In the Shadow of the ICC: Colombia and International Criminal Justice 

This two-day conference took place from 26-27 May 2011 at the School of Advanced Study, University of London and was supported by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Embassy of Colombia in London, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Planethood Foundation, Lawyers without Borders Canada, and Peace Brigades International.

The conference explored crucial themes of peace and justice that have been brought into sharp focus by Colombia's ratification of the Rome Statute and the decision by the ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to monitor the situation there. 

 

Peace v Justice?

On Wednesday 18 May 2011 Chandra Lekha Sriram, Professor in Law, SOAS gave a seminar hosted by Tooks Chambers and the London Transitional Justice Network.  The seminar considered how the imperative to bring perpetrators to justice is consistent –or not –with communities’ calls for peace and reconciliation. It addressed whether it is more appropriate to issue an indictment against a leader of an armed group, to explain his crimes at a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or to give him a place in a transitional government.



From the Herero to the Mau Mau: Litigating Reparations Cases for Colonial Atrocity

The Centre of African Studies, the London Transitional Justice Network and the Royal African Society

Speakers:  Jan-Bart Gewald and David Anderson

Chair: Robert Murtfeld

On Thursday 17th March 2011 The Centre of African Studies, the London Transitional Justice Network and the Royal African Society held a panel exploring the joint case on litigating reparations initiatives for the Herero Genocide in Germany South-West Africa (1904-08) and the Mau Mau Emergency in British Kenya (1952-1960). Both presentations about the reparations cases were preceded by a short screening of documentaries made about the colonial atrocities.

Lessons learned from the Rwanda Criminal Tribunal

The Rt. Hon. Sir Dennis Byron, QC
President, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Chaired by Dr. Phil Clark, Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics, with reference to Africa (SOAS)

The 9th Annual Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen International Law lecture in association with The Centre for International Studies & Diplomacy (CISD), SOAS,  Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice (CCRJ), SOAS, London Transitional Justice Network and International Committee, The Bar Council of England and Wales took place on the 16th March 2011.

Transitional Justice in the former Yugoslavia in focus: discussing key issues, major actors and (in) voluntary consequences: A Panel Discussion

On Wednesday 2nd March 2011 the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict and the London Transitional Justice Network held a panel discussion with Iva Vukusic, Sense News Agency, Arnaud Kurze, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University and Dr Olga Martin-Ortega, CHRC, School of Law, University of East London.