Best Juridic Podcasts (2025)

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Invoking 'Transitional Justice' without a Transition: Reflections on Sri Lanka's Transitional Justice Programme, 2015-2019 41:55

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Kumaravadivel Guruparan gives a talk as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. In 2015, Sri Lankan witnessed regime change that removed President Mahinda Rajapaksa from power. Mahinda Rajapaksa was the President who led the war against the LTTE to its finish in 2009, a war in which thousands of Tamil civilians were …

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Kashmir and the State of Exception 29:44

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Habeel Iqbal gives a talk as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Kashmir is among the oldest unresolved international conflicts on the United Nations' agenda. Over the last few decades, India has imposed a state of permanent emergency in Indian-administered Kashmir, through 'draconian' domestic laws that quell th…

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Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan: National Mechanisms, Positive Complementarity and Command Responsibility 42:09

4y ago42:09

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Douglas Guilfoyle gives a talk as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Following persistent rumours of criminal misconduct by some Australian Special Forces personnel in Afghanistan, an administrative inquiry was launched in 2016 by the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force. That inquiry's report revea…

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The War Lawyers: The United States, Israel and Juridical Warfare 1:00:20

4y ago1:00:20

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. In this seminar, Dr Craig Jones discusses his newly published book, The War Lawyers. Craig’s monograph examines the laws of war interpreted and applied by military lawyers to aerial targeting operations carried out by the US military in Iraq and Afghanist…

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Transitional Justice Through the Lens of Art 32:31

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. This panel discussion explores the role of art in transitional justice and the depiction of transitional justice through art. We are joined by panellists Leslie Thomas, Bernadette Vivuya and Nadia Siddiqui. The event was co-organised with the Oxford Insti…

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The Justice of Visual Art - Creative State-Building in Times of Transition 42:19

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Art is a radical form of political participation in times of transition. Arising out of 11 months of fieldwork at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the South Africa Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale, which included 130 interviews with key dec…

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Political Crimes and Amnesties: Scope and Limitations to Transitions to Democracy 49:03

4y ago49:03

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Amnesties are a very common mechanism in transitions to democracy, approximately 85% of amnesties grant pardon to political crimes. However, the question of “what are political crimes in the amnesties context?” remains unanswered. The traditional approach…

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Documenting Crimes in Syria and Iraq: ISIS and the Crimes Against the Yazidis 52:49

5+ y ago52:49

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Over the last five years, a variety of entities - governmental, non-governmental and those created by bodies within the United Nations - have determined that ISIS has committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in areas it controlled in Ir…

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Measuring Peace: Local Participation and Perspectives in Peacebuilding 42:16

5+ y ago42:16

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Peace has been a notoriously difficult concept to measure because of the diverse ways in which it can be defined. Other than a general distinction between negative peace as the absence of violence, and positive peace as the absence of structural violence,…

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Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace: Are There Reasons for Hope? 1:47:32

5+ y ago1:47:32

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This talk was the keynote seminar given as part of the Oxford Translational Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series Hope is generally elusive after a peace agreement that ends a civil war; Colombia is no exception. After Congress ratified a modified version of the peace agreement that lost the 2016 referendum, the FARC guerrillas demobilized and sub…

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But what about men?: Gender Discomfort in International Criminal Justice 48:49

5+ y ago48:49

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Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) has become 'hyper-visible' in international criminal justice, yet scholars disagree whether this is a good thing for feminism or not. In focusing on the normative question of whether international criminal law can be a force for good, the empirical question, namely what exactly happens when critical concepts …

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Current Challenges to International Justice: Lean in or Leave? 53:49

6y ago53:49

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Leila Nadya Sadat is the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law and Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute. She serves as Special Adviser on Crimes Against Humanity to the ICC Prosecutor, and in 2008 launched the Crimes Against …

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Book Launch: The Trial of the Kaiser 53:19

6y ago53:19

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Oxford Transitional Justice Research and the Bonavero Institute are co-hosting a discussion with William A. Schabas, Professor of International Law at Middlesex University, on his latest book, The Trial of the Kaiser, an account of the attempted prosecuti…

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Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective: Book Launch of 'Justice framed: A Genealogy of Transitional Justice' 1:01:04

6y ago1:01:04

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Why are certain responses to past human rights violations considered instances of transitional justice while others are disregarded? This talk interrogates the history of the discourse and practice of the field to answer that question. Zunino argues that …

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Un-Becoming a Victim: Between Historic Reminder and Hallucination, Geographical Document and Childhood Memory, Collective Tragedy and Personal Healing 1:10:10

6y ago1:10:10

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. To Un-Become is a multimedia art project which explores the concept of un-becoming through revisiting Operation Storm in Yugoslavia and its consequences over two decades later.By Sasa Rajsic

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Prospects for Meaningful Accountability for Rights Violations in Sri Lanka 1:20:05

6y ago1:20:05

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. This panel discussion explores the issue of accountability in Sri Lanka using three lenses. Each lens will be applied to a specific human rights challenge that is associated with impunity in the country: violence against religious minorities, torture, and…

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Witness Testimony and the Negotiation of 'Culture' at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 54:49

6y ago54:49

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Scholars reflecting on the participation of African witnesses in international trials have argued that 'culture' is an impediment. While some judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) supported this position, the majority of judges a…

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The Journalist Perspective: Low Expectations and Promising Trends in Transitional Justice 50:59

6y ago50:59

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Thierry Cruvellier, journalist and author, is the editor of JusticeInfo.net and an Op-ed contributor to The New York Times. For more than twenty years, he has been covering war crimes trials before international tribunals for Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Bosnia …

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Book Launch 'When Political Transitions Work: Reconciliation as Interdependence' 39:28

6y ago39:28

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. In 'When Political Transitions Work', Fanie du Toit, who has been a participant and close observer in post-conflict developments throughout Africa for decades, offers a new theory for why South Africa's reconciliation worked and why its lessons remain rel…

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Colombian Outcast Youths and the Broken Promises of Transformative Justice 43:46

6y ago43:46

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. In the aftermath of the ‘no’ victory in the Colombian peace plebiscite, great emphasis has been placed on youth movements’ push for peace. However, statistics on violent groups in Latin America show that these groups are largely made of young people. The …

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The Arrest of a Head of State Pursuant to an ICC Warrant. The Al-Bashir Case 1:21:18

6y ago1:21:18

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Prof Lattanzi’s presentation will first deal with the question of immunities of high-ranking state officials as posed by the Commission created in 1919 by the Paris Peace Conference. In a next step, it will illustrate the facts of the Al-Bashir case with …

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The ICC Rohingya Case: Radical or Routine? 33:36

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This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Myanmar's mass-atrocities against the Rohingya minority, qualified by UN sources as a genocide, is one of the most pressing accountability challenges of our time. This has resulted in a mass-exodus of up to 1 million refugees in neighbouring Bangladesh wi…

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International Criminal Law and Border Control: The Expressive Role of the Deportation and Extradition of Rwandan Citizens 49:51

6y ago49:51

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Dr Nicola Palmer analyzes the role that international criminal law in the extradition, deportation or domestic prosecution of Rwandan nationals. This paper draws on an independently generated dataset of 120 cases concerning 100 Rwandan nationals decided in 20 countries around the world. This dataset enables an analysis of the role that internationa…

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Amnesties and Inclusive Political Settlements 50:14

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Amnesties are widely used during and after armed conflicts. Despite their controversial nature, international policymakers such as the UN continue to recognise some forms of amnesty in these settings are necessary to facilitate conflict resolution. However, the specific forms and functions of amnesties during conflict and peace, and how they are ti…

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A Glimpse Into Contested Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Peru: The Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Women 47:49

6+ y ago47:49

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This study examines Peru's status of indigenous peoples' rights. Specifically, it assesses the state’s respect towards indigenous rights through a case omitted by the TRC but one that continues to dominate political rhetoric: the forced sterilization of women of indigenous and poor economic backgrounds. Specifically, the study focuses on memory ini…

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Battling for (In)justice: Resurgent Authoritarianism, Ongoing Conflict, and Transitional Justice in the Arab Region 34:29

6+ y ago34:29

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Transitional justice scholarship and practice has predominantly operated on the assumption that transitions entail a shift from violent, authoritarian rule to liberal, democratic rule. As we all know, this has not been the case in the Arab region. Instead, transitional justice has served as a battleground for competing visions of justice. Demons of…

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The Death of the ICC? The Politics of International Criminal Justice in Africa 1:08:27

6+ y ago1:08:27

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is struggling at every level of its operations in Africa - in terms of its investigations, prosecutions, and relations with domestic governments, judiciaries and affected communities. This raises key questions about whether, after 16 years of consistent shortcomings and mounting frustration even among some of …

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The Legality of Rebel Courts during Non-International Armed Conflicts 31:35

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Rebel courts are often justified by rebels in the interest of securing law and order, states’ perceptions are more negative, especially the territorial state concerned. This raises questions under international humanitarian law, human rights law and international criminal law on the legality of such courts and of fair trial guarantees. The dilemma …

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Reparation for Victims of Mass Atrocities: Reflections on Key Challenges 41:49

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While there is broad consensus that victims of mass atrocities have a right to reparation for harm suffered, the effective implementation of that right is a promise as yet largely unfulfilled. This talk will consider some of the key challenges, within and outside domestic reparation programmes in countries undergoing transitions, that need to be su…

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Genocide on Trial. Witnessing and Evidence at Rwanda's Gacaca Courts and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 16:14

7y ago16:14

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Julia Viebach investigates the everyday of witnessing at Rwanda’s Gacaca courts and contrasts its findings with the process of witnessing at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Please note, this episode ends abruptly.By Julia Viebach

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Voice, Agency and Responsibility: Victimhood and Transitional Justice in Northern Ireland 48:06

7y ago48:06

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Dr. Cheryl Lawther explore the construction and meaning of victimhood in post-conflict Northern Ireland.By Cheryl Lawther

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European Union and Democratisation: Backsliding in Tow of Unsuccessful Conditionality? 32:18

7y ago32:18

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Dr Katarína Sipulova gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series. In the context of the constitutional crises spreading through Hungary, Romania, and Poland and increasing doubts about the EU’s ability to safeguard its fundamental values and prevent the democratic backsliding of member states after the accession conditionality loses force, Dr Katarína…

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Book Colloquium; Chocolate, Politics and Peace-Building: An Ethnography of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia 52:48

7y ago52:48

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Gwen Burnyeat discusses her book: 'Chocolate, Politics and Peace-Building: An Ethnography of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia' with Laura Rival. This study, centered on the Peace Community’s socio-economic cacao-farming project, offers an innovative way of approaching victims’ organizations and social movements through critical…

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Conflict in a Connected World: Journalism, Justice and Accountability in the Realm of Open Source Information 48:05

7y ago48:05

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Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat and Brown Moses Blog, speaks on the use of open-source information.By Eliot Higgins

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The Mladic Case before the ICTY – an Insider's Perspective 1:12:59

7y ago1:12:59

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Jonas Nillson speaks on his time working in the ICTY chambers.By Jonas Nillson

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'It Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti' Film Screening and Discussion 46:54

7y ago46:54

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Professor Siobhan Wills discusses the UN Peacekeeping mission in Haiti and her documentary.By Siobhan Wills

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The UN in Kosovo: Building the Rule of Law and Respect for Human Rights, a Very Mixed Record 52:28

7y ago52:28

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William O'Neill gives an insider perspective into the UN Peacekeeping Missoin in Kosovo.By William O'Neill

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Travelling Jurisprudence: the Circulation of Legal Reasoning on International Crimes between Europe and Latin America 57:05

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David Copello, Raluca Grosescu, and Sophie Daviaud give a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series.By David Copello, Raluca Grosescu, Sophie Daviaud

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Transition(s), Justice and Normality: Everyday experiences from Post-Conflict Sierra Leone 29:48

7+ y ago29:48

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Laura S. Martin (University of Birmingham) gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/transitions-justice-and-normality-everyday-experiences-post-conflict-sierra-leoneBy Laura S. Martin

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Competing Memories: Truth and Reconciliation in Sierra Leone and Peru 56:40

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Rebekka Friedman (King’s College London) gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/competing-memories-truth-and-reconciliation-sierra-leone-and-peruBy Rebekka Friedman

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Transitional Justice and Stabilisation: Risks or Opportunities? 52:16

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Alex Wilks and Nisha Iswaran, Justice Advisors in the UK Government’s Stabilisation Unit, give a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/transitional-justice-and-stabilisation-risks-or-opportunitiesBy Alex Wilks, Nisha Iswaran

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Book Colloquium: ‘Voting Rights of Refugees’ 1:10:56

7+ y ago1:10:56

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Ruvi Ziegler (Reading) discusses his new book with Kirsten McConnachie (Warwick), Matthew Gibney (Oxford), and Liora Lazarus (Oxford) at a joint OTJR/RMLDG event. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/book-colloquium-voting-rights-refugeesBy Ruvi Ziegler, Kirsten McConnachie, Matthew Gibney, Liora Lazarus

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Seeking a 'Just Justice': Discursive Strategies of Resistance in Côte d'Ivoire 37:48

7+ y ago37:48

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Briony Jones, Assistant Professor at the Politics and International Studies department of the University of Warwick, gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/seeking-just-justice-discursive-strategies-resistance-cote-divoireBy Briony Jones

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Transitional Justice in Brazil and the Jurisprudence of Inter-American Court of Human Rights 54:25

7+ y ago54:25

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Bruno Galindo, Associate Professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) (Brazil), gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/transitional-justice-brazil-and-jurisprudence-inter-american-court-human-rightsBy Bruno Galindo

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Nuremberg Was Not the First International Criminal Tribunal - by a Long Shot 41:06

7+ y ago41:06

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Ziv Bohrer, Assistant Professor at Bar-Ilan University, gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series on the pre-WWII history of international criminal law.By Ziv Bohrer

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Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Applied Transitional Justice Research 35:35

8y ago35:35

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Pablo de Greiff, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence, gives a talk for the OTJR 10th Anniversary Event.By Pablo de Greiff

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Authority, Expertise and Race in the South African TRC 43:58

8y ago43:58

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Deborah Posel, Professor of Sociology at UCT, gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series.By Deborah Posel

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Reverse Transitions, Squeezed Civic Space and Human Rights 38:47

8y ago38:47

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Antoine Buyse, Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, gives a talk for the OTJR Seminar Series.By Antoine Buyse

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The Peace Process in Colombia: the Constitutional Dimension 53:49

8y ago53:49

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Judge Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series on 10th May 2017.By Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa

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The economic accomplices of Pinochet's dictatorship 1:00:28

8y ago1:00:28

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Leigh Payne, Cristian Olmos Herrera, Sebastian Smart and Marcos Gonzalez Hernando give a talk for the OTJR seminar series.By Leigh Payne, Cristian Olmos Herrera, Sebastian Smart, Marcos Gonzalez Hernando.

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