www. transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Events
Research Publications
Freedom of Assembly
Public Inquiries
Staff News
Visiting Scholars
Summer School &
LLM Programme
The aims of the Transi-
tional Justice Institute
are:
• To build a theoretical and
practical understanding of the
role of 'transitional justice', and
the underlying relationship
between justice and peace;
• To examine the role of the
international and domestic legal
systems and institutions in
facilitating transition from con-
flict;
• To make links between the
experience of Northern Ireland
and international experience,
so as to benefit both Northern
Ireland and other contexts;
• To inform policy makers in-
volved in peacemaking in local
and international institutions;
and
• To make visible and critically
examine gendered experiences
of transition.
NEWS
DIRECTORATE INTRODUCTION
Another academic year draws to a close, and
the dust is finally beginning to settle on the
2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). As
this newsletter attests, it has been an eventful
2-3 and productive period at the Transitional Jus-
tice Institute, and we are grateful to our funders
and to the University’s continued support and
4 commitment to sustaining the Institute’s work.
We are also delighted to welcome Dr. Gabriele
5 Porretto and Dr. Chris Lamont who have re-
cently joined the TJI staff.
Headlining the list of achievements
since our last issue is the RAE result itself
6 which reflects the depth of scholarship at the
TJI. On the basis of research outputs judged to
7
be either ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally ex-
cellent’, Law at the University of Ulster now
8 ranks in the top 10 Law units (out of 67) in the
UK. Against this backdrop, it is gratifying to
note that the Employment and Learning Minis-
ter, Sir Reg Empey, recently announced that
Quality Related (QR) research funding for the
University of Ulster is to rise by 5.4 per cent.
As we move into a new research cycle,
we are seeking to extend the ways in which our
work impacts on policy and practice. We are
pleased too to have developed collaborative
relationships both within and beyond the Uni-
versity (one example being an ongoing research
project on ‘transitional jurisprudence’ involving
colleagues at the Universities of Durham and
Utrecht). Added to this, these pages record a
number of prestigious appointments and
awards to TJI staff.
We are also pleased to announce the
launch of our SSRN (Social Science Research
Network) Research Paper series (a key tool in
more widely disseminating the Institute’s re-
search), and we were delighted earlier this year
to launch the Peace Agreements Database
(conceived and researched by Professor Chris-
tine Bell and Catherine O’Rourke, and hosted
by the INCORE web service).
TJI’s LLM programme rounds off an-
other successful year. A particular highlight was
having Professor Ruti Teitel (New York Law
School) in residence in May to teach a module
on Transitions from Conflict: Law and Politics. A
number of our LLM students have also engaged
this year as observers on the continuing Inquir-
ies Observation project for which TJI success-
Volume 1, Issue 5— June 2009
F RO M TJI
June 2009
Dr Michael Hamilton, Co-Director, TJI
fully tendered from the Committee on the Ad-
ministration of Justice (CAJ) and British Irish
Rights Watch (BIRW). It is worth noting that we
are still accepting applications for the LLM for
2009-2010.
Our 2009 seminar series began with
an illuminating talk by Dame Nuala O’Loan on
the challenges of peacemaking, and we hosted
further highly absorbing seminars by Professor
Tom Hadden and Dr. Antoine Buyse. TJI was
also involved in Amnesty International’s Mod-
ern Liberty Convention in February, we co-
sponsored (with INCORE) Trocaire’s annual
lecture by Mr. John Ging (UNRWA Director of
Operations in Gaza), and were a partner with
the CAJ, BIRW and Queen’s University, in organ-
ising an important two-day conference examin-
ing the report of the Consultative Group on the
Past.
A number of highly distinguished
scholars have visited TJI including Professor
David Cole (Georgetown University), Professor
Eckart Klein (Potsdam University), Professor
Nina Pillard (Georgetown University), and Dr.
Antoine Buyse (Utrecht University). Also, our
interns (Ms. Moira Lynch, Ms. Elizabeth Super,
and Ms. Valerie Kainz) have made important
contributions both to the Inquiries Observation
project and the organisation of the TJI Summer
School (‘Negotiating Peace, Negotiating Jus-
tice’) which takes place at the Magee campus
between 15-19 June.
We look forward to what promises to
be an exciting year ahead, and in the mean-
time, wish everyone a restful summer break.
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TJI SEMINAR SERIES, 2009 SEMINAR

SERIES, SUMMER
SEMESTER

The Transitional Justice Institute was delighted to welcome Dame

Nuala O’Loan to deliver the first seminar in the TJI Seminar Se- Friday 5 June, 12.30pm
ries for 2009 on 11 February 2009 in the Jordanstown campus.

In a talk entitled ‘Challenges of peacemaking: Lessons from Professor Nina Pillard

Northern Ireland and Beyond’, Dame Nuala provided an illuminat- (Georgetown University
ing account of the complexities of peace-making and peace- Law School)
keeping, highlighting lessons which have been learned from the
Northern Ireland context.
“Challenges of Transnational
Dame Nuala, who is a Visiting Professor in the School of Law, was Legal Theory”
the first Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, and is currently
Roving Ambassador and Special Envoy to Timor-Leste for the Irish Dalriada House,
Government. Dame Nuala is also currently chair of the UK Equal-
ity and Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into the development Jordanstown campus
of a human rights culture in England and Wales.

Dame Nuala drew parallels between the iterative nature of the

transition in Northern Ireland, and conflict and post-conflict dynamics in other countries such as
Spain, South Africa, Timor-Leste and Morocco. Her presentation highlighted the importance of proc-
ess in establishing sustainable peace, and cautioned against complacency given that the average
conflict resumes after fifteen years. In a wide-ranging discussion which addressed questions about Monday 8 June, 12.30pm
the rule of law, decommissioning, the re-integration of ex-combatants, and the nuanced links be-
tween police legitimacy, public perception and police self-image, Dame Nuala emphasized the need
for inclusive dialogue in peace processes to enable the structural causes of conflict to be addressed. Professor David Cole
(Georgetown University
Professor Tom Hadden delivered a seminar on Law School)
“EU Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement: A
Responsibility to Assist?” at the Jordanstown “Restoring the Rule of Law:
campus on 11 March 2009. What Should President
Obama Do About the Tor-
The seminar was arranged to coincide with turers and the Detainees?
the launch of Professor Hadden’s book: “ A
Responsibility to Assist: Human Rights Policy Dalriada House,
and Practice in European Union Crisis Man-
agement Operations” published by Hart earlier Jordanstown campus
this year.
Seminar with Professor Hadden, Jordanstown campus

Dr Antoine Buyse, Assistant Professor at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht University,
delivered a seminar on “Post Conflict Housing Restitution” at the Jordanstown campus on 18 March Wed 10 June, 12.30pm
2009. The seminar focused on how the loss of one’s house is often one of the most dramatic personal
consequences of armed conflict. In fragile Professor Eckart Klein
post-conflict societies such a loss does not (Director, Human Rights Cen-
only cause a flow of refugees and other dis- tre & Professor Emeritus,
placed persons, but it can also be a source of Potsdam University)
renewed conflict. Restitution of housing could
help to solve these problems and thus help to “The Relationship between
attain peace and to rebuild the rule of law. The the European Court of Hu-
seminar identified the stumbling blocks which man Rights and the Euro-
hampered restitution and assess solutions
pean Court of Justice”
from a human rights perspective. It also fo-
cused on the way in which restitution was im-
plemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Dalriada House,
wake of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement. Jordanstown campus
Dr Buyse is a Visiting Scholar at TJI.
Seminar with Dr Buyse, Jordanstown campus

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REFLECTING ON THE REPORT OF THE S TA F F N E W S

C O N S U L TA T I V E G R O U P O N T H E P A S T

TJI was delighted to co-host (with the Law School at QUB, CAJ and British Irish Rights Watch) a reflec-
tive two-day event focused on analysis and probing of the Report of the Consultative Group on the Professor Christine Bell
Past. The event brought together academic experts across various disciplines, human rights organi- was appointed to a UN
sations, victims and survivors, policy makers as well as governmental and political representatives.
panel of experts on tran-
The gathering of such a varied and representative grouping affirmed the importance of addressing
sitional justice by the
the ‘past’ for Northern Ireland.
Office of the High
Commissioner on Hu-
The event was opened by the co-chairs of the Consultative Group Denis Bradley and Lord Robin man Rights. She at-
Eames. Their introductory presentation to the conference evidenced the profound personal journey tended the expert semi-
that they (and members of the consultative group) had experienced in undertaking the Report, as
nar on Developments
well as their ongoing commitment to the process of a truth telling mechanism for Northern Ireland.
Both days were organised and Future Directions
around thematic panels, all on Transitional Justice in
aimed at teasing out the Geneva at the end of
legal, policy, psychological May 2009.
and political implications of
the Consultative Group’s
Report. The panels included
probing assessment of what
kind of legal framework
would be required to make
Professor Fionnuala Ni
any truth recovery process Aolain was invited to
compliant with international participate in an Expert
legal norms; and what pow- Seminar organised by the
ers would various units pro- Working Group
posed by the Consultative “Protecting human
Group’s report require in rights while countering
order to be legally effective. A final challenging panel on Panel of representatives from political parties terrorism”, part of the
Day 1, also examined what the exclusion of socio-economic and gender issues from the scope of a United Nations
past focused inquiry would mean for victims. It reflected on the need for a full and deep sense
Counter-Terrorism
across multiple measurements of the cost of the conflict for multiple sectors and victims broadly
defined. The most searching panel of the conference was the Panel bringing the perspectives of Implementation Task
victims and survivors of the conflict to the fore. The depth and veracity of experience articulated by Force.
the panellists as well as the response of those listening in the audience affirmed the extra-ordinary
power that narrative and telling one’s story (or the story of others) can have on our understanding of
past events. Other compelling sessions included discussions concerning the role of former political
prisoners and combatants, and analysis of the perspectives of groups and individuals often viewed
as disengaged in or disenfranchised from truth telling processes. The conference was rounded off by
a session involving the major political parties in the jurisdiction. Professor Colm
Campbell delivered a
Overall the conference was an extraordinary success, bringing together key stakeholders and affirm- paper on
ing TJI’s ongoing commitment to the praxis of intellectual engagement and practical policy making. 'Law Invades Utopia: The
Past, the Peace & the
Parties'
HART SOCIO-LEGAL BOOK PRIZE at “Dealing with the
Past” International
Scientific Conference
Professor Christine Bell has been awarded the Hart Socio-Legal Book
Prize for her book “On the Law of Peace: Peace Agreements and the Organized by the Politi-
Lex Pacificatoria” (Oxford University Press, 2008). The prize is cal Science Research
awarded annually by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) for Centre (PSRC) Forum,
‘the most outstanding piece of scholarship’ and aims to celebrate and April 23-24 2009, Za-
promote the work of socio-legal academics. The prize was presented greb, Croatia.
to Professor Bell at a ceremony which took place during the SLSA An-
nual Conference at Leicester De Montfort Law School in April 2009.

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TJI RESEARCH PAPER SERIES (SSRN)
The Transitional Justice Insti-
tute has launched an exciting
new research publications
initiative. The Transitional
Justice Institute Research
Paper Series is now available
on the Social Science Re-
search Network (SSRN), with
the first circulation being dis-
tributed on 9 April to all its
subscribers. SSRN is devoted
to the rapid worldwide dis-
semination of social science
research and is composed of
a number of specialized re-
search networks in each of
the social sciences, including
Legal Scholarship Network
(LSN). It is the most widely
used web-based research and
publication mechanism by
academics across multiple
disciplines worldwide.
The Transitional
Justice Institute Research
Paper Series is a source for
P E A C E A G R E E M E N T D A TA B A S E
The Transitional Justice Insti-
tute has launched a new
online Peace Agreement Da-
tabase.
The database pro-
vides details of over 640
peace agreements signed
since 1990, addressing con-
flicts that affect over 85 juris-
dictions. The Database lists
peace agreements by conflict,
and gives details of the date
signed, parties and third par-
ties to each agreement.
Further, the Data-
base provides details of the
substance of the each agree-
ment, by setting out the loca-
tion in the text and a short
synopsis of each agreement's
provisions in the following
categories: dealing with the
past (amnesty, past mecha-
nism, prisoner release, vic-
www. transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk
research papers evaluating
and exploring key issues re-
lated to transitional justice.
Such issues include the role
of law and legal institutions in
assisting (or not) the move
from conflict to peace; repres-
sion to more liberal forms of
governance; institutional
transformation; accountabil-
ity; amnesty; gender and tran-
sition; the law and politics of
memory and memoralization;
the relationship between re-
pression and transition and
both theoretical and empirical
approaches to measuring
change. The series is interdis-
ciplinary and encourages a
variety of doctrinal and theo-
retical perspectives on sub-
jects related to how societies
transition from conflict and
repression. Such intersection
includes law with sociology,
social policy, anthropology,
tims), undoing the legacy of
the past (refugees, land),
state institutional reform
(criminal justice, policing,
judicial reform, new rights
institutions), enforcing the
agreement (enforcement
mechanism, international
community, UN involvement),
and agreement provisions
addressing a range of other
issues, such as women, civil
society, and socio-economic/
development. The Database
also indicates where the full
text of each peace agreement
can be found.
The Peace Agree-
ment Database was con-
ceived and researched by
Christine Bell and Catherine
O'Rourke within the Transi-
tional Justice Institute, and
has been in development
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psychology, economics, politi-
cal science, and history.
TJI Staff, PhD stu-
dents and Associates are all
invited to contribute to the
Paper Series, as well as invit-
ing other scholars in the field
to submit their work for inclu-
sion in the Series.
The Research Paper
Series which is co-edited by
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
(Co-Director, TJI) and Aisling
Swaine (TJI PhD Affiliate) can
be accessed at:
http://www.ssrn.com/link/U-
Ulster-RES.html or via the TJI
homepage.
since 2004. The project
emerged from work by Chris-
tine Bell over the past ten
years in the collection of
peace agreement texts.
The Database soft-
ware and search engines
were developed and are
hosted by INCORE web ser-
vice. The database is avail-
able at:
http:/
www.peaceagreements.ulster.
ac.uk/
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RECENT &
FORTHCOMING
PUBLICATIONS
Brown, K. ‘Recipe for
Disaster?’ Trust Memory
and Space in a Post Con-
flict City—A case study of
the tri-service homecom-
ing parade in Belfast
2008, The Round Table
(2009) (forthcoming)
Hamilton, M. and Jarman,
N. “Protecting Peaceful
Protest: The OSCE/ODIHR
and Freedom of Peaceful
Assembly” 1(2) Journal of
Human Rights Practice
(2009)
Lamont, C. “Contested
Sovereignty: The Interna-
tional Politics Regime
Change in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia”,
2-3 Journal of Commu-
nist Studies and Transi-
tion Politics (2009): 181-
198.
Mechlem, K. “Treaty Bod-
ies and the Interpretation
of Human Rights”, 42
Vanderbilt Journal of
Transnational Law
(2009) 905-947
Ni Aolain, F. “Women,
Security and the Patriar-
chy of Internationalized
Transitional Justice”,
Human Rights Quarterly
(2009) (forthcoming)
Simpson, K. Truth Recov-
ery in Northern Ireland:
Critically Interpreting the
Past, Manchester: Man-
chester University Press,
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‘DEMONSTRATING RESPECT
The death of Ian Tomlinson
during the G20 protest on 1
April 2009 has again prompted
serious scrutiny of public order
policing in the UK. Only a week
previously, the Joint Committee
on Human Rights launched a
report Demonstrating Respect
for Rights? A Human Rights
Approach to Policing Protest.
The JCHR has since taken fur-
ther evidence in light of the
G20 events, but it is noteworthy
that the dispersal of Tamil pro-
testers in London in May again
ended in violence and the po-
lice being accused of heavy-
handedness.
A submission to the
JCHR inquiry by Dr. Michael
Hamilton (TJI) and Dr. Neil Jar-
man (Institute for Conflict Re-
search), was cited in the Joint
Committee’s report. This sub-
mission drew upon the stan-
dards outlined in the OSCE-
ODIHR and Venice Commission
Guidelines on Freedom of
Peaceful Assembly (2007). It
focused in particular on the
legislative framework governing
assemblies in the UK, and
raised serious concerns in rela-
tion to the prohibition of dem-
onstrations around parliament,
and police recourse to anti-
I N Q U I R I E S O B S E RVA T I O N P R O J E C T
In 2004, Canadian Judge Peter
Cory announced the findings of
his investigations into six
deaths where collusion be-
tween State forces and both
loyalist and republican paramili-
taries had been alleged. Three
of these cases are currently the
subject of separate public in-
quiries in Northern Ireland, and
are concerned with the murders
of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary
Nelson, Portadown Catholic
Robert Hamill, and LVF leader
Billy Wright (who was killed
inside the Maze Prison).
In November 2008,
the Transitional Justice Institute
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terror provisions against dem-
onstrators.
On the first of these
issues, the submission argued
that if a rights framework is to
be meaningful, there should not
be a blanket ban on protest in
designated areas (as enabled
by sections 132-8 of the Seri-
ous Organised Crime and Police
Act 2005). Such bans risk being
disproportionate because (1)
they preclude a timely assess-
ment of the specific facts of a
given case, (2) their geographi-
cal boundaries may go beyond
that which could routinely be
said to raise concerns which
relate to “legitimate
aims” (such as national secu-
rity), and (3) their reach often
extends to entirely innocuous
activities.
In relation to the use
of ‘stop and search’ powers
against demonstrators under
section 44 of the Terrorism Act,
the submission highlighted (1)
the fact that there is no require-
ment under s.44(3) that a sen-
ior officer has reasonable belief
as to the expediency of issuing
an authorization, is at variance
with the OSCE-ODIHR and Ven-
ice Commission Guidelines; (2)
that short-term authorisations –
(TJI) successfully tendered to
the Committee on the Admini-
stration of Justice (CAJ) and
British Irish Rights Watch
(BIRW) for a project to observe
these public inquiries.
Daily reports of public
hearings at each Inquiry are
compiled by a small group of
students on the LLM in Human
Rights Law programme. Report-
ing involves visiting hearings as
well as examining the daily tran-
scripts published by each In-
quiry. In turn, these reports
feed into fortnightly summaries
which are written up by the
project coordinator. The coordi-
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FOR RIGHTS?’
for which Ministerial confirma-
tion is not required – could still
be used to disrupt entirely
peaceful assemblies, and this
discretion thus has the poten-
tial to facilitate the imposition
of content-based restrictions;
and (3) authorisations – if con-
firmed by the Secretary of State
– may remain in place for up to
28 days under s.46(2) of the
Act (in contrast to the 24 hour
period permitted under compa-
rable legislation). The forthcom-
ing judgment of the European
Court of Human Rights in the
case of Gillan and Quinton v the
United Kingdom is eagerly
awaited (the Chamber hearing
having been held on 12 May).
Michael Hamilton (TJI), Serghei Ostaff (CREDO), Maxim
Anmeghichean (ILGA Europe), and Evghenii Golo-
sceapov (Amnesty International Moldova).
nator also reports on other
events related to the Inquiries
(such as anonymity requests
and Judicial Review proceed-
ings), and these updates and
summaries are posted on the
CAJ and BIRW websites
(www.caj.org.uk and
www.birw.org respectively).
Whilst the main pur-
pose of the project is to sum-
marise proceedings and high-
light issues for concern as the
Inquiries take place, it is also
hoped that the observations
and final project report (due in
2010) will helpfurther inform
the continuing debate about
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Some of these issues were
discussed in February during
the panel session hosted by TJI
at the Modern Liberty Conven-
tion in Belfast, at which Dr
Hamilton was joined by Dr Neil
Jarman and Professor Helen
Fenwick of Durham Law School.
In May Dr Hamilton
was also invited to speak at a
roundtable event in Chisnau,
Moldova (pictured below) where
human rights NGOs from differ-
ent countries gathered to dis-
cuss restrictions on gay Pride
events in Central and Eastern
Europe, the Caucasus and Cen-
tral Asia.
how best to deal with ‘the past’
in Northern Ireland. This will
entail critically examining the
operation of the Inquiries Act
2005 and assessing the role(s)
that public inquiries usually
perform.
Separately, we extend
our sincere congratulations to
BIRW which recently won the
prestigious Count of Europe
Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)
Human Rights Prize, awarded
for ‘outstanding civil society
action in the defence of human
rights in Europe’.
Ms Colleen Smyth,
Inquiries Observation Project Coordina-

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N E W S TA F F A T T J I
We are delighted to welcome
two new members of staff who
joined us this Spring. Dr Chris
Lamont and Dr Gabriele Por-
retto have been appointed as
Postdoctoral Research Fellows,
based at the Magee campus.
Dr Chris Lamont is
from the US and graduated
with a BA from Mississippi, an
MSc from Edinburgh and took
his PhD in the University of
Glasgow where he was a part-
time lecturer. His research
focuses on compliance with
international human rights
regimes on the part of States
and international organisa-
tions. Previously, Chris was a
Fulbright Fellow at the Univer-
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AT TJI
The TJI will host a number of
interns from University of Min-
nesota and the University of
Vienna during the Summer
semester .
Ms Moira Lynch, is a
PhD candidate in Political Sci-
ence at the University of Min-
nesota. Her research interests
include post-conflict justice
processes, vetting/lustration,
human rights, and norms and
institutions. She will undertake
an internship with TJI as part of
the Transitional Justice Part-
nership exchange programme.
While in residence at the TJI
she will further her research on
the selection and design of
transitional justice mecha-
nisms in post-conflict socie-
ties. Moira received a Bache-
lor’s degree in Interdisciplinary
Studies with a focus in Political
Science and Women’s Studies
from Miami University in
2000. Prior to her graduate
studies, Moira interned with
the Glencree Centre for Recon-
ciliation, volunteered with the
Northern Ireland Women’s
Coalition and worked for three
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sity of Zagreb (2002-2003)
during which time he under-
took research on post-
communist party system devel-
opment in Croatia. His re-
search interests are interna-
tional criminal justice, transi-
tional justice, international
organisations and post-
communist politics.
Dr Gabriele Poretto
was Research Associate and
Sparke Helmore Lecturer at
the College of Law of the Aus-
tralian National University
(Canberra). He was educated
at the University of Florence
(BA, Hons), the Graduate Insti-
tute of International Studies
(Geneva, MA in International
years as a program coordinator
at a community violence pre-
vention non-profit organization
in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ms Elizabeth Super,
also from the University of
Minnesota will be in residence
as an intern from May until
July. Elizabeth, a second-year
law student , is working on the
Inquiries Observation Project at
TJI for two months this sum-
mer. She will be creating a
matrix of the decisions made
within the Inquiries, as well
as writing an essay about
how the Inquiries have
been influenced by their obliga-
tions under Article 2 of the
European Convention on Hu-
man Rights. Elizabeth gradu-
ated in 2008 from the College
of Saint Benedict with a Bache-
lor of Arts degree in Political
Science. She intends to pursue
a legal career in the field of
international human rights.
Ms Valerie Kainz is
studying International Develop-
ment and Law at the University
of Vienna. She is currently
writing her Masters thesis on
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Relations and International
Law) and the University of
Rome “La Sapienza” (PhD in
International Law). Before
relocating to the ANU, Gab-
riele was Research Fellow and
Teaching Assistant at the Uni-
versity Centre for International
Humanitarian Law (Geneva),
at the Graduate Institute of
International Studies and at
the Law Faculty of the Univer-
sity of Lausanne. The outcome
of his research at the Geneva
Centre for IHL is a book he
authored with Robert Kolb
and Sylvain Vité on the appli-
cability of IHL and human
rights law to peace-keeping
forces and UN civil administra-
tions.
Transitional Justice and Recon-
ciliation in Northern Ireland. In
2008 she successfully com-
pleted practical training in
Conflict Transformation at the
University of Klagenfurt which
was organised by the Institute
for Integrative Conflict Trans-
formation and Peacebuilding
(IICP). She has recently joined
an academic research group at
the IICP.
Valerie is assisting
with the preparations for the
Transitional Justice Summer
School in Magee campus in
June 2009. She has also been
conducting extensive inter-
views for her own research
project.
L to R: V alerie Kainz, Elizabeth
Super & Moira Lynch
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PHD NEWS
Transitional Justice
Partnership with the
University of
Minnesota
Ita Connolly (Research
Associate and PhD
Candidate at TJI) and
Aisling Swaine (PhD
candidate, TJI) took part
in the exchange pro-
gramme at the University
of Minnesota in April
2009.
Ms Khanyisela Moyo
and Mr Thomas Bund-
schuh (PhD Research
Fellows with TJI) both
successfully completed
their viva voces this
semester.
Congratulations to
Thomas and Khanyisela!
Ms Catherine
O’Rourke delivered a
guest lecture on
“Women and Peace
Agreements”, MA Gen-
der, Conflict and Hu-
man Rights at the
American University,
Washington DC in Feb-
ruary 2009.
Ms Aisling Swaine
jointed a delegation of
the Irish Government’s
Conflict Resolution
Unit on a visit to
Timor-Leste in February
2009 advising on its
work on women, peace
and conflict.
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VISITING SCHOLARS AT TJI IN 2009

Professor Ruti Teitel, New York University Law School, visited the TJI in May 2009 and delivered guest lectures
on “Transitions in Conflict” on the LLM in Human Rights Law programme. An internationally recognized author-
ity on international law, international human rights, and constitutional law, Ruti Teitel is the author of Transi-
tional Justice (Oxford University Press, 2000), which examines the 20th century transitions from authoritarian-
ism to democracy in many countries. A member of the US Council on Foreign Relations, she provides expert
commentary on such issues as the historic trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague relating to
“ethnic cleansing” in the former Yugoslavia. An author and frequent speaker in academia and the media, Pro-
fessor Teitel is the first Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law at New York Law School.

Professor David Cole, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Academic Director of the Center for
Transnational Legal Studies in London. He is also a volunteer attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights,
the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. He is
the author of five books, most recently Justice at War: The Men and Ideas That Shaped America’s “War on Ter-
ror.” His previous books have won many awards, including the Palmer Civil Liberties Prize in 2007, the Ameri-
can Book Award in 2004, and Boston Review’s Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 1999. He has litigated
many significant constitutional cases, including Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, which ex-
tended First Amendment protection to flagburning. Since 9/11, he has been involved in many of the nation’s
most important cases involving civil liberties and national security.

Professor Nina Pillard joined the Georgetown Law faculty in 1997 after a decade as an accomplished litiga-
tor. She teaches civil procedure, constitutional Law, American and transnational legal theory, and various labor
and employment courses. Her current research interests include the constitutional and statutory law of equal-
ity with a focus on social welfare and work, and the legal theory of globalization. Following a clerkship with the
Honorable Louis H. Pollak in 1987-88, Nina held the Marvin M. Karpatkin fellowship at the ACLU (1988-89),
litigated individual and class-action racial discrimination cases and appeals at the NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Inc (1989-1994), and, as Assistant to the Solicitor General (1994-1997), represented the
United States in the Supreme Court on a wide range of civil and criminal cases. Shortly after joining the faculty,
Professor Pillard took a leave in 1998-2000 to work in the Department of Justice under President Clinton as
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel. Her Supreme Court work, both before and during
her time at Georgetown, includes more than twenty-five cases that she has briefed and eight that she has ar-
gued before the Court, plus active involvement in Georgetown’s Supreme Court Institute. In 2008-2009, Nina worked in London for
Georgetown Law as founding Academic co-Director and Professor at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS).

Professor Eckart Klein is Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law, Public International Law and European Law
and Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Professor Eckart Klein will be
in residence at TJI’s Jordanstown campus from 8 to 12 June 2009, during which time he will deliver a seminar
for staff and students and will work on research with Professor David Kretzmer. Professor Klein was a member
of the United Nations Human Rights Committee from 1995-2002. He has been a judge of the Constitutional
Court of the Land Bremen, and an ad hoc Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Profes-
sor Klein will deliver a seminar on “The Relationship between the European Court of Human Rights and Euro-
pean Court of Justice” on 10 June 2009 at the Jordanstown campus.

Professor Myron Orfield , Director of the Institute of Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota will be in
residence at TJI’s Jordanstown campus in June 2009 during which time he will work on a research project with
TJI staff and deliver a seminar on Transitional Justice and Public Space. He is the Executive Director of the Insti-
tute of Race and Poverty, a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and an
affiliate faculty member at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He teaches and writes in the
fields of civil rights, state and local government, state and local finance, land use, questions of regional govern-
ance, and the legislative process. For 2005-06, Professor Orfield served as the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban
and Regional Affairs.

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News from TJI
University of Ulster
Jordanstown and Magee
campuses
CONTACT DETAILS
Transitional Justice Institute
Dalriada House
Jordanstown campus
Co. Antrim BT37 0QB
Tel.: +44 (0) 2890 366202
Fax: +44 (0) 2890 368962
Transitional Justice Institute
ME Building, College Green
Magee campus
BT48 7JL
Tel.: +44 (0) 2871 375146
Fax: +44 (0) 2871 375184
Email:
transitionaljustice@ulster.ac.uk
For further informa-
tion on news and
activities of the TJI
and for access to
staff publications,
please visit our
Website:
www.transitional
justice.ulster.ac.uk.
VACANCIES AT TJI
Lectureships in
Human Rights/
International Law
(two permanent posts &
1 fixed term post)
Further details at:
http://jobs.ulster.ac.uk/
display_job.phtml?
id=2909
www. transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk
SUMMER SCHOOL 2009
The Transitional Justice Sum-
mer School on “Negotiating
Peace, Negotiating Justice”
will take place from 15-19
June 2009 in the Magee cam-
pus. The Summer School is
a week long residential
course, consisting of a series
of lectures, workshops and
roundtable discussions which
this year will address the
theme of 'Negotiating Peace,
Negotiating Justice'. This year
the Summer School will run in
partnership with INCORE. This
will provide opportunities for
participants to meet those
attending the INCORE Sum-
mer School and to participate
in a joint social programme.
Participants on the TJI Sum-
mer School will also attend
Northern Ireland context ses-
sions run by INCORE, which
provide participants with an
opportunity to gain deeper
insight into the specific cir-
cumstances of Northern Ire-
land, as well as to engage with
participants on the IN-
CORE Summer School.
The sessions in the
Summer School programme
include: Overlapping Regimes
LLM IN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
The Transitional Justice Insti-
tute is still accepting applica-
tions for the LLM in Human
Rights Law programme for
2009/10 entry.
T h e p ro g ram m e
consists of up to ten module
options including: Founda-
tions of International Human
Rights Law, Foundations of
Transitional Justice, Gender
and Political Transition, Polic-
ing and Human Rights, The
Politics of Memory, Political
Violence, ‘Wars on Terror’ and
the Law, Critical Perspectives
on Human Rights, Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights,
Volume 1, Issue 5— June 2009
of International Humanitarian
Law and Human Rights Law
(Middle East), Human Rights
and Humanitarian Law in
Transition, Accountability in
Peacekeeping, Negotiating
Peace: Providing for Justice,
Gender in Transition and Le-
gal Reform: Templates, Trans-
plants and Transition. Con-
firmed speakers for the Sum-
mer School include: Professor
Christine Bell (TJI), Professor
Colm Campbell (TJI), Professor
David Kretzmer (TJI), Profes-
sor Fionnuala Ni Aolain (TJI)
and Professor Tom Hadden
(TJI & QUB). The Summer
Equality Law, Globalization,
Development and Human
Rights, Human Rights and
Conflict Resolution and Transi-
tions from Conflict: Law and
Politics.
The programme is
offered in both full time and
part time mode with registra-
tion taking place each Septem-
ber. It is taught through a
combination of weekly classes
and day-long block session.
The teaching on the pro-
gramme is mainly delivered by
Transitional Justice Institute
staff -we also regularly host
Visiting Scholars at the TJI
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School is coordinated by Cath-
erine Turner (TJI).
In addition to Transi-
tional Justice Institute faculty,
there will be contributions
from international guest
speakers and from public fig-
ures in Northern Ireland who
have been responsible for
dealing with the complexities
of transition in the local con-
text. Confirmed speakers in-
clude Professor Oren Gross
(University of Minnesota), Ms
Gaby Ore Aguilar (Gender Jus-
tice) and Dr Cordula Droege
(International Committee of
the Red Cross).
University of Ulster, Magee campus
whom often contribute to the
programme while in resi-
dence.
Most recently Profes-
sor Ruti Teitel (New York Uni-
versity Law School) delivered
the module on Transitions
from Conflict: Law and Politics
at the Jordanstown campus in
May 2009. This was an excit-
ing addition to the programme
and the student feedback has
been extremely positive.
Further information
on applying for the pro-
gramme is available on our
website or by contacting:
llm@ulster.ac.uk.