ... Read More
Through a series of deft maneuvers, President Santos has helped ensure the acceptance and implementation of the peace accord, while still upholding ... Read More
Colombia’s remaining guerrilla group, the ELN, is finally coming to the negotiating table. But the government is in a very different negotiating position ... Read More
With less than a month before the deadline to sign the peace accord, the government must do a better job of promoting the agreement and refuting its ... Read More