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Day 1:Sunday, November 13th

Handler Auditorium, Truman Institute, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

14:30-15:00 Reception

15:00-15:15Opening Remarks

Mr. Michael Mertes / Resident Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Israel

Prof. Barak Medina / Dean, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Steven Kaplan / Director, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the

Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dr. Tomer Broude / Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights,

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

15:15-17:00Session 1: Transitional Justice as Pre-Post-Conflict Justice

Chair:Prof. David Kretzmer / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Prof. David Gray / University of Maryland

Dynamic Stability and the Pathology of Mass Violence: A Potential Role for

Transitional Justice Mechanisms during Active Conflicts

Mr. Neil Kritz / United States Institute for Peace

The Potential and Limits of Transitional Justice Before the Transition

Prof. Ruti Teitel / New York Law School; London School of Economics

Transitional Justice and the Law of War

17:00-17:30Recess

17:30-19:15Session 2: External Actors and Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts

Chair:Prof. Moshe Hirsch / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Adv. Christian De Vos / PhD Researcher, Leiden University

Player or Pawn? Transitional Justice, Conflict 'Management', and the International

Criminal Court

Prof. David Kaye / UCLA

External Actors and Domestic Accountability

Dr. Iavor Rangelov / London School of Economics

Abuse of Power and Conflict Persistence in Post-Taliban Afghanistan

Day 2:Monday, November 14th

Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

09:00-10:45Session 3: Negotiated Justice in Ongoing Conflicts

Chair:Dr. Guy Harpaz / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Prof. Cyanne Loyle / West Virginia University

Dr. Helga Malmin Binningsbø / Peace Research Institute, Oslo

Offers of Justice and Peace: Bargaining and Justice Processes during Conflict

Adv. Stephen Oola / Makerere University, Kampala

Prosecuting Peace: The Trial of LRA Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo and the Search

for Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda and Beyond

Prof. Andrew Reiter / Mount Holyoke College

Amnesty for Peace? Analyzing the Impact of Amnesties in Civil Wars

10:45-11:15Recess

11:15-13:00Session 4: International Justice in Context: Impacts on Ongoing Conflicts

Chair:Dr. Yael Sternhell / Tel Aviv University

Speakers:Adv. Sigall Horovitz / PhD Candidate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Calibrating International and National Justice Systems in Ongoing Conflicts

Mr. Philipp Kastner / D.C.L. candidate, McGill University

The ICC in bello? From Unrealistic Expectations to Process-related Commitments

Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri / University of London

Justice, Negotiation, and Force: Pragmatic Legalism in Ongoing Conflict

13:00-14:15Recess

14:15-16:15Session 5: The International Criminal Court and Ongoing Conflicts

Chair:Dr. Yaël Ronen / Sha'arei Mishpat Law College

Speakers:Prof. Dr. Kai Ambos / Goettingen University

The Colombian Peace Process and the Complementarity Principle of the ICC

Dr. Phil Clark / University of London

The ICC in Uganda and DR Congo

Prof. David Mendeloff / Carleton University, Ottawa

War Crimes and Hollow Threats: Assessing the Coercive Logic of ICC Intervention

in Ongoing Conflicts

Adv. Yael Vias-Gvirsman / PhD Candidate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;

Legal Assistant, International Criminal Court

Initiating the ICC’s Jurisdiction as a Political Tool: Presenting New Paradigms in

the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

16:15-16:45Recess

16:45-18:30Session 6: Legal Forums in Ongoing Conflicts – Other Perspectives

Chair:Adv. Danny Evron / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Dr. Tomer Broude / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Trading with the Enemy: Lex Mercatoria as Pre-Transitional Justice

Dr. Pablo de Greiff / International Center for Transitional Justice (via video link)

Transitional Justice and the Possibilities of Legally Regulating Ongoing Conflicts

Dr. Kristin Doughty / University of Pennsylvania

The Potential of Local Mediation Committees: Considering Lessons from Rwanda’s

Comite y’Abunzi for Transitional Justice

Day 3:Tuesday, November 15th

Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

09:00-10:45Session 7: Fact-Finding Mechanisms and Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts

Chair:Prof. Yuval Shany / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Prof. Laurie Blank / Emory University

Investigations into Military Operations: What Impact on Transitional Justice?

Dr. Suhad Daher-Nashif / Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education;

Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel

Transitional Medico-Legal Experts within the Palestinian-Israeli Context

Prof. Michael Hamilton / Central European University

The Use of Force and Force of Law: Inquiries before Transition

10:45-11:15Recess

11:15-13:00Session 8: Human Rights Dimensions of Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts

Chair:Dr. Piki Ish-Shalom / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Prof. Aeyal Gross / Tel-Aviv University

The Madness of Forgiveness: Transitional Justice without Transition in “My Terrorist”

Prof. Fionnuala Ni Aolain / University of Minnesota; University of Ulster

Gendering the Application of Transitional Justice in Times of Active Hostilities

Dr. Ralph Wilde / University College London

Human Rights Law as a Transitional Justice Mechanism for Redress against Intervenors:

Imperialism?

13:00-14:15Recess

14:15-16:00Session 9: Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts

Chair:Dr. Maya Kahanoff / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Dr. Hillel Cohen / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Unofficial Truth Projects in Israel/Palestine: Methods and Dilemmas

Mr. Ron Dudai / Queens University Belfast

Non-State Actors and the Pursuit of Truth and Reparations

Prof. Kieran McEvoy / Queens University Belfast

Restorative Justice, Cultures of Violence and the Peace Process ‘From Below’

in Northern Ireland

16:00-16:30Recess

16:30-18:30Session 10: Challenges for Transitional Justice in Israel-Palestine

Chair:Prof. Michael Karayanni / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Speakers:Adv. Jeremie Bracka / LLM Graduate (Transitional Justice Scholar), New York University

Between Utopia and Myopia: Conceptualising an Israeli-Palestinian Truth Commission

Adv. Tamar Feldman / Director of the Legal Department, Gisha - Legal Center for

Freedom of Movement

Bereavement and Grief Overwhelm Us: The Israeli Judicial Discourse Relating to the

Occupied Territory and its Relevance to Transitional Justice Efforts

Dr. Rafi Nets-Zehngut / Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Transitional Justice and Addressing the History of Active Conflicts:

The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Adv. Ofer Shinar Levanon / Sapir College, Israel; PhD candidate, Hebrew University

of Jerusalem

Expanding the Horizon: Transitional Justice Roles during Active Conflicts –

Lessons from Israel

For registration, information and campus entry/parking permits:

Please contact the Minerva Center for Human Rights by Thur. Nov.10

via e-mail: mchr@savion.huji.ac.il or tel. 02-5881156, providing your name,

ID or passport number and vehicle license plate number.

Please note that on Nov. 13 vehicle entry will be through the Bezalel Gate.

On Nov. 14 & 15 vehicle entry will be through the Humanities Gate.