Truth Among the Bones: How Forensic Anthropology is Leading the Way for Justice in Guatemala

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Johnson Center, D (Third Floor)

Fredy Peccerelli studied Physical Anthropology and Osteology at Brooklyn College, New York City University, and from 2003 to 2004 he studied an MSc in Forensic & Biological Anthropology at Bournemouth University, United Kingdom. Fredy has worked at the forefront of forensic anthropology since he joined the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Team in 1995, and particularly since he participated in the founding of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation in 1997--which he leads today.

In May 1999, he was selected by Time Magazine and CNN as one of the 50 Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium. In May 2006, he was awarded the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)’s Human Rights Award; and in September 2008, The Committee on Human Rights of Scientists of the New York Academy of Sciences awarded him the Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award. In 2012, he was selected to be awarded with the Puffin/Alba award for Human Rights Activism together with Kate Doyle from the National Security Archive.

Peccerelli currently leads the FAFG’s efforts in the search for truth and justice for victims of the genocide in Guatemala.