TERMINANDO CON LA IMPUNIDAD Y BUSCANDO LA RECONCILIACIÓN EN LA REPÚBLICA CENTROAFRICANA: EL ROL DE LA JUSTICIA TRANSICIONAL
La República Centroafricana (RCA) ha estado sufriendo conflictos de larga duración y ahora debe establecer el estado de derecho a través de la Justicia Transicional. La Justicia Transicional sirve para la recuperación de países devastados por conflictos. Las Naciones Unidas describen la Justicia Transicional como “la gama completa de procesos y mecanismos asociados con el intento de una sociedad de aceptar un legado de abusos del pasado a gran escala” (Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, 2014) e incluye mecanismos judiciales y no judiciales, como ser el enjuiciamiento de los autores a través del sistema de justicia nacional, internacional o híbrido, y la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación. Entonces, ¿qué tipo de esfuerzos se han realizado para establecer la Justicia Transicional en la República Centroafricana? ¿Qué sistema funciona bien en el contexto de los complejos conflictos de la RCA?
Human Rights in Afghanistan
Joe Schumacher quizzes Elizabeth Griffin of Essex University on her Amnesty International sponsored inquiry into Human Rights and the Justice system in Afghanistan. She argues for a bigger role for the UN and greater emphasis on security first.
Education for Peace
The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has recently submitted his Report to the United Nations General Assembly on the University for Peace.
Resetting the nuclear disarmament agenda
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Geneva Lecture in Switzerland, emphasizing the need to prioritize disarmament and forward the Millennium Development Goals.
Lessons from the
The General Assembly of the UN watched the “establishment of an active group of friendly countries to play a particularly important role in supporting the reactivation of the social development in the country (Nicaragua), which will facilitate the strengthening of its institutional and democratic structures.” With the whole world watching how the aftermath of the Iraqi intervention by the US and the UK will pan out, should we be watching how cooperative efforts aided by the UN have worked out elesewhere in recent years?
The Power of Timely Intervention
Michael S Lund, Preventing Violent Conflicts: A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy, USIP Press, 1996
Einstein and sustainability
“We have heard much about Albert Einstein’s brilliant, ground-breaking, and at times audacious contributions to physics; and we have heard how these contributions continue to guide, challenge, tease and perplex today’s physicists,” says UPEACE Rector Julia Marton-Lefèvre. But what would Einstein think about the modern-day issues of sustainable development and peace, in relation to science? A speech.
Is the War in Iraq Justified Under International Law?
“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
Building Respect for the Sheriff
Even in pursuit of the most laudable purposes, the use of military force exacerbates rather than transforms conflict, and perpetuates the cycle of violence and injustice. This is true in compelling cases as well, such as efforts to thwart gross violations of human rights, or for other humanitarian purposes.
Against the war on women: V-day in the Congo
Remarks by Stephen Lewis,
Co-Director of AIDS-Free World, delivered at the 10th Annual V-Day
Celebrations, New Orleans, LA 4:00 pm CDT, Saturday, April 12, 2008.