Victims’ Rights in Flux: Criminal Justice Reform in Colombia

Astrid Liliana Sanchez Mejia is a Professor of Law at Javeriana University (Colombia). Her research focuses on criminal justice, human rights, and violence against women. She earned her Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) degree from UCLA, her LL.M. in Legal Theory from NYU, her Master of Laws from Los Andes University (Colombia), and her law degree from Javeriana University. She was a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship, the Colciencias Fellowship, the Dean’s Tuition Fellowship at UCLA School of Law, and the International Fellowship of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Professor Sanchez Mejia has taught at various universities and training centers for state representatives in Colombia and Latin America.

• Chapter 1. The Expansion of Rights of Crime Victims in the Context of the 1991 Constitution.- Chapter 2. (Un)protecting Victims’ Rights in the Colombian Criminal Justice Reform of the Early 2000s.- Chapter 3. Reactions to the Regulation on Victims of the 2004 CPC: Challenges, Adjustments, and Punitive Counterreforms.- Chapter 4. Assessing the Effects of the 2004 CPC on Victim’s Rights Data.