Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca, Author at JURIST

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Peru dispatch: after an alleged prostitution network is discovered in Parliament, politicians blame women

January 27, 2025 10:08:12 am

Vanesa Escobar is a JURIST correspondent in Peru and a law graduate of Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. On December 10, Peru suffered yet another murder. This time, however, the case was directly related to the parliament, reflecting the amount of power it possesses, and its close relations with criminality. The murder [...]

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Peru dispatch: the world’s most unpopular president is still acting against Peru’s people

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca

December 3, 2024 01:32:20 pm

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading [...]

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Peru dispatch: parliamentarians are making Peru’s various crises worse

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca

October 9, 2024 10:59:39 am

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuscoare reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal [...]

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Peru dispatch: the Alejandro Soto case shows how parliamentarians can craft laws to achieve personal impunity

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca

November 15, 2023 08:13:06 am

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho, a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information [...]

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Peru dispatch: the disappearance of ‘La Descarada’ shows that freedom of expression is in serious danger in Peru

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca

July 11, 2023 12:55:47 pm

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and improving [...]

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

'Scottsboro boys' put on trial for alleged rape of white women

On April 6, 1931, the nine "Scottsboro boys" were put on trial in Alabama on false charges of raping two white women during a freight train trip from Tennessee. Learn more about the trial of the Scottsboro boys.