Maxwell Boamah Amofa is a dedicated and experienced legal and political professional with profound passion for international relations, law, peace studies, human rights, and conflict resolution. His interest is in the Law of Armed Conflicts particularly how to strategically employ International humanitarian law and human rights principles to mitigate armed hostilities, particularly in the volatile […]
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Prof Tim Murithi, Peacebuilding Interventions, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, South Africa Moderator: Madhuvanti Gia Mukherjee, Research Officer, The West African Transitional Justice Centre, Nigeria Date: April 4, 2024 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcufu-pqzstHdax9KvP6JJYHWF_YrO12FNg Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCO1vbgh-U
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Professor Tim Murithi is Head of the Peacebuilding Interventions Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, at the Centre for African and Gender Studies, University of the Free State, in South Africa. He is an Honorary Research Associate, Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy
Preamble The resurgence of hostilities in the Middle-East was triggered by the attack on Israel, which was perpetrated by members of the Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistant Movement – Hamas) on October 7, 2023. The perpetrators had invaded some Israeli communities located in the southern border that was adjoining Gaza. During the attacks, there were
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Patrick Ahern, PhD University of Dayton A theoretical reflection upon human rights and transitional justice compels the question of how to reckon with the devastation for communities left in the wake of a tragic past. Of course, one must be sensitive to the uniqueness and historical specificity of each community, but this does not preclude
Book: Guerrillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa Author: Prof. Siphokazi Magadla, Head of Department, Political and International Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa Discussant: Prof Jill Kelly, Associate Professor, Clements Department of History, Southern Methodist University, USA Discussant: Dr Mxolisi Mchunu, Senior Researcher, Kwazulu-Natal Legislature, South Africa Video link: https://youtu.be/zPXln2XoVCg?si=WkwKnTn3BmtDbBrM
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Patrick Ahern, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Dayton, USA Moderator: Dr Justin Fugo, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Dayton, USA Date: January 12, 2024 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uce-orzsrHtxY_c1R1IGLb3YAb-P6ddvO#/registration Video Link: https://youtu.be/qarcXhbrHmk?si=u9m5c1bTPPmtc8ER
Patrick Ahern, Ph.D. is a political and ethical philosopher whose research focuses on themes of Critical Theory, Early Modern Thought, Human Rights Theory, and Critical Social Justice. His previous publications include, “Pathic Identification in Populist Movements: The Spectre of Antisemitism in Right and Left Populist Protests” (in Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism, Bloomsbury
by Madhuvanti Gia Mukherjee Introduction The African Union (AU) and other regional governing organizations, such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have assumed the leading role in advancing the operationalization of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle within the continent. These entities actively denounce impunity, while upholding the prerogative to intervene in
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WATJCentre is focused on creating a foundational drive for the study of transitional justice in Africa by creating and updating a teaching curriculum for relevant institutions of learning…read more…
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