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Conference Announcement
Theme: Restorative Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding
Type: International Symposium
Institution: Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,
University of Notre Dame
School of Law, New York University
Location: New York, NY (USA)
Date: 11.–12.11.2011
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All over the world controversies continue to beset the practice of
peacebuilding. Peace versus justice. Religious versus secular.
Individual versus structural justice. Forgiveness versus retribution.
Overcoming these dilemmas requires more than reforming institutions
but rather new thinking about the questions: what is justice? how is
it related to the building of peace?
Answers to these questions lie in the twin concepts of reconciliation
and restorative justice. The symposium explores their potential for
overcoming the familiar controversies and offering guidance for
peacebuilding. It will explore as well what these concepts have to
say about punishment, accountability, apology, forgiveness,
confession, truth telling, human rights, international law, and other
issues and practices. Participation is open to students, scholars,
and practitioners interested in transitional justice and
peacebuilding.
Speakers include:
John Braithwaite, Australian National University
Phil Clark, School of Oriental and African Studies
Stephen Hopgood, School of Oriental and African Studies
Louise Mallinder, Transitional Justice Institute, University of
Ulster
David Tolbert, International Center for Transitional Justice
Charles Villa-Vicencio, Georgetown University
The symposium is a project of the Program on Religion and
Reconciliation at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,
University of Notre Dame in collaboration with the Restorative
Peacebuilding Project of the Working Party on Restorative Justice of
the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in New
York.
It is directed by Jennifer Llewellyn, Schulich School of Law,
Dalhousie University and Daniel Philpott, Kroc Institute for
International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. It is
co-organized by the Institute for International Law and Justice and
The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University
School of Law.
Conference is free but requires advance registration. Because space
is limited, early registration is recommended.
To register, please email [email protected].
Conference Website:
http://www.iilj.org/newsandevents/RJRP.asp
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