- Law and social movements
- Law and violence
- Violence against women
- Sexual and reproductive rights
Julieta Lemaitre left ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ in 2018. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Julieta Lemaitre
Interests and experience
Julieta Lemaitre is Associate Professor of Law at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá. She is a lawyer from Universidad de los Andes (1995), has an M.A. in gender and religious studies from NYU 1998 and a doctoral degree in law (SJD) from Harvard University (2007) with a concentration in law and society. Her research areas are law and social movements, law and violence, violence against women, and sexual and reproductive rights. She has collaborated with Kristin Sandvik at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ since 2009, and was appointed a ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Global Fellow in 2014. In the fall of 2014 and spring of 2015 she will also be Robina Foundation Visiting Human Rights Fellow at the Yale Law School.
Latest publications
All publications
Julieta Lemaitre & Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (2019)
From IDPs to Victims in Colombia: Reflections on Durable Solutions in the Postconflict Setting
From IDPs to Victims in Colombia: Reflections on Durable Solutions in the Postconflict Setting
Book chapter in Refugees' Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries
Julieta Lemaitre (2018)
Humanitarian aid and host state capacity: the challenges of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Colombia
Humanitarian aid and host state capacity: the challenges of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Colombia
Journal article in Third World Quarterly
Julieta Lemaitre (2017)
Humanitarian Aid in Relatively Strong Host States
Humanitarian Aid in Relatively Strong Host States
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Policy Brief
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik & Julieta Lemaitre (2017)
Finding the Roads to Justice? Examining Trajectories of Transition for Internally Displaced Women in Colombia
Finding the Roads to Justice? Examining Trajectories of Transition for Internally Displaced Women in Colombia
Journal article in Stability: International Journal of Security and Development
Julieta Lemaitre (2016)
After the War: Displaced Women, Ordinary Ethics, and Grassroots Reconstruction in Colombia
After the War: Displaced Women, Ordinary Ethics, and Grassroots Reconstruction in Colombia
Journal article in Social & Legal Studies
Julieta Lemaitre & Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (2016)
Tailoring Protection of Civilians to State Capacity
Tailoring Protection of Civilians to State Capacity
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Policy Brief
Julieta Lemaitre & Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (2016)
Structural Remedies and the One Million Pesos: On the Limits of Court-Ordered Social Change for Internally Displaced Women in Colombia
Structural Remedies and the One Million Pesos: On the Limits of Court-Ordered Social Change for Internally Displaced Women in Colombia
Book chapter in The Public Law of Gender From the Local to the Global
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik & Julieta Lemaitre (2015)
From IDPs to Victims in Colombia: Transition from Humanitarian Crisis through Law Reform?
From IDPs to Victims in Colombia: Transition from Humanitarian Crisis through Law Reform?
Popular article in Reliefweb
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik & Julieta Lemaitre (2015)
From IDPs to Victims in Colombia: A Bottom-Up Reading of Law in Post-Conflict Transitions
From IDPs to Victims in Colombia: A Bottom-Up Reading of Law in Post-Conflict Transitions
Book chapter in International Law and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik & Julieta Lemaitre (2015)
Beyond Sexual Violence: Gendered Political Insecurity as a Threat to Peace
Beyond Sexual Violence: Gendered Political Insecurity as a Threat to Peace
Popular article in IntLawGrrls
Latest news
Wednesday, 20 Dec 2017
New Issue of ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Gender, Peace and Security Update Out Now
New Issue of ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Gender, Peace and Security Update Out Now
​The December 2017 issue of the ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Gender, Peace and Security Update is now out.
Tuesday, 10 Oct 2017
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Global Fellow Appointed to Colombian Peace Tribunal
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Global Fellow Appointed to Colombian Peace Tribunal
​Julieta Lemaitre is one of the 51 magistrates who will sit on the various courts of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Colombia.
Thursday, 25 Jun 2015
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 2-2015)
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 2-2015)
Women’s Legal Mobilisation in a Violent Context: Lessons from internally displaced women’s organisations in Colombia
Thursday, 2 Oct 2014
Publications on ‘Internally Displaced Women’
Publications on ‘Internally Displaced Women’
In the project “The Significance of Political Organization and International Law for Displaced Women in Colombia: A Socio-legal study of Liga De Mujeres, Julieta Lemaitre (Associate Professor of Law at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Global Fellow and Robina Foundation Visiting Human Rights Fellow, Yale Law School), Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (Senior Researcher at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ and Director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies) and a team of graduate students have explored the i ...
Tuesday, 17 Jun 2014
Two New ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Projects on the Effect of Aid
Two New ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Projects on the Effect of Aid
Funded by ​​AIDEFFECT program of Research Council of Norway
Friday, 4 Apr 2014
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 1-2014)
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 1-2014)
The Role and Relevance of Gender in Peace Mediation
Saturday, 1 Mar 2014
Global Fellows Programme at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ
Global Fellows Programme at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ
​ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Global Fellows are academics with strong scholarly records and a commitment to the research agenda on peace and conflict.
Thursday, 21 Mar 2013
Sandvik and Lemaitre featured at International Law Girls Blog
Sandvik and Lemaitre featured at International Law Girls Blog
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik welcomed as contributor to the IntLawGrrls blog.
