Nelson Camilo Sánchez is a research coordinator of the Center for the Study of Law, Justice, and Society – Dejusticia – and associate professor at the “Universidad Nacional de Colombia” in Bogota. He holds a J.D and SJD from the “Universidad Nacional de Colombia” and an LL.M in International Legal Studies from Harvard Law School. During 2004-2005 he received the “Rómulo Gallegos” scholarship from the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (Washington D.C.). His research focuses on transitional justice, human rights, armed conflict, social justice, development and economic, social and cultural rights, and has done a close follow up of the peace talks with special focus on land restitution.

Selected publications:

• Holding businesses to account in Latin America, blog post, 2016.
• Post-conflict in Colombia (18) Amnesty and pardon in the peace process, blog post, 2016.
• ESCR Start to Catch Up, blog post, 2016.
• Justicia de transición y constitución [Transitional and Constitutional Justice]. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2014, with K. Ambos, G. E. Cote Barco, C. Ibáñez Gutiérrez, D. F. Tarapués Sandino, G. Villa Rosas, J. E. Zuluaga T.
• Justicia para la paz. Crímenes atroces, derecho a la justicia y paz negociada. [Justice to Achieve Peace: Heinous crimes, the Right to Negotiated Peace and Justice], Dejusticia, 2014, with R. U. Yepes and M. Sánchez Duque.
• Corporate Accountability, Reparations, and Distributive Justice in Post-Conflict Societies in S. Michalowski (ed.) Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice, Routledge, 2013.
• Return within the Bounds of the Pinheiro Principles: The Colombian Land Restitution Experience. Washington University Global Studies Law Review, 2012, 11 (1): 1-53, with D. L. Attanasio D.
• Transitional Justice without Transition? The Colombian Experience in the Implementation of Transition Measures, in Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (ed.) Contribution of Truth, Justice, and Reparation Policies to Latin American Democracies, 2011.