Avocats Sans Frontieres – Toronto in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers and the Law Union of Ontario are pleased to invite you to the presentation of
ALIRIO URIBE MUÑOZ
Prize-winning labour lawyer and human rights defender
Director, ESCR Committee of the Colectivo de abogados José Alvear Restrepo, Colombia
Who will discuss the role of lawyers, particularly labour and human rights lawyers, in the current paramilitary demobilization process in Colombia with reference to the role of Canadian actors.
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
12h00-2h00 PM
215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto Ontario
The presentation will be in Spanish with English interpretation.
For further information contact ASF-Toronto c/o:
Simon Archer
647-406-2724
simon@simonarcher.ca
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ALIRIO URIBE MUÑOZ is an eminent Colombian lawyer with more than 17 years of experience defending human rights and involved in the most serious cases of human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed in Colombia. As specialist in labour rights as well, Alirio Uribe is, for the past four years, the Director of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights section of the Colectivo de abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR), one the of most important organization defending and promoting human rights in Colombia. Alirio Uribe is Professor at the INCCA University in Bogota, where he teaches labor law. He taught also at several other universities. Mr. Uribe is currently participating in the follow-up process with the International Criminal Court investigating crimes against humanity and grave human rights violations in Colombia. In 2003, he received the Martin Ennals Human Rights Award for human rights defenders. He has published widely on human rights issues and has carried out research on forced displacement in Colombia and the enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights. Finally, Mr. Uribe is past-President of CAJAR, Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, and former Coordinator of the Colombian Chapter of the Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (Inter-American Platform on Human Rights, Democracy and Development).
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