Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 28/10/20253/3 The policy paper draws on 23 semistructured interviews, plus a roundtable with key stakeholders in Colombia 🇨🇴 000
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 28/10/20252/3 The policy paper highlights both the progress and the challenges in recognising fighters who experienced GBV within armed groups as victims, offering valuable lessons for developing more inclusive and intersectional approaches to #Victimhood and #GBV in global #TransitionalJustice contexts 100
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 28/10/2025🧵 1/3 📢 New Policy Paper! I’m delighted to share my latest policy paper: “Rethinking Victimhood: Insights from Colombia’s JEP on Gender-Based Violence within Armed Groups”💡 📄 Read it here: 🔗 🇬🇧 English: tinyurl.com/yck7vf9k 🔗 🇪🇸 Spanish: tinyurl.com/496syaebtinyurl.com(PDF) Rethinking Victimhood: Insights from Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) on Gender-Based Violence within Armed Groups [Policy Paper]PDF | This policy paper examines the advances and limitations of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace’s (JEP) efforts to recognise fighters who were... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on... 100
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasCoercive In/Justice @coerciveinjustice.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Last week, @aislingswaine.bsky.social shared about our @erc.europa.eu project's novel contributions to studying gender-based violence through the phenomenon of ‘coercive control’. Check out the recording now! Thank you @danielasuarezv.bsky.social and Queen's University Belfast for hosting! 032
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 24/10/2025🎥 The recording is now available! If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...youtube.comBehind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups & the Politics of Victimhood in ColombiaYouTube video by QUB School of Law 000
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasDaniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 22/09/2025🚨 What happens when #GenderbasedViolence occurs within armed groups and not only against civilians? Join us to examine how #TransitionalJustice processes recognise and respond to this often-overlooked violence. 🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST 📍QUB Moot Court & Online 🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5 023
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 22/09/2025🚨 What happens when #GenderbasedViolence occurs within armed groups and not only against civilians? Join us to examine how #TransitionalJustice processes recognise and respond to this often-overlooked violence. 🗓️ 22 Oct, 2–5 pm BST 📍QUB Moot Court & Online 🔗 Register & info: tinyurl.com/3re4nsj5 023
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Had a great time at #BISA2025 @mybisa.bsky.social yesterday! Loved sharing a roundtable with Diana Ortega, @itseeefa.bsky.social & Dr Claire Wright on GBV, organised crime & transitional justice in Colombia, Mexico & Northern Ireland 🇨🇴🇲🇽☘️ Always a joy to work with such smart colleagues & friends🫰🏼 040
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Spoke today at the #NarrativeCriminology Symposium at Swansea University, sharing work from my ESRC postdoc on the subversive victim, SGBV inside illegal armed groups and competing narratives of victimhood in Colombia's transitional justice. Grateful for the feedback… and the beach walk after 🌊☀️ 000
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasRachel Killean @rachelkillean.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Pleased to share this new publication with Libby Newton, in which we explore the Colombian JEP's innovative recognition of territories as victims of the Colombian conflict www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comTransitional justice and other-than-human harm: lessons from ColombiaArmed conflicts destroy human lives and livelihoods, wildlife, landscapes and the webs of relationships between these phenomena. Yet, transitional justice practice has remained predominantly anthro... 062
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasKaisa Pankakoski, PhD @kaisapan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025We had a productive #ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow Development Programme policy challenge workshop in Birmingham! Our interdisciplinary team representing four universities @jessanderson61.bsky.social @danielasuarezv.bsky.social @vpmlister.bsky.social tackled the needs of homeless domestic abuse victims. 032
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasEvelyne Schmid @evelyneschmid.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Prof. Tine Destrooper (Ghent Uni) is recruiting three PhD researchers: Three Funded PhD Positions in the Field of #TransitionalJustice “Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up”. justicevisions.org/vacancy-thre... @atlaswomen.bsky.socialjusticevisions.orgVacancy: Three Funded PhD Positions in the Field of Transitional Justice – Justice VisionsWe are seeking to hire three fully funded PhD researchers as part of the new ERC project “Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up”. . We ar... 0511
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 27/02/2025open.spotify.com/episode/0Tt0...open.spotify.comTrump vs. USAID: el fin de la cooperación internacional como la conocíamosEl hilo · Episode 010
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 27/02/2025If you speak Spanish, El Hilo has a great episode on USAID's closure and its impact on international cooperation in LatAm. It covers US-LatAm relations, USAID's bias in democracy promotion and support in the region, and how the closure contradicts Trump's "USA First" policy. 110
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasTeresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025@qubcriminology.bsky.social the QUB ICCJ Annual Lecture is going to be delivered by Prof Maximo Sozzo (University of Santa Fe, Argentina) “Punishment and Authoritarianism in Latin America: a palimsepstic perspective” 6th March, 4 pm in the Great Hall sign up here: shorturl.at/IodBC 023
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasSiobhan McAlister @siobhanmc74.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Still time to apply for these great collaborative studentships with hugely supportive supervisory teams 143
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasCamilo Sanchez @ncamilosanchezl.bsky.social · 06/02/2025#NewBookAlert: Two decades ago, it was believed that hybrid courts would vanish with the ICC's creation. Instead, they have multiplied. Kirsten Ainley & Mark Kersten's new book examines their impact. I contributed a chapter on hybrid investigative mechanisms academic.oup.com/book/59279/c...academic.oup.comHybrid Investigatory Mechanisms and Other Hybrid Justice InitiativesAbstractHybrid tribunals have not generally been used in Latin America, with ordinary domestic criminal courts favoured to provide accountability in transi 064
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasDr Benjamin Thorne @benjaminthorne.bsky.social · 30/01/2025My book, The Figure of the Witness in International Criminal Tribunals Memory, Atrocities and Transitional Justice, is now available in paperback - tinyurl.com/wzcjestp 021
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasCamilo Sanchez @ncamilosanchezl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog kindly invited me to participate in a symposium on the book “Reparations by Non-State Armed Groups Under International Law” by Dr. Olivia Herman. Here is my contribution: www.armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2025/01/27/b...armedgroups-internationallaw.orgArmed Groups and International Law - Book Symposium “Reparations by Non-State Armed Groups”: Operationalising the Duty of NSAG to Provide Reparations: Reflections from ColombiaFor decades, Colombia has faced an ongoing series of armed conflicts involving a diverse range of non-official armed actors. The legal and public policy landscape of the Colombian state has had to … 052
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasAoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The Morrigan - @joytwemlow.bsky.social, Belén Mattos-Castaneda @danielasuarezv.bsky.social, @anuragdeb.bsky.social & Bethany McShepherd write about their amazing #Barbie workshop Excellent 2 days - thoughtful, #feminist & the craic! #LegalFeminism #Utopias #Manifestos 👇 dflw.ie/feminist-uto... 075
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasTeresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Our brilliant colleague Kevin Hearty on the autobiographical turn in the criminolgy of war 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azae099/7953326academic.oup.comNarrating the Consequences of Conflict: Death, Survival and the ‘Autobiographical Turn’ in the Criminology of WarAbstract. Locating itself within narrative criminological scholarship and the criminology of war literature, this article critically examines how the theme 033
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasCheryl Lawther @profcheryllawther.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Here it is! Delighted to round off 2024 with publication of my new book ‘Constructing Victimhood: Beyond Innocence and Guilt in Transitional Justice’. Available online now. Huge thanks to all the direct and indirect contributors who shaped the final book academic.oup.com/book/58974 086
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasTRIAL International @trialinternational.bsky.social · 17/12/2024We compiled a starting kit of international organizations, NGOs and associations in the field of international justice and human rights to follow for justice-related news. 👇 go.bsky.app/ScHA5sh 54219
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 02/12/2024www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...taylorfrancis.comRethinking international legal education in Latin America* | 9 | ExploThis chapter by REDIAL (Rethinking International Legal Education in Latin America) aims at opening spaces to reconsider the practices of teaching and 110
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 02/12/2024twailr-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/twailr.c...twailr-com.cdn.ampproject.orgRethinking International Legal Education in Latin America: Reflections toward a Global DialoguePaola Andrea Acosta Alvarado, Amaya Álvez Marín, Laura Betancur-Restrepo, Fabia Veçoso & Daniel Rivas-Ramírez reflect on the practice of teaching international law in the specific academic set… 010
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Hi Marieke, you might find the work of LatAm scholars working on TWAIL insightful. Scholars like Luis Eslava, René Urueña, Laura Betancur Restrepo or Daniel Quiroga come to mind. There are certainly others as well but they could be a good starting point 210
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasMiriam Anderson @miriamjanderson.bsky.social · 13/11/2024I’m working on a starter pack for those interested in WPS. I’m struggling with the search function on Blue Sky. Please let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/QF29N6Y 308640
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Hi, I'd love to be added (if possible) 🙃 110
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasPeter Lundberg @peterlundberg.bsky.social · 24/11/2024aje.io/80lhbf The promises of “never again” made after WWII appears to be forgotten, as war continue to plague humanity in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere, RWI has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative that promises to revolutionise the way we monitor IHL. aje.io/80lhbfaje.ioICMD: A new tool to end impunity for those who violate the rules of warA new initiative by RWI promises to revolutionise the way compliance with the rules of war is monitored globally. 29536
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasAmrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 29/11/2021Weshalb #IchBinHanna in die Wissenschaft wollte: ❤️Forschung ❤️Lehre Was den Beruf von #IchBinHanna tatsächlich ausmacht: ✅Bewerben ✅Anträge schreiben ✅Existenzängste haben ✅dauernd umziehen/pendeln ✅unbezahlte Überstunden ✅heimlichen Plan B schmieden ❌Forschung ❌Lehre 15820
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasAndrés Bermúdez Liévano @bermudezlievano.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Last week the JEP unveiled its seventh indictment against the former FARC, the second against its Secretariat and the first for conscription of children. My anaysis of the accusation. www.justiceinfo.net/en/138510-fa...justiceinfo.netFARC leadership accused of war crimes over child soldiersIn Colombia, six former FARC leaders have been charged with participating in the recruitment of child soldiers. Following the announcement by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), they indicated t... 152
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasOliver Kaplan @oliverkaplan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I started a Colombianistas starter pack. I’m sure it will grow! Saludos! go.bsky.app/KY4Vcsb 92313
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasMara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024A working list of researchers, practitioners, and organizations working on transitional justice, please let me know if I missed you or anyone else who should be added! bsky.app/starter-pack... Some overlap with but narrower focus than my other list on humanitarian aid, peacebuilding & development. 226028
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Hola, ¿podrías agregarme? Soy abogada e investigadora Colombiana trabajando temas de justicia transicional, víctimas y violencia intrafilas 120
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Hi Mara, I'd love to be added if possible 🙂 Thanks! 010
Daniela Suárez Vargas @danielasuarezv.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Hi Bluesky! With more people here, it’s time to introduce myself: I’m a lawyer & Postdoc researcher working on: - Transitional Justice - Politics of Victimhood - Sexual & Gender-Based Violence - Female Fighters - Int'l Criminal Law - Human Rights - LatAm (esp Colombia 🇨🇴) Excited to connect 🙃 0101
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasEl hilo @elhilopodcast.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Darién, una emergencia humanitaria. Eliezer Budasoff viajó a un campamento en Panamá donde las historias de miles de migrantes muestran la distancia entre los discursos radicales contra ellos, y la realidad que alimenta esa marcha humana imparable. Escucha: elhilo.audio/podcast/dari... 0137
Reposted by Daniela Suárez VargasLuke Moffett @lukemoffett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Are you working on war, Transitional Justice, AI in conflict, or OSINT? Why not apply to present your research on our Armed Conflict, Justice and Law #SLSA Stream in Liverpool in April 2025, the deadline for paper submissions is fast approaching www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...liverpool.ac.ukCall for papers - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool 31211