[Peace] Fwd: [HRP-UMN] July class: Seeking Truth and Accountability for human rights violations

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> From: Human Rights Program <hrp at umn.edu>
> Date: June 1, 2007 12:58:25 PM CDT
> To: HRP-UMN at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [HRP-UMN] July class:  Seeking Truth and Accountability  
> for human rights violations
> Reply-To: Human Rights Program <HRP-UMN at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
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> Dear friends -
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> Interested in learning about ways in which societies are working to  
> heal from past repression, armed conflicts, and mass atrocities?  
> Barbara Frey will be co-teaching, with Martha Bigelow, a one-week  
> long summer institute addressing this topic. The institute is open  
> to all (including non-teachers) and attendees are eligible  
> toreceive 2 graduate credits, or 30 contact hours of Continuing  
> Education Credit. Please see message below for additional  
> information and instructions for registering.
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> The Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota is  
> still accepting participants in the following teacher institute.  
> Please register by Friday, June 29 at www.igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach.  
> Questions should be directed to Molly McCoy at outreach at umn.edu
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> or 612-624-7346.
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> Transitional Justice: Seeking Truth and Accountability for  
> Systematic Human Rights Violations
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> Instructors: Barbara Frey, Human Rights Program and Martha Bigelow,  
> Curriculum and Instruction
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> Dates: July 9 - 13, 2007; 9:00am - 4:00pm
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> Countries emerging from eras of repression, armed conflict, or mass  
> atrocities must find a way to address the past before they can make a
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> successful transition into more open, democratic societies. What to  
> do with the past is a dramatic decision for a society that has  
> experienced grave violations to individuals and groups, and to the  
> public's trust in government. This week-long course will explore  
> some of the methods and mechanisms that have been developed by  
> national and international actors, including truth commissions,  
> prosecutions and compensation, to assist societies to transition  
> away from a repressive past. Case studies will include South  
> Africa' and Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, the  
> Special Tribunal for Cambodia, community-based "gacaca"  courts in  
> Rwanda, ad hoc international tribunals on Former Yugoslavia and  
> Rwanda, the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes against Humanity, and  
> the International Criminal Court.
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> Registration Deadline: June 29
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> Registration: $50
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> Continuing Education Credit: 30 Contact Hours
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> Optional Graduate Credit: 2 credits ($370.75/credit)
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> Free Housing Available to teachers from outside the Twin Cities  
> Metro (100+ miles) Teacher Stipends: Participants will receive $150  
> stipends Register at www.igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach
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> Rochelle L. Hammer
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> Coordinator, Midwest Coalition for Human Rights
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> c/o University of Minnesota
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> 214 Social Sciences
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> 267 19th Avenue South
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> Minneapolis MN 55455
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> Tel: (612) 626-7947
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> Fax: (612) 626-2242
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> Emails: rhammer at midwesthumanrights.org or hrp at umn.edu
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> Websites: http://www.midwesthumanrights.org and
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> http://www.hrp.cla.umn.edu
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