Joshua Mitrotti, director of Colombia’s Agency for Reintegration will talk about the challenges and achievements of a ground-breaking approach to absorb thousands of former paramilitaries and guerrilla fighters into productive employment as part of the country’s post-conflict transition.
Mary Martin is Senior Research Fellow in LSE IDEAS and the LSE Department of International Relations. She was previously Director of Communications and Research for Human Security at LSE Global Governance, and from 2006-2010, co-ordinator of the Human Security Study Group, which reports to the High Representative of the European Union.
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