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Environmental conflicts, extractive industries and human rights in Colombia

October 28, 2016 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

FREE

Speaker: Johana Rocha Gomez, Tierra Digna, CAHR visiting fellow
Human rights lawyer
Johana Rocha Gomez is the Secretary General and Co-founder of Centro de Estudios para la Justicia Social ‘Tierra Digna’, and currently in charge of its litigation department. She also works in the field, accompanying rural communities, designing and implementing strategies for the defense of their rights. She works with fisher and small scale farmers’ communities affected by coal mining operations; Afro-descendant communities involved in restitution mechanisms in relation to armed conflict and forced displacement; and with indigenous communities on right to water.
In her talk, Johana will discuss the work of Tierra Digna in the defense of environmental rights in Colombia.
Johana is currently a visiting fellow under the auspices of the Centre for Applied Human Rights’ Protective Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.

Details

Date:
October 28, 2016
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost:
FREE
Event Category:

Organiser

Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York
Phone
01904 325885
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Venue

Alcuin Research Resource Centre
University of York
York, YO10 5DD
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