Subject: HRI Event Thursday 4/2: Justice in Guatemala, Featuring Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey
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You are cordially invited to

Remarks by:

Dr. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey

Justice in Guatemala

Thursday, April 2, 2015

4:30 pm

Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall
Room 110
600 New Jersey Ave., N.W.

Guatemala's first female Attorney General, Dr. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey, is a criminal law specialist, scholar, judge and litigator, who has worked for over eighteen years to strengthen the justice system in her country, Guatemala. She earned her doctorate in human rights and criminal law, served as a judge, and was the national consultant to the UN Mission in Guatemala. In 1994, she founded the Institute for Comparative Criminal Studies of Guatemala, a human rights organization that promotes restorative justice and protects the rights of marginalized and discriminated groups during criminal proceedings. Dr. Paz y Paz Bailey assumed leadership of Guatemala's Ministerio Publico (Prosecutor's Office) from December 2010 until May 2014, and pursued cases against both the organized criminals of today and the perpetrators of massive human rights abuse in the past. She is currently at Georgetown University as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence, with a joint appointment between GIWPS and the Georgetown University Law Center.

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