June 25-27, 2007 | Nuremberg
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Trailblazing conference


At the international conference "Building a Future on Peace and Justice" held from 25-27 June 2007 in Nuremberg representatives of governments and international organizations discussed with practitioners, academics and members of civil society from all over the world issues of conflict management, reconciliation and reconstruction. Some 450 officials and experts from over 80 countries came together to share their experience of peace and reconciliation processes. They explored key issues such as the impact of the International Criminal Court and other justice mechanisms on conflict dynamics, how far amnesties are acceptable, the importance of truth seeking and social justice, the role of peace negotiators and the linkage between local and international approaches as well as the importance of building rule-of-law structures. The situation in countries such as Afghanistan, Uganda, Colombia and Iraq shows just how topical such issues are.

The conference was convened by Germany, Finland and Jordan in conjunction with the International Center for Transitional Justice (New York) and the Crisis Management Initiative (Helsinki). Other partners were the Robert Bosch Foundation (Stuttgart), the Dräger Foundation (Lübeck), the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Berlin), the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (Johannesburg), swisspeace (Berne), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and the Working Group on Development and Peace (FriEnt, Bonn).


Opening ceremony of the conference in Nuremberg's Higher Regional Court
Front row (f.l.t.r.): Prinz Stefan von und zu Liechtenstein, Frau Maliha Zulfacar, Ammar Husseini, Frances Johnson Morris, John Ohiorhenuan, Alphonse Hitiyaremye, Sadako Ogata, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Yasmin Sooka, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Märta Elisabeth Rehn, Sonia Picado, Jean-Damascène Habimana, Lakhdar Brahimi
Back row (f.l.t.r.): Mohammad Tarawneh, Günter Gloser, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Álvaro de Soto, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Sharif Al-Zu'bi, René Blattmann, Jan Egeland, Juan Méndez, Ian Martin, Gareth Evans, Lord Bonomy

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