June 22, Wednesday, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Catholic University of America, Aquinas Hall
Facilitated by Dr. Carl Stauffer, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)
Sponsored by TASSC International and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute of EMU
9:00 Building Justice
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Survivors Respond
2:00 Building Justice
4:00 Final Words
This workshop is concerned with understanding and embracing a form of justice that satisfies human need. Beginning with key theoretical underpinnings and a multi-disciplinary approach to concepts of justice, this course will explore the contemporary applications of justice in post-war settings internationally. We will critique and compare various popular expressions of societal justice through structures such as:
The International Criminal Court
Truth and reconciliation commissions
Restitution / reparations
DDR (reintegration of ex-combatants)
“Memorialization” practices.
In addition, various parallel and collective indigenous justice efforts will be studied and compared with the dominant justice applications. Of particular interest are the growing innovations in new hybrid justice models that attempt to satisfy the collective needs of traumatized societies, and the continued search for how to ensure a future transmission of generational justice that is embedded with a concern for the common good.
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