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Day 1:Sunday, November 13th
Handler Auditorium, Truman Institute, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
14:30-15:00 Reception
15:00-15:15Opening Remarks
Mr. Michael Mertes / Resident Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Israel
Prof. Barak Medina / Dean, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Steven Kaplan / Director, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the
Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Tomer Broude / Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
15:15-17:00Session 1: Transitional Justice as Pre-Post-Conflict Justice
Chair:Prof. David Kretzmer / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Prof. David Gray / University of Maryland
Dynamic Stability and the Pathology of Mass Violence: A Potential Role for
Transitional Justice Mechanisms during Active Conflicts
Mr. Neil Kritz / United States Institute for Peace
The Potential and Limits of Transitional Justice Before the Transition
Prof. Ruti Teitel / New York Law School; London School of Economics
Transitional Justice and the Law of War
17:00-17:30Recess
17:30-19:15Session 2: External Actors and Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts
Chair:Prof. Moshe Hirsch / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Adv. Christian De Vos / PhD Researcher, Leiden University
Player or Pawn? Transitional Justice, Conflict 'Management', and the International
Criminal Court
Prof. David Kaye / UCLA
External Actors and Domestic Accountability
Dr. Iavor Rangelov / London School of Economics
Abuse of Power and Conflict Persistence in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Day 2:Monday, November 14th
Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
09:00-10:45Session 3: Negotiated Justice in Ongoing Conflicts
Chair:Dr. Guy Harpaz / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Prof. Cyanne Loyle / West Virginia University
Dr. Helga Malmin Binningsbø / Peace Research Institute, Oslo
Offers of Justice and Peace: Bargaining and Justice Processes during Conflict
Adv. Stephen Oola / Makerere University, Kampala
Prosecuting Peace: The Trial of LRA Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo and the Search
for Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda and Beyond
Prof. Andrew Reiter / Mount Holyoke College
Amnesty for Peace? Analyzing the Impact of Amnesties in Civil Wars
10:45-11:15Recess
11:15-13:00Session 4: International Justice in Context: Impacts on Ongoing Conflicts
Chair:Dr. Yael Sternhell / Tel Aviv University
Speakers:Adv. Sigall Horovitz / PhD Candidate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Calibrating International and National Justice Systems in Ongoing Conflicts
Mr. Philipp Kastner / D.C.L. candidate, McGill University
The ICC in bello? From Unrealistic Expectations to Process-related Commitments
Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri / University of London
Justice, Negotiation, and Force: Pragmatic Legalism in Ongoing Conflict
13:00-14:15Recess
14:15-16:15Session 5: The International Criminal Court and Ongoing Conflicts
Chair:Dr. Yaël Ronen / Sha'arei Mishpat Law College
Speakers:Prof. Dr. Kai Ambos / Goettingen University
The Colombian Peace Process and the Complementarity Principle of the ICC
Dr. Phil Clark / University of London
The ICC in Uganda and DR Congo
Prof. David Mendeloff / Carleton University, Ottawa
War Crimes and Hollow Threats: Assessing the Coercive Logic of ICC Intervention
in Ongoing Conflicts
Adv. Yael Vias-Gvirsman / PhD Candidate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
Legal Assistant, International Criminal Court
Initiating the ICC’s Jurisdiction as a Political Tool: Presenting New Paradigms in
the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
16:15-16:45Recess
16:45-18:30Session 6: Legal Forums in Ongoing Conflicts – Other Perspectives
Chair:Adv. Danny Evron / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Dr. Tomer Broude / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Trading with the Enemy: Lex Mercatoria as Pre-Transitional Justice
Dr. Pablo de Greiff / International Center for Transitional Justice (via video link)
Transitional Justice and the Possibilities of Legally Regulating Ongoing Conflicts
Dr. Kristin Doughty / University of Pennsylvania
The Potential of Local Mediation Committees: Considering Lessons from Rwanda’s
Comite y’Abunzi for Transitional Justice
Day 3:Tuesday, November 15th
Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
09:00-10:45Session 7: Fact-Finding Mechanisms and Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts
Chair:Prof. Yuval Shany / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Prof. Laurie Blank / Emory University
Investigations into Military Operations: What Impact on Transitional Justice?
Dr. Suhad Daher-Nashif / Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education;
Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel
Transitional Medico-Legal Experts within the Palestinian-Israeli Context
Prof. Michael Hamilton / Central European University
The Use of Force and Force of Law: Inquiries before Transition
10:45-11:15Recess
11:15-13:00Session 8: Human Rights Dimensions of Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts
Chair:Dr. Piki Ish-Shalom / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Prof. Aeyal Gross / Tel-Aviv University
The Madness of Forgiveness: Transitional Justice without Transition in “My Terrorist”
Prof. Fionnuala Ni Aolain / University of Minnesota; University of Ulster
Gendering the Application of Transitional Justice in Times of Active Hostilities
Dr. Ralph Wilde / University College London
Human Rights Law as a Transitional Justice Mechanism for Redress against Intervenors:
Imperialism?
13:00-14:15Recess
14:15-16:00Session 9: Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts
Chair:Dr. Maya Kahanoff / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Dr. Hillel Cohen / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Unofficial Truth Projects in Israel/Palestine: Methods and Dilemmas
Mr. Ron Dudai / Queens University Belfast
Non-State Actors and the Pursuit of Truth and Reparations
Prof. Kieran McEvoy / Queens University Belfast
Restorative Justice, Cultures of Violence and the Peace Process ‘From Below’
in Northern Ireland
16:00-16:30Recess
16:30-18:30Session 10: Challenges for Transitional Justice in Israel-Palestine
Chair:Prof. Michael Karayanni / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:Adv. Jeremie Bracka / LLM Graduate (Transitional Justice Scholar), New York University
Between Utopia and Myopia: Conceptualising an Israeli-Palestinian Truth Commission
Adv. Tamar Feldman / Director of the Legal Department, Gisha - Legal Center for
Freedom of Movement
Bereavement and Grief Overwhelm Us: The Israeli Judicial Discourse Relating to the
Occupied Territory and its Relevance to Transitional Justice Efforts
Dr. Rafi Nets-Zehngut / Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Transitional Justice and Addressing the History of Active Conflicts:
The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Adv. Ofer Shinar Levanon / Sapir College, Israel; PhD candidate, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
Expanding the Horizon: Transitional Justice Roles during Active Conflicts –
Lessons from Israel
For registration, information and campus entry/parking permits:
Please contact the Minerva Center for Human Rights by Thur. Nov.10
via e-mail: mchr@savion.huji.ac.il or tel. 02-5881156, providing your name,
ID or passport number and vehicle license plate number.
Please note that on Nov. 13 vehicle entry will be through the Bezalel Gate.
On Nov. 14 & 15 vehicle entry will be through the Humanities Gate.