Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies 
Please join Arancha Garcia del Soto and Sarah Paoletti for an in-depth conversation about the global human rights work.
Co-Sponsored by PLAC, Greenfield Intercultural Center, Penn Carey Law, Gittis Legal Clinics, Huntsman Program in International Relations, Perry World House and CLALS.
Arancha (Araceli) Garcia Del Soto is a Spanish psychologist and sociologist working on human rights since 1993, when she started accompanying refugee groups in the Balkans. Case by case, collectively or through the people in organizations she has worked in the Balkans, Colombia, West Africa, Sri Lanka, etc. She collaborates with different organizations: from community based (ie. families of the missing or women in exile) to the ICC, International Criminal Court, the Truth Commission and the Special Jurisdiction in Colombia, and in the EU Human Rights Sections ODHIR and ENNHRI.
Her latest publication is the book Les Candases: la mar devuelve la verdad [The sea returns the truth], about eight women thrown off of cliffs in Asturias in June 1938, during the repression that took place after the Spanish Civil War. The core of this publication are the testimonies of the family members, including the third and fourth generations, with a strong emphasis on gender perspectives and the transmission of intergenerational pain.
Moderated by Sarah Paoletti
Sarah Paoletti is the Practice Professor of Law and the Director of the Transnational Legal Clinic, a human rights and international legal clinic, at the Penn Carey Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. The clinic provides law students the opportunity to engage with international legal norms, networks, and cases advocating on behalf and in collaboration with organizations and individuals before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the UN, and other fora. Sara Paoletti's research examines the intersection of human rights, migration, labor law, and acess to justice. She has published widely in these areas and has authors numerous amicus briefs addressing international law in federal court litigation. Please visit her webpage at the Penn Carey School of Law.
*Arancha García del Soto will also be visiting the PMOAS program on Thursday 3/23 at 4PM in McNeil 285 (3718 Locust Walk) where she will discuss her human rights work in Latin America. If you would like to attend this session, please email clals-upenn@sas.upenn.edu.