|
|
|
||
Last update: PhDr. Kateřina Werkman, Ph.D. (25.11.2017)
Term paper An essay of about 10 norm pages, discussing a selected issue of justice and/or reconciliation in a selected country, due Jan 31, 2018. Weekly diaries |
|
||
Last update: PhDr. Kateřina Werkman, Ph.D. (12.10.2017)
JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES (the course was developed as a part of the History, Film and Human Rights Project supported by the People in Need Foundation and funded by EVZ Stiftung. Funding for the educational licenses to the films was provided by Vzdělávací nadace Jana Husa.) The course consists of 6 sessions. The course is suitable for students in MA degree programmes.
Class 1 (6.10.): Sierra Leone - Whose Justice? Film: War Don Don, dir. Rebecca Richman Cohen, USA, 2010 Required readings: Shaw, R. The Production of “Forgiveness”. God, Justice, and State Failure in Post-War Sierra Leone Crane, D.: White Man's Justice: Applying Internation Justice after Regional Third World Conflicts Class 2 (20.10.): South Africa - Forgive and Forget? Film: Long Night´s Journey into Day, dir. Day Frances Reid a Deborah Hoffmann, USA, 2000 Required readings: Minow, M. (1998): Truth Commissions. In: Between Vengeance and Forgiveness. Verwoerd, W. (2003): Toward a Response to Criticisms of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In: Prager, T. and T. Govier (eds.): Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press), pp.245-278. Mamdani, M. : A Diminished Truth
Class 3 (3.11.):Cambodia - Historical Memory and Reconciliation Film: Enemies of the People, dir. Rob Lemkin a Thet Sambath, UK, 2009 Required readings: Chandler, D. (2003): Coming to Terms with the Terror and History of Pol Pot´s Cambodia (1975-79). In: Prager, T. and T. Govier (eds.): Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press), pp. 307-326. Münyas, Burcu (2008): Genocide in the minds of Cambodian youth: transmitting (hi)stories of genocide to second and third generations in Cambodia. In: Journal of Genocide Research, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 413-439.
Class 4 (1.12.): Rwanda Film: My Neighbor, My Killer, r. Anne Aghion, USA/UK (2009) Required readings: LONGMAN, T. - T. RUTAGENGWA (2004): Memory, Identity, and Community in Rwanda. In: STOVER, E. - H. WEINSTEIN (eds.): My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, s.162-182. WALDORF, L. "Like Jews Waiting for Jesus". Posthumous Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda. In: SHAW, R. - L. WALDORF (eds.): Localizing Transnational Justice. Interventions and Priorities after Mass Violence. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010, s. 183-202.
Class 5 (15.12.): TBA
Additional Readings: Aukerman, M.J. (2002): Extraordinary Evil, Ordinary Crime: A Framework for Understanding Transitional Justice. Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol. 15, pp. 39-97. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/iss15/aukerman.shtml Bloomfield, D.; Barnes, T. and L. Huyse (2003): Reconciliation After Violent Conflict. A Handbook. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. http://www.idea.int/publications/reconciliation/upload/reconciliation_full.pdf Bosire, L. (2006): Overpromised, Underdelivered: Transitional Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Center for Transitional Justice. http://www.ictj.org/static/Africa/Subsahara/AfricaTJ3.pdf Brounéus, K. (2007): Reconciliation and Development. Occasional Paper, No. 36, Dialogue on Globalization, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Berlin. http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/04999.pdf Call, Ch. (2004): Is Transitional Justice Really Just? Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol.11, No.1, pp.101-113. Daly, K. (2002): Restorative justice: The real story. Punishment and Society, Vol.4, No.1, pp.55-79. Fletcher, L. and H. Weinstein (2002): Violence and Social Repair: Rethinking the Contribution of Justice to Reconciliation. Human Rights Quarterly, Vol.24, No.3, pp.573-639. Govier, T. and W. Verwoerd (2002): Trust and the Problem of National Reconciliation. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Vol.32, No.2, pp.178-205. Graybill, L. and K. Lanegran (2004): Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation in Africa: Issues and Cases. African Studies Quarterly, Vol.8, No.1, pp.1-18 Kelsall, T. (2008): An Introduction to Some Issues in Transitional Justice. Lecture Series on African Security. Nordic Africa Institute. http://www.nai.uu.se/research/nai-foi%20lectures/calendar2009/kelsall.pdf Kriesberg, L. (2007): Reconciliation: Aspects, Growth, and Sequences. International Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1-21. Mani, R. (2005): Rebuilding an Inclusive Political Community After War. Security Dialogue, Vol.36, No.4, pp.511-526. Orentlicher, D.F. (1991): Settling Accounts: The Duty to Prosecute Human Rights Violations of a Prior Regime. The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 100, No. 8, Symposium: International Law, pp. 2537-2615. Philpott, D. (2007): Religion, Reconciliation, and Transitional Justice: The State of the Field. Working Paper, Social Science Research Council. Sarkin, J. and E. Daly (2004): Too Many Questions, Too Few Answers: Reconciliation in Transitional Societies. Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol.35, No.3, pp.101-168. Stovel, L. (2003): When the enemy comes home: Restoring justice after mass atrocity. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice, June 2003. http://www.sfu.ca/cfrj/fulltext/stovel.pdf (more country-specific readings upon request) |