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Thursday 29 July 2010
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Restoration, Transition and Society

A One-day Conference

Hosted by the Durham Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice and Nottingham Law School

at Durham Law School

March 23rd 2010

This one day conference focuses on issues of restorative justice and reparation in the broad context of post-conflict and transitional justice. Streams will include:

  • the role of restorative justice and transitional justice

  • the effectiveness of international trial justice

  • democratic reconstruction

  • policing and criminal justice issues in post conflict societies 

 

Confirmed Speakers Include:

  • Dr Jonathan Doak (Nottingham Law School): Transitional Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: The Quest for Emotional Restoration

  • David O’Mahony (Durham Law School) and Kerry Clamp (Sheffield Hallam University): Restorative Justice, Youth Justice  and Transitional Justice in South Africa and Northern Ireland

  • Dr Matthew Saul (Durham Law School): Democracy and International Law in the Reconstruction of Sierra Leone

  • Dr Graham Ellison (Queen’s University Belfast): Police-community relations in Northern Ireland in the post-Patten era: towards an ecological analysis

  • Prof Ralph Henham (Nottingham Law School) 'Re-conceptualising the Relationship between International Trial Justice and Transitional Justice: Time for a Paradigm Shift

 

To book your place at the conference please email the conference administrator Mrs Julie Platten law.events@durham.ac.uk Places are strictly limited and all bookings must be made before the 17th March 2010. Conference fee: £30 (payable at the time of booking), including lunch and refreshments.

 

Abstracts are now being considered for papers to be included in the conference programme. Please email your abstract (max 150 words) to the conference organisers (d.omahony@durham.ac.uk; jonathan.doak@ntu.ac.uk) before the 10th of March for consideration by the organising committee.