news
- Book Release (2009)
Building a Future on Peace and Justice
Kai Ambos; Judith Large; Marieke Wierda, (Eds.)
Studies on Transitional Justice, Peace and Development
The Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and Justice
Online and hardcover version available
- Press Release
June 20, 2008:
Press Statement: Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and Justice (pdf; 10 KB)
- Press Release
June 27, 2007:
Press Statement at the conclusion of the Conference (pdf; 60 KB)
- Press Release
June 25, 2007:
Federal Minister Steinmeier opens Peace Conference in Nuremberg: "Peace and reconciliation cannot be achieved by thinking in black and white" (pdf; 10 KB)
Parallel workshops
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 14.30 - 18.00 h
Workshop 6:
Negotiating Justice
Panel:
Chair: Tina Thorne, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Experts:
1. Leslie Vinjamuri, Georgetown University
2. Priscilla Hayner, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
3. Nick Grono, International Crisis Group (ICG)
English
Interpreting service into Spanish and German
Workshop abstract:
This workshop will be organised with the HD Centre and draw on their project "Negotiating Justice: strategies for tackling justice issues in peace processes". It will further develop the options available to mediators who tend to be aware of international standards but face problems when trying to focus the attention of the conflicting parties on them or when putting them into practice in a meaningful way.
While there is a developing normative framework of hard and soft law to provide standards and parameters, the realities of negotiation make it hard to balance the immediate demands of the situation with these norms and standards. Furthermore, the making and implementing of peace agreements involves political manoeuvring and imagination. Mediators therefore face the challenge of achieving workable consensus with the greatest possible adherence to international standards.
The aim will be to provide practitioners with practical analysis and advice on:
- how to identify and exploit nuances in situations in order to immediately realise the most pressing justice requirements; and
- how to gradually attain those that are more complex or longer term.
Outputs
Existing field research conducted in Sierra Leone and Liberia will be presented at the workshop as well as some lessons from Aceh and Burundi. This research focuses on the respective negotiation processes, and more specifically on how certain justice issues were included or excluded from the agreements that followed. The potential impact of either on the ensuing implementation process is also assessed.
Workshop responsible:
Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre)