Nov 6
Book Launch: Victims-Centred Peacemaking: Colombia’s Santos-FARC-EP Peace Talks
Time: Wed Nov 6, 2024, 4:00PM – 5:30PM Location: Auditorium and Great Hall, Hesburgh Center for International Studies In this event, professor in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, and director of the Global Insecurities Centre, at the University of Bristol, Roddy Brett will present his monograph, Victim-Centred Peacemaking: Colombia’s Santos-FARC-EP Peace Process (Bristol University Press, 2024), which he wrote during ...
Oct 4
Diversity and inclusion methodologies in transitional justice:Abest practice from the Colombian Truth Commission
Time: Friday, October 4th, 2024 | 12:00PM – 2:00PM Location: Hesburgh Center for International Studies, C103 Transitional justice mechanisms have become widespread for dealing with the past after the end of civil wars and in the transitions from authoritarian regimes to democracies. In their design and implementation, there is a growing acknowledgement of the need to center transitional justice ...
Jan 24
The Legacy Project: Preserving and Engaging the Digital Archive of the Colombian Truth Commission
Time: Tue Jan 24, 2023, 4:00PM – 6:30PM Location: Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies/Zoom Webinar The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, in collaboration with the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society and the Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland celebrates the migration of the Colombian Truth Commission’s digital archives of transmedia (TM) content, ...
Mar 30
At the Other Side of the Bottleneck: Macro Criminal Investigation and Restorative Procedures in Transitional Justice
Time: Thu Mar 30, 2023, 12:30PM – 2:00PM Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies Speakers Gabriel Rojas and Mateo Merchán will provide insights into the challenges and opportunities of addressing macro criminality in transitional contexts, and the role of restorative representation in achieving justice and reconciliation. This talk will focus on the work of the Special Jurisdiction for ...
Apr 12
Overcoming Violence in Wounded Societies: Perspectives from the Colombian and Kenyan Truth Commissions
Time: Wed Apr 12, 2023, 11:00AM – 12:00PM Location: Zoom Webinar and Keough School of Global Affairs Washington Office How can societies grapple with the legacies of conflict and human rights violations? How might they overcome traumatic cycles of ongoing violence? And what can spiritual traditions teach them about moving forward toward a better future? Join us for a ...
Mar 26
The Multiple Forms of Micro-Dynamic Agency at Work in Conflict-Affected Societies
Time: Tue Mar 26, 2024, 4:00PM – 5:30PM Location: Auditorium and Great Hall, Hesburgh Center for International Studies Colombia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland served as sites for a recent research project that examined conflict associated with micro-dynamics of everyday inter-group encounters. Drawing on the project’s findings, Roger MacGinty will highlight how everyday agency can be identified and categorized. Furthermore, research shows ...
Apr 18
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace: Development and challenges of the restorative and transitional justice model
Time: Thu Apr 18, 2024, 12:30PM – 2:00PM Location: 1030, Jenkins Nanovic Halls and Live on Zoom The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Span. JEP) is a transitional justice mechanism created as part of the 2016 peace agreement signed between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) guerrilla group. Colombia’s transitional tribunal was established to investigate, ...
Jan 27
Understanding the Colombian Truth Commission through Natural Language Processing
Time: Fri Jan 27, 2023, 9:00AM – 11:00AM Location: 125 Hesburgh Library This workshop is focused on the main results of the quantitative and qualitative analysis by the Colombian Truth Commission’s Natural Language Processing Group and Data Analytic Group. It will summarize the textual dataset collected by the Truth Commission particularly interviews with victims, relatives, and witnesses, discuss the ...
Nov 7
The Reference Group – An Innovative Peacebuilding Model from Northern Ireland
Time: Tue Nov 7, 2023, 4:00PM – 5:30PM Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies Seán Feenan will offer a lecture highlighting the development and success of the Reference Group as a peacebuilding model. The effort transformed from a discreet dialogue program to an integral part of tackling some of the most difficult issues in the North of Ireland, and ...
Dec 5
The Colombian armed conflict: Using statistical methods to unveil the truth
Time: Tue Dec 5, 2023, 4:00PM – 5:30PM Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies and Live on Zoom Documenting human rights violations during armed conflict is difficult and can be dangerous, and the data that results is generally incomplete. Some records of violence are missing key information about the victim, the presumed perpetrator, or the context of the ...
Nov 28
Gender and Ethnic Approach in the Colombian Truth Commission’s Work: A View of the Legacy
Time: Tue Nov 28, 2023, 12:30PM – 2:00PM Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies and Live on Zoom The inclusion of an ethnic and gender approach in the Commission for Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition (CEV) was a mandate derived from the Colombian Peace Accord and the result of a long struggle by ethnic, women’s and LGBTIQ+ organizations. Lina ...
Mar 7
Legacy Project Lecture Featuring Cécile Mouly: “A network analysis of the work of the Colombian Truth Commission on exile”
Time: Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:30PM – 2:00PM Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies and Live on Zoom The inclusion of an ethnic and gender approach in the Commission for Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition (CEV) was a mandate derived from the Colombian Peace Accord and the result of a long struggle by ethnic, women’s and LGBTIQ+ ...
