Learn how societies emerging from violence and conflict deal with the past and prepare for the future. Apply for the Dealing with the Past (virtual course, 4 half-days), offered by swisspeace in cooperation with the University of Basel.

• understand different approaches to dealing with the past.
• get familiar with the most important notions, concepts, and mechanisms relevant to transitional justice and dealing with the past (truth commissions, archives, reparation programs, guarantees of non-recurrence, etc.).
• learn how dealing with the past processes have been designed and implemented in different contexts.
• learn about the complexities, challenges, and politics inherent in dealing with the past processes and the design of mechanisms and interventions.
• exchange experience and become part of a community of practice.

Date: November 2020 – August 2021
Application deadline: 30 November 2020