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Washington Reception Honoring Ivan Cepeda - 2007 Recipient of The Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award
On June 15, 2007, Human Rights First held a reception in Washington together with other Washington-based Latin American human rights organizations to honor Ivan Cepeda and celebrate his receipt of the 2007 Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award.
Washington, DC Advocacy Trip Itinerary for Ivan Cepeda
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| Attendees at reception (L to R) Nadia Tongour, State Dept, Lisa Haugaard, LAWG, Jonathan Farra, State Dept, Klaudya Giron and Ivan Cepeda. |
Attendees at reception listening to Ivan Cepeda’s speech. |
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| HRF’s Andrew Hudson introduces Ivan Cepeda. |
Ivan Cepeda delivers acceptance speech. |
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| Cristina Espinel and Charlie Roberts (Colombia Human Rights Committee) Ivan Cepeda and Klaudya Giron, Marie-Claire Ocosta (OAS). |
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Human Rights First together with U.S. Office on Colombia, Latin America Working Group Education Fund, Center for International Policy, and Washington Office on Latin Americacordially invite you join us in honoring
Iván Cepeda Castro
2007 Recipient of The Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award
Reception and celebration
Friday, June 15th, 2007, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Stuart Mott House
122 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, DC
RSVP by Wednesday, June 13th by replying to this email
mckeand@humanrightsfirst.org
Iván Cepeda CASTRO is a courageous human rights defender who has selflessly promoted the rights of victims of Colombia’s civil war and created a national social movement to call for justice. Motivated into activism by the brutal assassination of his father, Colombian Senator Manuel Cepeda Vargas, Iván is currently the Director of the National Movement for Victims of State Crimes, an umbrella organization for more than 200 Colombian human rights organizations. View the press release here.
Through remarkable perseverance Iván has demonstrated that paramilitary groups, often with the complicity of members of the Colombian armed forces, have committed serious human rights violations. Despite facing considerable personal risk, he has helped ensure the documentation of approximately 40,000 cases of human rights violations committed in Colombia since 1966. |
THE ROGER BALDWIN MEDAL OF LIBERTY AWARD, named in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), was established in 1989. It is presented in alternate years by Human Rights First (international) and the ACLU (domestic) to individuals or organizations who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to human rights.
The 2007 Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award Advisory Committee
Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company (retired) Ÿ Yuri Dzhibladze, Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Russia Ÿ The Honorable John Gibbons, Gibbons P.C. Ÿ Philip Allen Lacovara, Mayer Brown LLP Ÿ Thomas E. Moore III, Bernstein Global Wealth Management Ÿ Barbara Paul Robinson, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Ÿ Lorin Silverman, FJC—A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Ÿ Ruth del Valle, National Movement for Human Rights, Guatemala
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