BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AUA Newsroom - ECPv6.2.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:AUA Newsroom X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://newsroom.aua.am X-WR-CALDESC:Events for AUA Newsroom REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Yerevan BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20180101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20181005T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20181005T160000 DTSTAMP:20240329T164055 CREATED:20180924T145928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181005T111430Z UID:27177-1538744400-1538755200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:International Symposium on Transitional Justice (REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED) DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe Zoryan Institute in conjunction with the American University of Armenia (AUA) is pleased to announce an International Symposium on Transitional Justice to be held in Yerevan\, Armenia on October 5\, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm at AUA’s Manoogian Hall. \nThe symposium will include special guests Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan\, who will deliver opening remarks. World-renowned experts in transitional justice have been invited to Yerevan to provide the theoretical framework to contextualize what transitional justice is\, why it may apply to Armenia and what outcomes it could result in. \nThis one-day academic symposium is open to the public\, academics\, policymakers\, foreign diplomats and those responsible for the implementation of justice and security in Armenia. The event will be broadcast live\, internationally. \nAbout the Speakers: \nDr. William A. Schabas is an international human rights and criminal law expert. He\, a professor at Middlesex University and Leiden University\, has served as the head of the UN Gaza Commission\, and as Commissioner on the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. \nMarieke Wierda\, Esq. is currently the Rule of Law Advisor for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has 20 years of experience in transitional justice\, including with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; the International Center for Transitional Justice\, and the UN Support Mission in Libya. \nBarney Afako\, Esq. is a lawyer with experience in conflict mediation and is a part-time Tribunal Judge in the UK. Between 2006 and 2008\, he was the Chief Legal Advisor to the South Sudanese mediation in the Juba Peace Talks between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. \nDr. Nadia Bernaz is an Associate Professor of Law and Governance at Wageningen University. Her research focuses on business and human rights by investigating the accountability of corporations and business people of their human rights impact through international\, domestic and transnational processes. \nSara Anjargolian\, Esq.\, attorney and CEO of Impact Hub Yerevan will be moderating the discussion. \nLanguage: English with simultaneous translation into Armenian \n  \nREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and will be open on October 1\, through the following link: http://bit.ly/2MYTplT . \n  \nWatch the event livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3J2I8F70Js (Armenian) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3J2I8F70Js (English).  URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/international-symposium-on-transitional-justice/ LOCATION:Alex and Marie Manoogian Hall\, PAB\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2018/09/TJ-Symposium-FB-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR