Programme
Transitional Justice and Restorative Justice: Potential, Pitfalls and Future
DRAFT Conference Programme
Tristram Room, St John's College, 3 South Bailey, Durham, DH1 3RJ Durham University
9.00am-5.00pm, Friday September 16th, 2011
Each speakers has 20 minutes to present their paper, to allow time for discussion/questions. PowerPoint facilities will be available.
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9.00-9.15 Registration and Coffee, Tristram Room 9.15-9.30 Welcome 9.30-11.00 Panel 1 and 2 |
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Panel 1 |
Chair: |
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Ralph Henham |
Evaluating the contribution of sentencing to social justice: some conceptual problems |
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Colm Campbell, University of Ulster.
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The Truth Processes as Framing Battle: Agency, Telos and Transitionary Armed Opposition Groups. |
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Katie Boyle |
The potential, pitfalls and future of ESC adjudication in transitional and non-transitional states Northern Ireland and the UK |
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| John Pearson Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General |
Transforming the Moldovan Prosecution Service. Can the Eyes of the State Become the Voice of the People? |
| Marian Liebmann | Restorative Justice Training in Transitional Cultures |
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Dadimos Haile Advocats Sans Frontieres, Belgium |
Rethinking the Transitional Justice and International Criminal Justice Discourse |
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11.00-11.15 Coffee/Tea Break 11.15-12.45 Panel 3 and 4 |
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Colin Murray Newcastle Law School |
'Broken Duties? The Holy Cross Case and Policing amidst Transition in Northern Ireland' |
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James Sweeney Durham University |
The ECHR as a barrier to restorative justice |
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Tim Chapman University of Ulster |
Getting the Balance Right between Community and State: Issues arising in the reform of the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland. |
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David O'Mahony Durham University |
Criminal Justice Reform and the Process of Transitional Justice: Northern Ireland |
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Antje du Bois-Pedain Cambridge University |
Pursuing restorative justice objectives through transitional justice mechanisms: the experience of the South African amnesty process |
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Kelly Stathopoulou University of Nottingham |
Of justice, peace and democracy: transitional justice and institution-building in Africa |
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12.45-1.30 Lunch 1.30-3.00 Panel 5--6 |
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Ron Dudai Queens University Belfast |
Reparations from Armed Groups: Extending Transitional Justice Beyond the State |
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Brianne McGonigle Leyh University of Utrecht |
Victim-Oriented Measures at International Criminal Institutions: Participation and its Pitfalls |
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Marny Requa Queens University Belfast |
Revisiting miscarriages of justice: redress, reform and the Northern Irish transition |
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Estelle Zinsstag Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. |
The possibilities of restorative justice for sexual violence in armed conflicts. |
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Tom Frost Newcastle Law School |
Tahrir Square and Truth Commissions |
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Mba Nmaju University of London, Queen Mary |
The role of ad hoc tribunals in the restoration of Rwanda and Sierra Leone |
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Melanie Klinkner Bournemouth University |
Psycho-social aspects surrounding criminal investigations into mass graves |
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3.00-3.15 Coffee/Tea Break 3.15-4.45 Panel 7- 8 |
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Aoife O'Donoghue Durham University |
Good offices and the role of international actors in conflict resolution and transition |
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Jodie O'Leary Bond University, Australia |
Institutional accountability - a transitional justice gap: the Timor-Leste experience |
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Kirsten Sellars Author and Journalist |
The criminalisation of aggression and issue of sovereignty |
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Dr Kerry Clamp Sheffield Hallam University |
Restorative Justice as a Transitional Justice Mechanism: The TRC |
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Eilish Rooney University of Ulster |
The 'long grass' of Agreements: promise, theory and practice |
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Matt Saul Durham University |
Local Ownership of the Establishment of Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals: Lessons from Rwanda |
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4.45-5.00 Review and Close 5.00-5-30 Drinks Reception 6.30 Speaker's Dinner |
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