Getting it Right: Amnesty or Accountability After Atrocity?
Public Event
Date and Time
Monday, December 11, 2006
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions
Helena Cobban has just published a USIP grant-funded book, Amnesty After Atrocity? Healing Nations After Genocide (Paradigm Publishers, 2006). Based on research in Mozambique, Rwanda, and South Africa, this book examines the challenges of promoting reconciliation in different cultural and political settings in African states emerging from sustained violent conflict.
At the heart of Cobban's inquiry is the controversial issue of whether seeking accountability and retribution for war crimes and atrocities advances peacebuilding and reconciliation, and whether they should take priority over other approaches, such as amnesty and social interventions to promote healing.
Speakers
- Helena Cobban
Columnist, The Christian Science Monitor
Discussants
- Betty Bigombe
USIP Senior Fellow
Senior Consultant, The World Bank
- Michael Johnson
USIP Senior Fellow
Registrar, Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Joyce Neu
USIP Senior Fellow
Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute, University of San Diego
Moderator
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