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Series of seminars 2010:
Transitional Justice – the Path from Human Rights Abuses to Sustainable Peace, Reconciliation and Democracy.
During the course of 2010, the Swedish Foundation of Human Rights is holding a series of seminars on the role of transitional justice in democratic transition. The purpose of these seminars is to focus on the importance of human rights and the role of civil society in countries in transition from armed conflict or dictatorship to democracy, and how to resolve the issue of impunity in such processes.
The series will be divided into six parts, with each seminar underscoring a specific aspect of transitional justice.
SPRING
Truth telling April 15th
Lecturer: Elin Skaar, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen
Language: English
Administration of justice May 7th
Lecturer: Lada Soljan, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Haag
Language: English
Reparations May 27th
Lecturer: Rhodri Williams, specialist in law and transitional Justice, Stockholm
Language: English
AUTUMN (date and lecturer will be published later on)
Institutional reforms
Reconciliation
Traditional justice
If you want to participate in these seminars, contact the Foundation at info@humanrights.se
TIME & PLACE
MR-Fonden/Sensus Möte, Klara södra kyrkogata 1, floor 9, Stockholm, 8:30 - 11:00. Sandwish and coffee/tea will be served from 8:00. The seminars are free of charge.
Questions: info@humanrights.se - 08-5454 9970
Past seminars:
November 28
How can civil society conduct effective advocacy with the help of international mechanisms for human rights in Africa?
Civil society took root in Africa during a time when many countries began their journey from dictatorship to democratic governance. As the obligation to respect human rights is becoming increasingly accepted among states, new demands are placed on human rights organisations to promote the practical application of these rights. Civil society strategies may differ from country to country but the demand for international or regional coordination of these strategies binds actors together.
In this seminar, Mr. Voke Ighorodje, Programme Consultant at the Centre for Democracy and Development in Nigeria, focuses on how regional and international human rights mechanisms can be a tool for human rights advocacy in Africa. Mr. Ighorodje has considerable experience from the challenges of conducting effective human rights advocacy in Nigeria, the International NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights.
Date: November 28, 9-11 a.m.
Venue: Drottninggatan 101, Stockholm (T-Odenplan)
October 3
Looking ahead- how to promote human rights in 2021
What will the human rights situation look like in 15 years and which are the issues that the international community needs to start paying attention to? Which measures will be important and how can civil society organisations be effective in their work to promote human rights? These are some of the questions that will be discussed during an open seminar organized by the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights on October 3rd.
The trends we can identify today will affect the way civil society will be able to promote human rights in the future. The seminar thus seeks to contribute to a contextualisation that hopefully could serve as a basis for non- governmental organisations’ and their partners’ strategic and methodological decisions in the next years. The seminar participants are distinguished members of the International Council of the Foundation, all experts in human rights with backgrounds both within the academic world as within activist organisations, often both with local and global reach in their work:
Participants:
- Ms Agnes Abuom, Researcher, Consultant and Director of TAABCO Research and Developments Consultants in Nairobi, Kenya
- Mr Hanny Megally, Director for the Middle East and North Africa program of the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York, U.S.A.
- Mr Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, Senior Legal Officer for Africa at Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) in Abuja, Nigeria
- Ms Shriprapha Petcharamesree, Director of the Office of Human Rights Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand.
- Ms Ulrika Hotopp, Swedish Journalist and former Communication Officer at Sida in Zimbabwe acting as Facilitator
Time: October 3rd, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Venue: Immanuelskyrkan, Kungstensgatan 17, Stockholm
Please register to: info@humanrights.se by September 29th.
A seminar program will be published within short. For further details, please contact: name.name@humanrights.se or 08-54549983.
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October 4
Turkey and the EU from a human rights perspective
The Swedish NGO Foundation invites to an open morning seminar highlighting the main features of the human rights field in Turkey. The discussion will evolve around the impact of international law on the Turkish legal order and enforcement mechanisms to protect human rights, and relate to the role and function of the political relations between Turkey and the EU in this regard.
Prof Dr Turgur Tarhanli is Director of the Human Rights Law Research Center at Istanbul Bilgi University and a new member of the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights’ International Council.
When: 4th October at 9-11
Where: The Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights, Drottninggatan 101, Stockholm (Metro Odenplan)
Register by sending an e-mail with your name and occupation to info@humanrights.se by October 2nd. Coffee/Tea and sandwiches will be served.
October 5
Transitional Justice: The Complexities of Peace in Process
The field of transitional justice has emerged in recent years as one of the most significant and fastest-growing disciplines within the larger field of human rights. Transitional justice is about how societies moving from war to peace or from authoritarian rule to democracy address legacies of mass human rights abuse. It is based on a belief that the demand for criminal justice is not an absolute, but must instead be balanced with the need for peace, democracy, equitable development and the rule of law. The Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights organises an open seminar with internationally recognized practitioners and researchers bringing experiences from a wide range of countries in transition. Examples from various contexts will be discussed with special focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Colombia. Contributors: Hanny Megally, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), acting as Moderator Kjell-Åke Nordquist, Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University; Sida consultant on the demobilisation process in Colombia Chidi Odinkalu, Senior Legal Officer for Africa, Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) When: 5th October 2006 at 14:30-17:00 Where: Immanuelskyrkan, Sällskapsrummet, Kungstensgatan 17 Please register your participation to: info@humanrights.se by October 3rd Read the invitation >>
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