Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies

Jorge Peniche works at the intersection of transitional justice, criminal governance, and state capture, bringing cutting-edge accountability debates into arenas often overlooked by traditional human rights frameworks. A lawyer by training, he holds a Master of Laws from New York University. His work ranges from applying complexity theory to justice-seeking interventions to leveraging technology in documentation for accountability initiatives. He leads Guernica 37 Centre’s efforts in Mexico to revitalize accountability for egregious human rights abuses in contexts of political-criminal violence, has taught transitional justice at leading Latin American universities, and contributed to UN consultations on the state of transitional justice, particularly in emerging settings. He is currently focused on ecosystems of criminality and governance dynamics on both sides of the Mexico–US border.