Cincinnati Law Lecture to Examine Significance, Impact of Colombian Peace Process
The Colombian peace agreement is the result of a four-year negotiation between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). The agreement is supposed to end a more than 50-year armed internal conflict in Colombia. The FARC-EP will transform from a terrorist group into a legitimate political actor.
- Has the Colombian government negotiated a new political and economic order for Colombia?
- How rural development is linked to the Peace Agreement?
- Might Colombian and U.S. companies face potential criminal and civil cases for possible financing of the armed conflict?
- Why do segments of the Colombian society reject the peace agreement?
- Does the peace agreement truly end the armed conflict in Colombia?
These are only some of the not-so-obvious questions to answer.
About the war: The over five decades long conflict between the Colombian government and FARC has left more than 220,000 people dead and driven nearly seven million Colombians from their homes the highest number of internally displaced people in the world, according to the United Nations. As noted in a July 7, 2016 Washington Post article, Colombias peace process: Whats next and whats at stake by Jake Miroff, the peace deal holds a lot of promise for Colombia, a nation of 50 million that is the U.Ss closest ally in South America. But it faces a major hurdle: voter approval.
About the lecturer: The guest lecturer, Ildiko Szegedy-Maszak, is affiliated with Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia. She has worked for Baker & McKenzie Law Office Budapest securities and Finance Practice Group and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota Law School. She was educated at the Universidad Externada de Colombia, the London School of Economics and Political Science, ELTE University of Sciences Budapest. Szegedy-Maszak served as honorary consul of Hungary in Bogota. A published author, she has written numerous scholarly papers corporate social responsibility in public policy issues, Colombian welfare state and trade agreements.
This event is sponsored by Cincinnati Laws Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights and the Masters in Law for Foreign Trained Lawyers program.
Related Stories
Cancer Center plays key role in lab research, clinical trials for new pancreatic cancer drug
September 1, 2026
WLWT and WCPO highlighted the contributions of University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers that helped lead to the recent FDA approval of daraxonrasib, a new treatment for pancreatic cancer.
An expert pieced together this Roman document like a puzzle
September 1, 2026
National media highlighted a new project by UC Classics Assistant Professor Matthijs Wibier to piece together and translate an ancient Roman text from fragments buried in the desert for more than 1,600 years.
Cancer Center physician receives $150,000 New Investigator Research Grant to study treatment-resistant leukemia
September 1, 2026
The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center’s Sarah Skuli, MD, PhD, received a two‑year, $150,000 Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Grant to study TP53‑mutated leukemia, a treatment‑resistant subtype with very poor outcomes.