Workshops and Courses

The ICTJ runs regular 3-5 day training courses, in English and French aimed at senior and mid-career NGO leaders, diplomatic staff, academics and graduate/law students.

Current offerings:

London, England, February 2 - 4, 2009:

The ICTJ Essentials Course Course Details

 

The ICTJ Essentials Course | London

 

LONDON ESSENTIALS COURSE

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is pleased to announce the London Essentials Course: a 3-day intensive course on transitional justice.

VENUE & DATES

The course will be held from 2-4 February, 2009 at the Law Society of England & Wales, located at 100-113 Chancery Lane in Westminster. This 3-day intensive seminar on transitional justice will be held in partnership with the Law Society in the stately quarters of their central Hall.

TOPICS

The course covers essential themes, mechanisms and case studies in the field of transitional justice. It will focus on a range of topics including prosecution mechanisms, truth commissions, reparations programs, vetting mechanisms and reconciliation initiatives. The course will also explore the intersection between efforts to achieve justice and accountability, and negotiations to ensure sustainable peace.

OBJECTIVE

The course aims to equip busy professionals with the knowledge required to conceive and implement transitional justice policies and programs that are in line with international best practices. The program is primarily targeted at mid-career and senior staff of multilateral agencies, governments, NGOs, foundations and universities who wish to undertake an intensive course on cutting-edge developments in this important and expanding field.

LANGUAGE & COST

This course will be taught in English. (An equivalent program is offered in French in Brussels on an ongoing basis.)

The cost of the course is £750, payable within 15 business days following admission into the course. Included in the course fee are meals, refreshments and extensive course materials. (Payment arrangements will be described in the acceptance letters.)

INSTRUCTORS

A team of senior staff will instruct the course, including instructors such as Paul van Zyl, Executive Vice President at the ICTJ and Director of the Transitional Justice Program at New York University School of Law; Mirna Adjami, Head of the ICTJ Kinshasa Office and a human rights lawyer with a special focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo and francophone central Africa; Javier Ciurlizza, Director of the ICTJ Colombia Program and Bogotá Office, former Executive Secretary to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru and later Director of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights from the Universidad Católica, legal adviser for the Peruvian Chancellor on the extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori and advisor to truth commissions and judiciary processes in Paraguay, Kenya, Indonesia and Liberia; Dorothée Marotine, Head of the ICTJ Balkans Program, formerly human rights officer and legal adviser to the War Crimes Unit of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, consultant to the Balkans regional process aimed at enhancing cooperation between judges, prosecutors, and ministries of justice, and case manager at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; and Ana Cutter Patel, Deputy Director for the ICTJ International Policymakers Unit and ICTJ liaison to the UN Peacebuilding Commission, project manager for the Center's two-year research initiative on Transitional Justice and DDR in post-conflict societies, and fellow and adjunct professor at the Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Senior staff from the Law Society of England & Wales will also contribute to the proceedings.

MATERIALS

Upon arrival at the course, applicants will receive a resource packet including a CD-ROM of extensive core readings and materials on transitional justice.

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION

Although the ICTJ does not cover participants' travel, visa, accommodation or insurance costs, it will provide letters in support of participants' visa applications. All travel and accommodation arrangements must be organized by the participant.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Admissions are rolling, but applications are due no later than December 22, 2008. Decisions on these applications will be communicated by January 9, 2009. The course will be limited to a maximum of 30 participants.

To apply for the course, please submit a brief cover letter, CV, one reference, and a completed application form to the following email address: nyessentials@ictj.org.

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(Updated December 2008)