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Camilo Torres Casanova

Camilo Torres Casanova is a Research Officer at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), and is based in Bogotá. His areas of interest include international security, human rights advocacy, peacekeeping, armed conflict, democracy and authoritarianism.

Prior to joining IFIT, Camilo worked in human rights advocacy in the Americas at Human Rights Watch, security sector reform in Africa and the Americas at the UN Department of Peace Operations, and transatlantic security and diplomacy at the Center for European Policy Analysis. Camilo also worked on projects related to the implementation of the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement, victims’ rights and transitional justice in Colombia and Latin America.

Camilo has a BA in Law with a minor in International Studies from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). He also holds a Master in International Security with a concentration in Europe & Russia from the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po Paris), and a Master of Laws in National Security with a concentration in International Human Rights from Georgetown University (Washington D.C.).

Working languages: English, Spanish, French and Italian.