Time:
08/29/2016 - 09:00-08/29/2016 - 11:00
Room:
Cempaka Room at Puri Dalem Hotel
Session I: Transitional Justice
Session Track:
Human Rights Workshop
This Workshop will be held over 1 day (29 August 2016) and is being co-organised by Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Bridges Across Borders South East Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEACLE) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). These sessions will address current and pressing human rights issues and involve in depth discussions on steps to moving forward to improve the current human rights situation in the region. Each of the three areas to be covered in the workshop relates to one of AJAR’s core programs, focused on addressing mass human rights violations in contexts of transitions to democracy in the Asia Pacific region.
Speaker(s):
Galuh Wandita
Patrick Burgess
In this session we will introduce the transitional justice framework and how it is applied, and explore some of the challenges in the region through a TJ lens and AJAR’s work. Mechanisms such as the International Criminal Court, hybrid courts, national courts, truth and reconciliation commissions, civil society led initiatives, reparations programs for victims and reform programs will be explored drawing on specific regional experiences and examples of the transitions in in Indonesia, Timor Leste, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Myanmar.
