EVENT
Event series: National Dialogues at crossroads
National Dialogues x Transitional Justice
Join our launch event to discuss the interlinkages between National Dialogues and Transitional Justice, their shared characteristics, and complementarities.
Over the last two decades, National Dialogues have been increasingly recognised as a comprehensive tool for preventing violent conflicts and reaching inclusive political settlements. Similarly, Transitional Justice has been widely accepted as an important if not necessary approach to deal with experiences of large-scale human rights violations, contribute to reconciliation, foster the rule of law, and prevent the recurrence of violence. However, questions remain about how to best integrate both processes. Additionally, as National Dialogues and Transitional Justice are increasingly implemented at the same time, policymakers and practitioners often face practical challenges related to institutional coordination, overlapping mandates, and sequencing of steps.
At the launch event of our paper on “National Dialogues x Transitional Justice”, we will explore the conceptual linkage between both processes and discuss to what extent they may benefit from closer integration throughout the design, implementation, and follow-up phases. We will also highlight lessons learned from countries that have implemented National Dialogues and Transitional Justice processes in parallel.
This paper is part of the series “National Dialogues at crossroads” that aims at addressing the gap on how to best integrate certain topics in the design of National Dialogues and how to meaningfully include specific societal groups. The series compiles lessons learned and recommendations on four cross-cutting issues: climate change, digitalisation, protest movements, and Transitional Justice.
Event series: National Dialogues at crossroads
National Dialogues x Transitional Justice
11 March 2025
14:00 - 15:00 CET
Online event via Zoom.
This event will be held in English.
Welcome remarks by Chris Coulter, Acting Executive Director, Berghof Foundation
Speakers:
- Sonja Neuweiler, Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa Unit, Berghof Foundation
- Sylvia Servaes, Transitional Justice expert, co-author of the paper
- Baraa Shiban, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Moderated by Johanna Lober, Senior Project Manager, Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation, Berghof Foundation.
Please note that the event will be recorded using the cloud-based recording tool within the Zoom.us platform (using cloud servers based in the U.S.), to be published on the Berghof Foundation’s website and social media channels for external communications purposes. You can find the Berghof Foundation’s data protection notice here. If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Berghof Foundation's Data Protection Officer (data.protection@berghof-foundation.org).
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