General Assembly of the AHRI network (members only)
- Javier Neves" Room - Department of Law - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
The 2025 AHRI Conference is structured to address key issues related to human rights protection against organized crime from various perspectives. Activities include keynote lectures, parallel sessions, and academic interaction spaces, designed to promote the exchange of ideas, reflection, and dialogue among experts, academics, and participants from different disciplines.
Keynote speaker:
Mónica Serrano (Professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México)
Panelists:
Noam López (Senior Researcher of the Institute of Social Analytics and Strategic Intelligence of the PUCP)
Olga Espinoza (Coordinator of the Master in Criminology and Management of Citizen Security at the School of Government of the University of Chile)
Moderators: To be confirmed
Session 1: "Illegal Gold Mining: A Complex Challenge for Human Rights" (Spanish/ Presential)
Session 2: "Global Characterization of Organized Crime: Diversity, Expansion and Transnational Challenges" (Spanish and English/Virtual)
Session 3: "Multisectoral responses to protect human rights in the face of organized crime and corruption" (Spanish and English/ Hybrid)
Session 4: "Human Rights in the Digital Age: Ethical, Legal and Political Challenges for the Use of New Technologies" (Spanish and English/ Classroom)
Session 5: "Between Borders and Criminal Networks: Global Challenges for the Protection of Migrants, Refugees and Stateless Persons in the Context of Transnational Organized Crime" (English/ Hybrid)
Session 6: "International Protection of Human Rights: Current Challenges, Progress and Proposals for Reform" (Spanish/ Classroom)
Session 7: "Business Conduct in Contexts of Criminality and Extractivism: Legal Responses and Human Rights Disputes" (Spanish/ Presential)
Session 8: "Revealing transnational crimes in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and challenging de facto policies and laws on justice and victim protection" (English/ Hybrid)
Session 9: "International human rights law in the face of new scenarios of threat and transformation" (English/ Classroom)
Session 10: "Organized Crime and Social Risk Factors: Diagnosis and Action from a Human Rights Perspective" (English/ Classroom)
Session 11: "Collaborations between Academia and Civil Society: Strengthening Protection and Support for Human Rights Defenders at Risk" (English/Hybrid)
Session 12: "Exploitation, Discrimination and Recruitment: The Impact of Organized Crime on Vulnerable Groups" (Spanish and English/ Classroom)
Session 13: "Organized crime in Latin America: Characterization, governance and its impact on human rights and the rule of law" (Spanish/ Presential)
Session 14: "Children and adolescents in situations of mobility and transnational violence: challenges for the protection of rights in contexts of organized crime" (Spanish/ Hybrid)
Session 15: "The role of hybrid human rights mechanisms in the investigation of organized crime" (Spanish/ Presential)
Session 16: "Climate Justice and Human Rights: Current debates on law, territory and global action" (English/Hybrid)