Santiago Garre Pelegrina

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Consultant for the Global Strategy, GI-TOC

Santiago Garre Pelegrina is part of the Global Strategy team of GI-TOC. He has an in-depth understanding and practical experience on security and governance issues that affect Colombia and the Latin American region.

He has worked as a Congressman Advisor with national and regional governments, with public institutions (National Police and directorates such as DICAR, DIPOL, DIJIN, DINAE and DISEC), with military forces, in academia, with NGOs and in a number of international organizations (OEI, NDI, HSS, Ingeniería Jurídica Foundation, UNODC, and PADF, amongst others).

Santiago has a BA in Law and Political Science, a MSc in Constitutional Law and Political Science and, more recently, a MSc in Peace, Public Security and National Defence at Gutiérrez Mellado University Institute, Spain. He is currently undertaking a PhD in International Security.

Publications

Garre Pelegrina, S. (2023). “The reseed rate of coca crops: a methodological proposal for its calculation based on official data from the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law”. Verba Iuris (forthcoming publication).

Garre Pelegrina, S. et al. (2021). “The fight against corruption and drug trafficking in Colombia: analysis of the phenomenon from an institutional and public policy perspective” (in Spanish). Transparency International Colombia.

Garre Pelegrina, S. (2020). “The Manual and Forced Eradication Policy of Duque’s government (2018-2022): an evaluation of public policy through the systems dynamics for the fulfillment of the goal of reducing the 50 percent of coca illicit crops” (in Spanish). Hanns Seidel Foundation.

Garre Pelegrina, S. and Suárez Naranjo, D. (2019). “Drug Trafficking and Citizen Security in Colombia: An analysis of the territorial security management model and a proposal of articulation in the comprehensive citizen security planning model 2020-2023” (in Spanish). Hanns Seidel Foundation.

Contribution

Barbosa Delgado, F. R. et al (2020). “Disruptive strategy against drug trafficking” (in Spanish). Office of the Attorney General of Colombia.

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