Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Peace Building FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2014

Postgraduate Research Student Conference
Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Peace Building
FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2014
York St Campus, University of Ulster, Belfast
9.00 am Arrival
9.15 am Welcome and Introduction
9.30 -11.15 am Session 1 - Minority identities and transitional justice
1) Sorting the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ in the new nation: Minorities and transitional justice in post-conflict
Kosovo – Michael Potter (Queens University, Belfast)
2) Rights over the rainbow in the Global South? An analysis of legal advancement for LGBTQI communities
in transitioning societies – Peter Dunne (Trinity College Dublin)
3) The impact of multiple group identities on peace-building in divided societies: Insights from postapartheid South Africa – Cathy Bollaert (University of Ulster)
4) Nobody likes us, why should they care? An exploration of post-conflict tensions facing young people in a
working class loyalist community and the potential role of restorative practices as a change agent – a
problem orientated case study – Philip McCready (University of Ulster)
Commentator: Prof. Gladys Ganiel (Trinity College Dublin)
11.45 am – 1.30 pm Session 2 – Grassroots peacebuilding
1) 50 years of grassroots peacebuilding practice in Northern Ireland: A history of applied phronesis? –
Emily Stanton (University of Ulster)
2) Cohesion theories and understanding the double process of victim organization fragmentation and
survival – Adriana Rudling (University of Sheffield)
3) Planning for peace: Transitional justice and peace building in refugee settlements in the Middle East –
Azadeh Sobout (University of Ulster)
4) Women’s human rights activism in contested and divided societies – Kate Mukungu (University of
Northumbria)
Commentator: Prof. Peter Shirlow (Queens University, Belfast)
1.30 pm Lunch (light sandwich lunch provided for pre-registered attendees)
2.30-4.15 pm Session 3 – Justice Denied
1) Uncovering the harm of rape in the judgements of international tribunals – Eithne Dowds (Queens
University Belfast)
2) Corporate accountability and land restitution in the Colombian transitional justice process – Eulalia
Figueras (University of Essex)
3) Exclusion of forced sterilisation from the scope of the Peruvian truth and reconciliation commission –
Helena-Ulrike Marambio (University of Essex)
4) ‘Justice seen is justice done?’ Assessing the impact of outreach activities by the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) – Philipp Shultz (University of Ulster)
Commentator: Prof. Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin (University of Ulster)
4.30-5.00 pm General Reflections/ Plenary and Close
5:30 – 8:00 pm – Drinks reception (5:30- 6:30) + NI premiere of ‘The Land Between’,
(http://thelandbetweenfilm.com/) followed by Q&A with director David Fedele.
The day is co-convened by students and staff from Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Ulster and
students from Queen’s University Belfast. Film session and reception supported by QUB Institute for the
Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice. Last revised 10 October 2014.
Postgraduate Research Student Conference
9am – 5.00pm, Friday 7th November 2014
H u m a n R i g h t s , T r a n s i t i o n a l J us t i c e
a n d P e ac e b u i l d i n g
University of Ulster
York Street
Belfast
BT15 1ED
An inter-disciplinary collaborative research day, featuring postgraduate
student research presentations from Universities in Ireland and the UK. The
programme is now available, and there are a limited number of places
available to students who wish to join the day to hear the presentations,
participate in Q&A, and view research posters. There is no cost for the day
but everyone attending must pre-register by 31 October at the email
address below. The sessions will be followed by a reception and film
screening of ‘The Land Between’, 5.30-8.00pm.
Further programme details at www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/tji_events.html
Email: Gwawr McGirr McGirr-G1@email.ulster.ac.uk
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