Learn how societies emerging from violence and conflict deal with the past and prepare for the future.
In this course you will:
– 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.