Transforming Post-Conflict Societies: Everyday Violence and Access to Justice
- 22 May 2012
- 09:00 – 18:00 UTC / GMT
- What time is this for me?
- British Library, British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2 DB.
- Event contact
- Rosemary Morgan (wuntj2012@leeds.ac.uk) University of Leeds
- Related Research Groups
- Transformative Justice Network
Overview
The conference is jointly organised by the Centre for Global Development at the University of Leeds and the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York under the auspices of the WUN Transformative Justice Network.
The conference aims to bridge the worlds of scholarship, practice and policy-making and to provide a platform for knowledge exchange leading to improved access to justice for the poor and marginalised.
Panel one - A panel of experts will discuss legal empowerment and current trends in alternative strategies for increasing access to justice in post conflict societies.
Panel two - A panel of experts will discuss gender-based violence and justice in post conflict settings.
Additional information on conference panels will be added to this site shortly
Speakers
Keynote speakers include: Rashida Manjoo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Professor of Law, University of Cape Town, and Vivek Maru (TBC), Chief Executive Officer of Namati, and former senior counsel in the Justice Reform Group of the World Bank.
Call for Posters
In addition to the above, the conference will include a lunch-time poster session for WUN partners and other non-WUN participants, especially postgraduate research students. This will offer an opportunity to present and receive feedback on ongoing or complete research.
Posters should be submitted under the theme: “Transforming Post-Conflict Societies: Everyday Violence and Access to Justice”. Poster abstracts must be submitted by 19 March 2012 to wuntj2012@leeds.ac.uk.
For instructions on how to submit a poster abstract, download the Call for Posters [PDF: 208.68 KB].
Programme
Click here to download the conference programme [PDF: 282.97 KB]
How to Register
If you are interested in registering for this conference please contact Rosemary Morgan for further information.
** Image reference: Mauro Morales Soto, 'Pesadillas de un pueblo', SER/proyecto Yuyarisun, Peru.