.: Beyond Juba Project (RLP, HURIPEC, Faculty of Law; Makerere University.) :.

The Beyond Juba Distinguished Lecture Series:

The Beyond Juba Distinguished Lecture Series is a forum for eminent national and international leaders, academics and policy makers to share their knowledge and perspectives on leading issues related to the growing field of transitional justice. The goal of the series is to deepen understanding among the university community and broader Ugandan populace on justice, peace and reconciliation, and to encourage and stimulate a national debate around these issues.

This series offers an opportunity for university students and the Ugandan community to engage and share experiences with leaders who have participated in or contributed towards developing cutting-edge transitional justice policies and practices. Ultimately, the intention is to forge new paths towards embedding transitional justice in Uganda as a mechanism that could contribute towards creation of sustainable peace, while also stimulating and encouraging academic debate around the key transitional justice issues.

The series is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lectures given so far include;

" The Darfur Conflict: Transitional Justice Challenges for Africa",
Lecture by: Professor Mahmood Mamdani, August 25, 2009 at Makerere University.

Speaker's Profile:

Professor Mahmood Mamdani is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government in the Departments of Anthropology and Political Science at Columbia University in the United States. He is also the Director of Columbia's Institute of African Studies.
He is a former President of the Council for Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Dakar, Senegal. In 2001, he was one of nine scholars to present at the Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Symposium. He has been named as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by the US magazine Foreign Policy in May 2008 and the UK magazine Prospect in July 2008.

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" Do Truth and Reconciliation Bodies deliver?: Traditional Justice as an Instrument in Peace Building",
Lecture by: Yasmin Sooka, January 28, 2009 at Makerere University..

Speaker's Profile:

Yasmin Sooka is the executive director of the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) of South Africa. A renowned international lawyer and human rights activist, she has served as a commissioner on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and an international observer to the Sierra Leone Truth Commission.

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