The Scripts and Settings of Transitional Justice: Procedure, Protocol and Form
The Scripts and Settings of Transitional Justice: Procedure, Protocol and Form
An International Webinar: June 14-16, 2021
(Times noted are local Jerusalem time – GMT+3)
Day 1 / Monday, June 14
16:00-17:00 Session 1 / Keynote Address – Prof. Kevin Jon Heller
Greetings:
Dr. Einat Albin / Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Leora Bilsky / Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Tel-Aviv University
Keynote Address:
Prof. Kevin Jon Heller/ Professor of International Law and Security, University of Copenhagen (Centre for Military Studies); Professor of Law, Australian National University; Academic Member, Doughty Street Chambers
“The Nuremberg Trials and Denazification as the First Transitional Justice Program”
Chair:
Prof. Tomer Broude / Faculty of Law and Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
17:15-18:15 Session 2 / Truth Commissions: Process and Outcomes
Presentations:
Prof. Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm and Mr. Dylan Wright / School of Public Affairs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
“The Role of Global Agenda-Setting in Transitional Justice: An Analysis of Latin American Truth Commission Recommendations’ Shifting Language”
Dr. Jeremie Bracka / Law Lecturer, Monash University; former Transitional Justice Postdoctoral Fellow, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Truth Commission Settings and Challenges for 2021: Truth-Telling About the Colonial Past”
Chair / Discussant:
Dr. Renana Keydar / Faculty of Law and Head of Digital Humanities Program, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18:30-19:30 Session 3 / The Present and Future of Documenting the Past
Presentations:
Prof. Ruti Teitel / Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School; Visiting Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law
Dr. Iavor Rangelov / Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Politics; Chairman of the Executive Board, Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade
“Comparative Perspectives on Records and Archives in Diverse Transitional Justice Processes”
Dr. Irit Ballas / Transitional Justice Postdoctoral Fellow, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Biscuits, Messi and the Future of the Middle East: The Curious Case of Shin Bet Interrogation Reports”
Chair / Discussant:
Dr. Natalie Davidson / Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University
Day 2 / Tuesday, June 15
16:00-17:15 Session 4 / Archives, Procedures and Transitional Justice: Practice Perspectives
Roundtable:
Dr. Anna Bryson / School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast
Dr. Trudy Huskamp Peterson/ International Council on Archives; former Acting Archivist of the United States; former Director of Archives and Records Management, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Mr. Lior Yavneh / Executive Director, Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research
Moderator:
Dr. Ron Dudai / Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben Gurion University
17:30-18:30 Session 5 / Scripts and Settings in the Public Sphere
Presentations:
Dr. Or Avi-Guy / Transitional Justice Academic Coordinator, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word: Analyzing the Performance of Public Apologies from a Transitional Justice Perspective”
Adv. Dana Alexander / Transitional Justice Postdoctoral Fellow, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Tel-Aviv University
“Procedure as Substance: The Non-neutrality of Liberal Constitutionalism and the Problem of Legitimacy”
Chair / Discussant:
Adv. Bana Shoughry / Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Day 3 / Wednesday, June 16
16:00-16:45 Session 6 / Private Law Processes and Reparations in Transitional Justice
A conversation:
Prof. Mayo Moran / Faculty of Law, University of Toronto; Provost and Vice-Chancellor, Trinity College, University of Toronto: author of “The Problem of the Past and How to Fix It” (forthcoming, OUP)
Prof. Leora Bilsky / Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Tel-Aviv University; author of “The Holocaust, Corporations and the Law: Unfinished Business”
17:00-18:00 Session 7 / Scripts and Settings – Private Actors
Presentations:
Ms. Julia Emtseva / Ph.D. Candidate, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
“The Role of Private Actors in Transitional Justice Processes”
Ms. Shlomit Cohen-Skali / Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Theatre Arts, Tel-Aviv University
“Transitional Justice on the Stage: The Case of Docu-Legal Performances”
Chair / Discussant:
Dr. Einat Albin / Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18:15-19:15 Session 8 / Criminal Justice: Jurisdiction, Punishment and their Effects
Presentations:
Dr. Patryk I. Labuda / Postdoctoral Fellow, Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam
“Relational Complementarity”
Dr. Mara Redlich Revkin / Georgetown University Law Center
Dr. Kristen Kao / Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
“How Does Punishment Affect Reintegration? Evidence from Islamic State “Collaborators” in Iraq”
Chair / Discussant:
Dr. Limor Yehuda / Transitional Justice Program, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Tel-Aviv University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The conference will be held via Zoom. Registration is required.
Registrants will receive a participation link by e-mail no later than the morning of the event.
Please register here:
https://huji.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Pcs_j3yIQ0qcY8NEcMkAVQ
For additional information: mchr@savion.huji.ac.il