25th International Metropolis Conference - Berlin 2022 - Link to homepage

Mikrofon on an tripod

Roberto Vidal

Roberto Vidal

Magistrate of the Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia

Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Colombia

Roberto Vidal

Roberto Vidal is a lawyer with a degree in history from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. He also holds a PhD in Law. He was a full professor and director of the Department of Philosophy and History of Law and of the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies – Pensar – at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He is a consultant for the United Nations System in Colombia and the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

He held the presidency of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) and the University Network for Peace (RED UNIPAZ). He was a member of Colombia's National Peace Council representing universities and higher education entities.

Since 2018 he has been Magistrate of the Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia.

Programme speaker

11:30 a.m. CEST
-
01:00 p.m. CEST
Plenary

Fair Migration as a Future Global Challenge

Migration issues can only be tackled and managed in a national, regional and global context. How can the international community develop an agenda for “fair migration”? What, for that matter, constitutes “fair”?

More speakers