Maria Paulina Riveros Dueñas, a lawyer who earned her Law degree from Universidad Externado de Colombia was appointed Deputy Attorney General in Colombia. She served as Plenipotentiary of the National Government in the peace talks in Havana (Cuba) and her work has been focused on transitional justice issues, victims’ rights and gender equality.
Her work in the public sector has been related to peace processes and national conciliation since, in addition to her experience in la Havana (Cuba), she was appointed Head of the Legal Office at the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace during two different periods and led discussions on international criminal jurisdiction and its inclusion in the Colombian Criminal Law.
She also dealt with legal aspects of peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)), and the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)).