The United States Institute of Peace cordially invites you to a Grant Program roundtable on:
Getting it Right: Amnesty or Accountability After Atrocity?
Date: Monday, December 11, 2006
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Overview
Helena Cobban has just published a USIP grant-funded book, Amnesty After Atrocity? Healing Nations After Genocide (Paradigm Publishers, 2006). Based on research in Mozambique, Rwanda and South Africa, this book examines the challenges of promoting reconciliation in different cultural and political settings in African states emerging from sustained violent conflict.
At the heart of Cobban's inquiry is the controversial issue of whether seeking accountability and retribution for war crimes and atrocities advances peacebuilding and reconciliation, and whether they should take priority over other approaches, such as amnesty and social interventions to promote healing.
Speaker:
Helena Cobban
Columnist, The Christian Science Monitor
Discussants:
Betty Bigombe
USIP Senior Fellow; Senior Consultant, The World Bank
Michael Johnson
USIP Senior Fellow; Registrar, Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Joyce Neu
USIP Senior Fellow; Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute, University of San Diego
Moderator:
Judy Barsalou
Vice President, USIP Grant and Fellowship Program
RSVP
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