Friday 12

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.

Conference

8:00 am
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General Assembly of the AHRI network (members only)
  • place
    Javier Neves" Room - Department of Law - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
9:30 am
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Keynote lecture: "International mechanisms to combat organized crime with a humanistic approach".
  • place
    Auditorium of Law - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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

11:00 am
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Coffee break
  • place
    Outside of the Law Auditorium - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
11:30 am
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Parallel sessions
  • place

Session 1: "Illegal Gold Mining: A Complex Human Rights Challenge".

Session 2: "Human Rights in the Digital Age: Ethical, Legal and Political Challenges for the Use of New Technologies"

Session 3: "Non-State Good Practices inthe Fight Against Organized Crime" 

Session 4: "Global Characterization of Organized Crime: Diversity, Expansion and Transnational Challenges".

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"

1:00 pm
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Lunch break
  • place
3:00 pm
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Parallel sessions
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Session 6: "International Protection of Human Rights: Current Challenges, Progress and Proposals for Reform".

Session 7: "Business Conduct in Contexts of Criminality and Extractivism: Legal Responses and Human Rights Disputes".

Session 8: "Organized crime and social risk factors: Diagnosis and action from a human rights perspective".

Session 9: "Collaborations between Academia and Civil Society: Strengthening protection and support for human rights defenders at risk".

Session 10: "Revealing transnational crimes in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and challenging de facto justice and victim protection policies and laws".

4:00 pm
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Coffee break
  • place
    Law School - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
4:30 pm
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Parallel sessions
  • place

Session 11: "Exploitation and Discrimination: The Impact of Organized Crime on Women and LGBTIQ+ Persons"

Session 12: "Organized crime in Latin America: Characterization, governance and its impact on human rights and the rule of law".

Session 13: "Latin American experiences on the militarization of public security: Reflections from civil society for the defense of human rights".

Session 14: "The role of hybrid human rights mechanisms in the investigation of organized crime".

Session 15: "Climate justice and human rights: Current debates on law, territory and global action".

7:30 pm
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Protocol dinner
  • place
    Larco Museum Restaurant (169 Navarra Street, Pueblo Libre)

11:30 Hrs

Illegal gold mining: Complex human rights challenge
  • place
    Hearing Room 1, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Human Rights in the Digital Age: Ethical, Legal and Political Challenges for the Use of New Technologies
  • place
    Hearing Room 2, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Non-State Good Practices inthe Fight Against Organized Crime
  • place
    Zolezzi Amphitheater, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Global Characterization of Organized Crime: Diversity, Expansion and Transnational Challenges
  • place
    Dammert Amphitheater, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Between Borders and Criminal Networks: Global Challenges for the Protection of Migrants, Refugees and Stateless Persons in the Context of Transnational Organized Crime
  • place
    To be confirmed

15:00 Hrs

International Human Rights Protection: Current Challenges, Advances and Reform Proposals
  • place
    Hearing Room 1, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Business Conduct in Contexts of Criminality and Extractivism: Legal Responses and Human Rights Disputes
  • place
    Hearing Room 2, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Organized Crime and Social Risk Factors: Diagnosis and Action from a Human Rights Perspective
  • place
    Zolezzi Amphitheater, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Collaborations between Academia and Civil Society: Strengthening protection and support for human rights defenders at risk.
  • place
    Dammert Amphitheater, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Revealing transnational crimes in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and challenging de facto justice and victim protection policies and laws
  • place
    To be confirmed

16:30 Hrs

Exploitation and Discrimination: The Impact of Organized Crime on Women and LGBTIQ+ Persons
  • place
    Hearing Room 1, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Organized Crime in Latin America: Characterization, Governance and its Impact on Human Rights and the Rule of Law
  • place
    Hearing Room 2, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Latin American experiences on the militarization of public security: Reflections from civil society for the defense of human rights.
  • place
    Zolezzi Amphitheater, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
The role of Hybrid Human Rights Mechanisms in the Investigation of Organized Crime
  • place
    Dammert Amphitheater, Faculty of Law- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Climate justice and human rights: Current debates on law, territory and global action.
  • place
    To be confirmed