Bolivia’s Search for Justice and Reconciliation

December 14, 2021 02:07:26
Bolivia’s Search for Justice and Reconciliation
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Bolivia’s Search for Justice and Reconciliation

Dec 14 2021 | 02:07:26

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Show Notes

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.

Speakers

Steve 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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