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PREVENTION AND PRACTICE: THE BALKANS FORUM
Organized jointly by
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs,
the SAIS Conflict Management Program,
and
Search for Common Ground
Session 15
Seeking Justice in the Balkans:
New Strategies of War Prevention
Wednesday, March 20, 4 - 6 p.m.
Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Kenney Auditorium
With presentations by
Nina Bang-Jensen
Executive Director and General Counsel
The Coalition for International Justice
and
Mark Freeman
Senior Associate
The International Center for Transitional Justice
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a bold experiment. In its most basic sense, the ICTY tests the proposition that war criminals are bound by international legal principles even when a criminal's national laws are silent on the subject. The most crucial test of the international legal system, however, is whether it can establish peace and stability during a society's post-conflict transition from war. Yet the capacity of international justice to prevent future violence is difficult to isolate, whether the process fails and violence resumes, or it succeeds and violence recedes. Does the specter of Slobodan Milosevic, BiH General General Sefer Halilovic, or Croatian General Rahim Ademi in The Hague deter future leaders from committing future crimes?
To address the function of truth telling, documentation, and reparations in preventing violent conflict, Nina Bang-Jensen and Mark Freeman-two leading authorities on the subject of transitional justice-will open this month's Balkans Forum.
Prior to her serving as Executive Director and General Counsel for the Coalition for International Justice, Nina Bang-Jensen served for five years as Counsel to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) and as Chief Counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Regulations and Government Information. In 1989-1990, she was the Deputy Director for the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism, which investigated the bombing of Pan Am 103. Previously she worked as an attorney for the Washington office of Roger & Wells, specializing in civil litigation and First Amendment law.
Mark Freeman has been working with the International Center for Transitional Justice since its inception last year. He previously worked with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York. Prior to his UN experience, he worked as a private commercial lawyer in Toronto, as a researcher with the National Judicial Institute, and on the Board of the Network on International Human Rights. He has participated in a wide range of human rights projects in Canada and Latin America over the past decade, including as a consultant to the Office of former Vice President Hugo Cardenas in Bolivia. He has published a number of law journal articles on human rights and transitional justice, and has forthcoming chapters in three books. Mr. Freeman obtained a B.A. from McGill University, an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa, and an LL.M. from Columbia University, where he was a Human Rights Fellow and a James Kent Scholar.
The discussion will be held Wednesday, March 20, from 4 - 6 p.m. at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW in the Kenney Auditorium.
In its second year, the Balkans Forum brings together a diverse group of experts-academics, activists, policymakers, and practitioners-for sustained dialogue on U.S. policy in the Balkans. Each monthly session is organized around a brief presentation from one or two Balkan specialists followed by a roundtable discussion.
"Learning Peace in the Balkans" is the theme for the 2001-2002 session of the Balkans Forum. While the experience of building peace in the Balkans has been significant, it has not necessarily proven to be cumulative. Lessons learned in some instances have not always been replicated in others. During the preceding and coming sessions of the Balkans Forum, we will examine the strategic choices-and the outcomes of those choices-made by international actors in their attempts to prevent deadly conflict in the region
We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation. Please contact Sarah Peterson at Search for Common Ground by March 19 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call (202) 777-2206 to reserve a space at the March 20 Balkans Forum.
Regards,
Ana Cutter Andrew Loomis
Program Officer Project Manager
Carnegie Program on Conflict Prevention Search for Common Ground in Macedonia
170 East 64th Street 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
New York, NY 10021 Suite 200
Tel. (212) 838-4120, ext. 212 Washington, DC 20009
Tel. (202) 265-4300, ext. 203
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--- Begin Message ---PREVENTION AND PRACTICE: THE BALKANS FORUM Organized jointly by Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, the SAIS Conflict Management Program, and Search for Common GroundSession 15 Seeking Justice in the Balkans: New Strategies of War Prevention Wednesday, March 20, 4 - 6 p.m. Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Kenney Auditorium With presentations by Nina Bang-Jensen Executive Director and General Counsel The Coalition for International Justice and Mark Freeman Senior Associate The International Center for Transitional Justice The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a bold experiment. In its most basic sense, the ICTY tests the proposition that war criminals are bound by international legal principles even when a criminal's national laws are silent on the subject. The most crucial test of the international legal system, however, is whether it can establish peace and stability during a society's post-conflict transition from war. Yet the capacity of international justice to prevent future violence is difficult to isolate, whether the process fails and violence resumes, or it succeeds and violence recedes. Does the specter of Slobodan Milosevic, BiH General General Sefer Halilovic, or Croatian General Rahim Ademi in The Hague deter future leaders from committing future crimes? To address the function of truth telling, documentation, and reparations in preventing violent conflict, Nina Bang-Jensen and Mark Freeman-two leading authorities on the subject of transitional justice-will open this month's Balkans Forum. Prior to her serving as Executive Director and General Counsel for the Coalition for International Justice, Nina Bang-Jensen served for five years as Counsel to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) and as Chief Counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Regulations and Government Information. In 1989-1990, she was the Deputy Director for the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism, which investigated the bombing of Pan Am 103. Previously she worked as an attorney for the Washington office of Roger & Wells, specializing in civil litigation and First Amendment law. Mark Freeman has been working with the International Center for Transitional Justice since its inception last year. He previously worked with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York. Prior to his UN experience, he worked as a private commercial lawyer in Toronto, as a researcher with the National Judicial Institute, and on the Board of the Network on International Human Rights. He has participated in a wide range of human rights projects in Canada and Latin America over the past decade, including as a consultant to the Office of former Vice President Hugo Cardenas in Bolivia. He has published a number of law journal articles on human rights and transitional justice, and has forthcoming chapters in three books. Mr. Freeman obtained a B.A. from McGill University, an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa, and an LL.M. from Columbia University, where he was a Human Rights Fellow and a James Kent Scholar. The discussion will be held Wednesday, March 20, from 4 - 6 p.m. at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW in the Kenney Auditorium. In its second year, the Balkans Forum brings together a diverse group of experts-academics, activists, policymakers, and practitioners-for sustained dialogue on U.S. policy in the Balkans. Each monthly session is organized around a brief presentation from one or two Balkan specialists followed by a roundtable discussion. "Learning Peace in the Balkans" is the theme for the 2001-2002 session of the Balkans Forum. While the experience of building peace in the Balkans has been significant, it has not necessarily proven to be cumulative. Lessons learned in some instances have not always been replicated in others. During the preceding and coming sessions of the Balkans Forum, we will examine the strategic choices-and the outcomes of those choices-made by international actors in their attempts to prevent deadly conflict in the region We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation. Please contact Sarah Peterson at Search for Common Ground by March 19 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call (202) 777-2206 to reserve a space at the March 20 Balkans Forum. Regards, Ana Cutter Andrew Loomis Program Officer Project Manager Carnegie Program on Conflict Prevention Search for Common Ground in Macedonia 170 East 64th Street 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. New York, NY 10021 Suite 200 Tel. (212) 838-4120, ext. 212 Washington, DC 20009 Tel. (202) 265-4300, ext. 203--- End Message ---
