Bolivia’s October 2019 national elections convulsed the country as fraud allegations triggered widespread protests and social conflict. On December 13, USIP and WOLA held an in-depth discussion of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts’ findings and an examination of how the GIEI’s recommendations can promote the kind of accountability, healing and common understanding across Bolivia’s political and identity divides that could ultimately prevent the repetition of the conflict, violence and human rights violations that marked the country’s 2019 electoral crisis.
SpeakersSteve Hege, introductory remarks Deputy Regional Director for Latin America, U.S. Institute of Peace
Juan Mendez Former Member, GIEI; Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence, Washington College of Law, American University
Patricia Tappatá Valdez Former Member, GIEI Member, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Jaime Vidal Former Executive Secretary, GIEI; Coordinator, Follow-Up and Impact Section, IACHR
Senator Patricia Arce First Secretary, Justice Commission, Senate of Bolivia
Eduardo Rodriguez Velzté Former Interim President of Bolivia
Alejandro Bilbao La Vieja Chargé d’Affaires, of the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the US
Kathryn Ledebur, moderator Director, Andean Information Network
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/bolivias-search-justice-and-reconciliation
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