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Discussion with Prosecutor General Luis Eduardo Montealegre

Prosecutor General Montealegre, a former justice and president of Colombia’s Constitutional Court, discussed a broad range of issues.

Date & Time

Thursday
Jul. 12, 2012
9:00am – 10:15am ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Overview

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Latin American Program hosted a discussion with The Honorable Luis Eduardo Montealegre, Prosecutor General, Republic of Colombia.

Upon assuming the position of Prosecutor General in 2012, Luis Eduardo Montealegre pledged to strengthen human rights protections in Colombia and to fight impunity. 

Prosecutor General Montealegre, a former justice and president of Colombia’s Constitutional Court, discussed a broad range of issues important to the U.S.-Colombian relationship and to judicial strengthening in Colombia, the fight against impunity, corruption and criminal activity.

 

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Luis Eduardo Montealegre

Former justice and president of Colombia’s Constitutional Court
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Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more

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