Víctor Julio Lozano Labrador, Director Specialized in the fight against Human Rights Violations
He holds a Law degree from Universidad Católica de Colombia, and he majored in human rights at Escuela Superior de Administración Pública (ESAP).
In 2000, he joined the Attorney General’s Office, where he held several positions such as local and sectional prosecutor, acting delegate prosecutor to the court and, for the last 15 years, he has been specialized prosecutor at the Directorate on Human Rights Violations. Likewise, he was coordinator of the immediate reaction units (Unidades de Reacción Inmediata URI) in Caldas and Cundinamarca, assuming responsibilities related to the implementation of the Accusatory Criminal System.
Due to his extensive experience in the administration of justice, criminal law, and procedural law, he was appointed director of the branch office in Cundinamarca (Seccional Cundinamarca) between 2006 and 2010, and the Directorate of judicial police on constitutional status (Dirección Especializada de Policía Judicial de Aforados Constitucionales) from 2014 to 2016.
He also trained prosecutors and judges in relation to the Accusatory Criminal System for the Attorney General’s Program and the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) of the United States Department of Justice. Moreover, he is professor at the Faculty of Law at Universidad Militar Nueva Granada in Bogotá.