The Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice Presents:
Human Rights &
Judicial Independence
in Guatemala
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 • 12:00 p.m.
McGuinn Hall, Room 521 • Boston College
Claudia Escobar
With
,
former Guatemalan judge and current Scholar at Risk at
Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Ms. Escobar spoke publicly last year on the acute corruption in the
judicial selection process in Guatemala, which was part of a wave of
popular revolt against the government that ultimately led to the arrest
of the president and vice president of the country on corruption charges. As a result of her brave actions, however, she received threats and
was forced to relocate to the US with her family to seek refuge.
In this presentation, she will speak how this corrupted process represses judicial independence, which in turn feeds into the larger problem of
corruption in the country, and will discuss how it might be addressed.
Contact: CHRIJ 617.552.8491 | humanrights@bc.edu | www.bc.edu/humanrights
this event is free and open to the public.
Light lunch will be served. RSVP required at
www.bc.edu/chrij