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Conference Announcement Theme: Disillusions and Accomplishments Subtitle: How Transitional Justice Changes Societies Type: International Workshop Institution: ORA Project 'The Impact of Transitional Justice Measures on Democratic Institutions Building', University of East London and Utrecht University Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University Location: Utrecht (Netherlands) Date: 30.–31.7.2015 __________________________________________________ This workshop engages the central thematic of the ORA-NWO Project on ‘The Impact of Transitional Justice Measures on Democratic Institution-building’; namely the challenges of transitional justice (TJ) in providing accountability for past abuses and building a new, stable democratic state. The demands of TJ are both retrospective and prospective, creating different expectations across wide-ranging contexts. The study of TJ requires interdisciplinary dialogue that can respond to the criticisms for its lack of consensus in the use of concepts, methods, and variables of measurement and impact of TJ. The dissimilar uses of these tools for analysis make it difficult to assess whether TJ actually helps to establishing a minimum of stability for the forthcoming democracy. Thus, the aim of this workshop is to facilitate dialogue among scholars engaged in the study of TJ from different perspectives and fields of expertise. The workshop questions the alleged role of transitional justice in achieving promises of peaceful and democratic futures for societies that have suffered oppressive rule. The papers explore multiple ways in which TJ has been related to democracy in a comparative perspective and following in depth case research studies. Registration Please send an email to Charlie Panhuyzen: [email protected] Organisation Sandra Rios Oyola & Anja Mihr (Utrecht University) ORA project funded by NWO and ESRC on ‘The Impact of Transitional Justice Measures on Democratic Institutions Building www.tjdi.org The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) www.uu.nl/sim Venue Raadzaal, Achter Sint Pieter 200, 3512 HT Utrecht Utrecht University, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) Program 30 July 2015 2:00-2:30 Introduction Anja Mihr (TJDI principal investigator, Utrecht University), Antoine Buyse (Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights –SIM, Utrecht University), and Sandra Rios Oyola (TJDI postdoctoral research fellow, Utrecht University). 2:30-4:00 Panel 1 Roddy Brett – Lina Malagon (University of St. Andrews / University of Oxford): ‘“To Desist is not an Option”: The Role of Victims’ Delegations in the Santos-FARC Peace Talks’ Amaia Alvarez (Ulster University): ‘Exploring intra-democratic transitions: the definition of victim in Northern Ireland and the Basque country’ Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo (Åbo Akademi University, Institute for Human Rights):‘Victims of Serious Human Rights Violations, International Courts that Issue Reparations Orders as Transitional Justice Mechanisms and Democracy’ 4:00-4:15 Break 4:15-5:15 Panel 2 Anita Ferrara (Center for Transitional Justice and Development): ‘Truth Commissions as Means of Ethical and Institutional Transformation’ Stefanie Lemke (Utrecht University): ‘Transitional Justice and Judicial Independence’ 5:15-6:00 Reception 31 July 2015 9:00-11:00 Panel 3 Caterina Bonora (Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences): ‘Creating an open space or an exclusive club? Evaluating the inclusiveness of bottom-up approaches to transitional justice’ Aviezer Tucker (Davis center, Harvard associate): ‘Post-Communist Transitional Justice and Rule of Law, 25 years later’ Sandra Rios Oyola (Utrecht University): ‘How TJ mechanisms promote civic engagement and Democratic Institution-building’ Elisabeth Bunselmeyer (German Institute of Global and Area Studies): ‘Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion in Postwar Societies. The Case of Peru’ 11:00-11:20 Break 11:20-12:50 Philipp Schulz (Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University): ‘Evaluating the Impact of Transitional Justice: Quasi-Experimental Re search Designs and Structured Focused Comparisons as Tools for Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice Instruments’ Valerie Arnould (TJDI project / Egmont Institute). ‘Assessing transitional justice impact: exploring pathways of impact‘ Lukas van de Berge (Utrecht University): ‘The Right and the Good in Aeschylus’ Oresteia and Yael Farber’s Molora: Transitional Justice between Deontology and Teleology 12:50-1:20 Conclusions Conference website: http://www.tjdi.org/event/disillusions-accomplishments-transitional-justice-changes-societies/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
