Stephen M. Harnik introduces Justice Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa at AFLA Spring Event
- May 2, 2024
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Stephen M. Harnik, President of the American Foreign Law Association ("AFLA"), introduces guest of honor, Justice Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa at the AFLA's Spring Cocktail reception. Justice Cepeda is a member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom. He is the former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, where he gave judgment in landmark freedom of expression and media cases before the Court. He also served as the Presidential Advisor for the Constituent Assembly of Colombia, preparing the articles that addressed freedom of expression and access to information in Colombia’s Draft Constitution. Justice Cepeda is President Emeritus of the International Association of Constitutional Law, and was part of the transitional justice group of experts that negotiated the peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla.
Justice Cepeda delivering his remarks at the Russel Sage Foundation.
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