On March 28, USIP and the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Criminal Justice and Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations hosted a discussion on how formal and transitional justice mechanisms have created or sustained momentum for democracy in states where democratic values are threatened by authoritarianism and conflict.
Lise Grande, co-moderator
President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace
Colleen Crenwelge, welcoming remarks
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, U.S. Department of State
Beth Van Schaack, keynote remarks
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Office of Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State
Ambassador David Scheffer, co-moderator
Professor of Practice, Arizona State University (Washington)
Gina Cabarcas Maciá
Director, Justice & Criminal Policy Laboratory
Baba Galleh Jallow
Roger D. Fisher Fellow in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Harvard Law School
Oleksandra Matviichuk
Head of the Organization, Center for Civil Liberties; Nobel Peace Laureate
Fabricio Guariglia, closing remarks
Director, The Hague Branch Office, International Development Law Organization
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/justice-accountability-and-sustained-momentum-democracy
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