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Julia Viebach

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Senior Lecturer University of Bristol researching global criminology, mass violence, transitional justice, human rights archives, Rwanda

BristolJoined May 2014

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Honoured to have received this award. This work would not have been possible without the support and commitment of survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi living in the UK. The project and award are dedicated to their strength and resilience. We can learn much from them.

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· Jul 10, 2019

.@DrJuliaViebach has won a VC Award for her outstanding public engagement with research work that fostered a unique collaboration with Rwandan communities & @JozieKetts through a photographic exhibition telling the story of survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi #OxVCawards

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Journal of Perpetrator Research

@PerpetratorRes

We're pleased to announce a new call for papers for a 2023

@PerpetratorRes

special issue on #methods: "Reflections on Researching #Perpetrators of #Genocide" co-edited by

@Kjell_Anderson

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! Deadline for abstracts is July 31...

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In our latest episode,

@Wright_Politics

talks to us about the relationship between indigenous peoples and transitional justice, focusing on Colombia and drawing on research with

, Bill Rolston &

. Highly recommended listening! lawpod.org/?name=2022-07-

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Justice Op Condor

@OperationCondo3

📢 NEW BOOK ALERT - Just 6 days to go!🥳 #TheCondorTrials by

published by

will be released on 🗓️May 31! Learn more about the book👇 tinyurl.com/TheCondorTrials Save 30% with code Y22LESSA ordering directly with

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@sjndlovugatshen

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Francesca Lessa (she/her/ella)

Lost for words! #TheCondorTrials books finally arrived 🤩 I’m overjoyed and grateful to all the people who helped me in this process. The book would not exist with you and you know who you are! Gracias! Grazie!

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Thrilled to announce that my new book "The Sentimental Court" is out

. #Affect #Colonialism #Africa #ICC #Uganda #Ongwen #TransitionalJustice #Anthropology #Law #Politics. Check out the book here: cambridge.org/core/books/sen

CUP Law and 3 others

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Symposium in Pursuit of Intersectional Justice at the International Criminal Court: Ongwen amici curiae Submissions from a Feminist Collective of Lawyers and Scholars - amazing read by ⁦

⁩ and ⁦

@AngelaMudukuti

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opiniojuris.org

Symposium in Pursuit of Intersectional Justice at the International Criminal Court: Ongwen amici...

[Alexandra Lily Kather (she/they) is a lawyer, international justice practitioner & co-founder of the Emergent Justice Collective (EJC). Their work focuses, inter alia, on strategically addressing...

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Richard Ashby Wilson

@richardawilson7

My new article on why #reconciliation may not be appropriate for many victims of mass human rights violations. #TransitionalJustice sometimes asks too much: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/J

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Roxani Krystalli

Thank you

for having me on this morning to discuss how communities rebuild lives after violence. A particular joy to share

@philipp_schulz1

and my research on the importance of taking love and care seriously in peace processes.

academic.oup.com

Taking Love and Care Seriously: An Emergent Research Agenda for Remaking Worlds in the Wake of...

Abstract. While research on armed conflict focuses primarily on violence and suffering, this article explores the practices of love and care that sit alongside

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kim yi dionne (she/her)

Really excellent thread on collaboration (and not stealing other people’s ideas/protecting your ideas from being stolen) 👇🏼

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Dr. Ijeoma Opara

@IjeomaOparaPHD

A thread on stealing peoples ideas in academia. In short, don’t do it. But, I have some advice (1/24)

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Awesome news! A big thank you to ISA Northeast for selecting my book as winner of the 2021 Lee Ann Fujii Book Award. Thanks to the the award committee and reviewers. I deeply appreciate this recognition 🙏🏿👌

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To kick off #ISA2022 we are thrilled to announce the winner of 2021 Lee Ann Fujii Book Award. Congratulations to Mohamed Sesay (@SesaySesay18) for Domination through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in Postcolonial Africa (Rowman & Littlefield @RLPGBooks)

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My latest article with

and

is now available open access! If you are interested in constructions of victimhood and/or digital SGBV then check it out. Feedback always welcome!

@qubschooloflaw

journals.sagepub.com

Sexual Violence in the Digital Age: Replicating and Augmenting Harm, Victimhood and Blame - Rachel...

This article examines some of the complexities and tensions which lie at the intersection of popular and official constructions of technology-assisted sexual vi...

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Prof Chris Dolan

Ever wondered what might be needed when it comes to children born of war? Rose Muheko nails key elements in a brilliant two-minute exposition.

@refugeelawproj

@Hum_StudiesGVA

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Victoria Canning

A few days left to register -

, Gyanmudra and me - we'll be addressing violence in international contexts on Wednesday I'll be presenting an outline of my forthcoming book Torture and Torturous Violence w/

- free to attend 👇🏾 bristol.ac.uk/sps/events/202

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This might be of use to

. For

we have some other analyses which might be better in confidence. But perhaps it might be worthwhile for the Law Schools QM and Bristol to speak directly to their VC, or for

to come good on the threat of legal action on this

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During the last

strike Warwick threatened 25% deductions for working to contract & ASOS. In the Law School we looked into the legality of this blanket policy, and this is what we found.

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Nicki Hitchcott

@RwandanSOChange

Excited to read this when it’s out 👇

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@Boydell_Africa

Good to see an announcement of Toyin Falola’s new book Decolonizing African Studies in @NewtimesNewsng buff.ly/3ukvoiA Find out more about the book buff.ly/3L6KQ7X

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Oxford Human Rights Hub

⭐️Congratulations to former OxHRH Managing Editor

@__RichardMartin

on his monograph, Policing Human Rights: Law, Narratives, & Practice, being shortlisted for the prestigious

Book Prize for Early Career Academics! ⭐️

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Thanks for posting about this. What happens to people acquitted or released by #ICTR #ICTY

and other int'l courts and tribunals is an issue that deserves more attention from the legal and human rights communities.

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@PeterRobinMICT

#Niger has told the #IRMCT in a public filing today that they ordered my client Francois-Xavier #Nzuwonemeye and the other #ICTR acquitted and released persons expelled for reasons that must remain a State secret. Meanwhile, we await a decision on their fate from Judge #Masanche.

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OxfordSocialSciences

Researcher & scholar activist

was Highly Commended in the 2021

IAA #O2RBImpactAwards for her impact in improving routes to justice for victims of transnational humans rights violations in South America

socsci.ox.ac.uk

Improving routes to justice for victims of transnational human rights violations in South America

Dr Francesca Lessa

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Dear

Thank you for letting Ayaana keep the sweet potter. I was so anxious he would not arrive, and then he did. It is the most perfect book. I have been transported; and feel bereft now I am done. Asante/Xièxiè.

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Peacebuilding Journal

@Peacebuilding_

New & #openaccess: Claire Wright

@Wright_Politics

, Bill Rolston, and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

analysed how Spanish colonialism relating to land, ethnicity & gender has become evident in #Colombia's transitional justice & #peacebuilding processes. 🔓doi.org/10.1080/216472

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The entire book “Gender, Judging and the Courts in Africa” edited by Prof Jarpa Dawuni 🤩 and published by

@routledgebooks

is available for free download at the link below 👇 Download, Read & Cite! #ReadAfricanScholars #CiteAfricanScholars

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Dr Tabeth Masengu

Please to announce that my chapter " One sauce for the goose, another for the gander:Zambian women judges and perceptions of illegitimacy" is now open access

. Here is to Africans writing our own stories. taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/. #africarising #Zambia

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"The Changing Africa Idea of Africa and the Future of African Studies"

and

What a line up organized by

@sjndlovugatshen

/colleagues.

@antipodeonline

@africasacountry

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@GerhardKempICL

Thanks,

for your support, and thanks

& all the contributors for your work & input. #ICL #Africa

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KAS Rule of Law Program- Anglophone Africa

· Nov 17, 2021

The latest release in the International Criminal Justice in Africa series authored by members of KAS’ African Group of Experts on International Criminal Justice. The entire publication is available here: kas.de/en/web/rspssa/ @ntahibern @GerhardKempICL

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Dr Carolyn McKay

Replying to

and

In edited volume: 'Law's Documents Authority, Materiality, Aesthetics' (eds)

@BiberKatherine

& Priya Devii Vaughan

Law's Documents: Authority, Materiality, Aesthetics

Illuminating their breadth and diversity, this book presents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary view of legal documents and their manifold forms, uses, materialities and meanings. In 1951, Suzanne...

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Dr Eric Ndushabandi

@EricNdushaband1

What privilege Co-edit with

G-M

@StellenboschUni

@MemStudiesAssoc

@Unity_MemoryRw

@Kigali_Memorial

@GermanyinRwanda

@IsraelinRwanda

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In this blog, Boravin Tann and I offer a snap shot of the plural, contested, and contradictory meanings given to human dignity in Cambodian law, policy and advocacy, ranging from fundamental rights protections to restrictions on women’s dress shar.es/aWJ5dy

"Human dignity" in Cambodian law, policy and civil society advocacy - New Mandala

Significant differences arise around how “human dignity” is defined and protected, and what it requires of states, non-state institutions and citizens.

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Daniela Suárez Vargas

@Daniela_suarezv

The UN report on TJ and the legacy of human rights violations in colonial contexts is now available With @Enriqueprietor and

we made a brief contribution on the importance of the

@ComisionVerdadC

in exposing the impact of our colonial past

OHCHR | Call for inputs – Transitional justice measures and the legacy of human rights violations...

Objective of the report In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence examines the question of the adoption of transitional...

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Kathryn McNeilly

Great to receive the proofs of The Times and Temporalities of International Human Rights Law collection edited with

and forthcoming with

@hartpublishing

in the Spring. Full details are available on the publisher’s website: bloomsbury.com/uk/times-and-t

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Nicki Hitchcott

@RwandanSOChange

#Belgium hands over sounds and songs recorded during colonial period #Rwanda newtimes.co.rw/news/belgium-h via

@NewTimesRwanda

Belgium hands over sounds and songs recorded during colonial period

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other confirmed speakers are Rebecca Lorins and El-Fatih Atem

and

- pls join us next week - we're talking about heritage, museum collections, museums and peace building, histories of conflict and colonialism...

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· Oct 26, 2021

Join us for the launch of this groundbreaking book @sidestonepress, with editors @ZoeCormack, Cherry Leonardi @durham_history, plus @The_BIEA's Freda Nkirote M'Mbogori. November 2nd, 2pm GMT/4pm EAT Register for Zoom link bit.ly/30gpAK0 sidestone.com/books/pieces-o

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Memory Studies Association

@MemStudiesAssoc

Do you research commemorative practices and rituals?

&

invite you to submit chapter abstracts for an edited volume titled "Unlocked memory: Did the Covid pandemic change commemoration?". Read and submit before December 7 👉

memorystudiesassociation.org

CfP Edited Volume on "Unlocked memory: Did the Covid pandemic change commemoration?"

Submit your abstract by December 7 for the Edited Volume on "Unlocked memory: Did the Covid pandemic change commemoration?"

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Nicki Hitchcott

@RwandanSOChange

Excellent article that everyone should read 👇

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· Oct 19, 2021

Are you an academic fake? Carli Coetzee argues we *all* collude in academic fakery... fakery is that on and around which we have built our disciplines - in particular those of us who do our work in what is called "African studies". tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10

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Important article by

on transitional justice in the DRC - the uses & misuses of the Mapping Report & problems with current calls for a new international tribunal.

jeuneafrique.com

Violences en RDC : la justice transitionnelle doit être décolonisée – Jeune Afrique

Comment répondre aux violations massives des droits humains dans l’est de la RDC ? La justice transitionnelle peut être une solution, si elle est mise en œuvre par les Congolais eux-mêmes. – Jeune...

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Thijs Bouwknegt

@thijsbouwknegt

#Colombia’s truth commission—which investigates the country’s 52-year armed conflict—conducted 13,821 interviews with 26,192 persons, aired the TV series “Before the mirror”, and live-streamed conversations, the podcast series “Truth out loud” and concerts

justiceinfo.net

Colombia’s TRC gets an extension to jump over the elections

Just as the clock was winding down for Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, its three-year mandate has been extended by an additional nine months. This will allow the Commission to avoid...

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I'm very excited to say that Born in Blackness is published today. Wherever you are, this is part of your story, too. "Built on the bodies of slaves: how Africa was erased from the history of the modern world"

theguardian.com

Built on the bodies of slaves: how Africa was erased from the history of the modern world

The long read: The creation of the modern, interconnected world is generally credited to European pioneers. But Africa was the wellspring for almost everything they achieved – and African lives were...

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Delighted that

& SOAS Politics of Africa programme will host

discussing his new book When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans. Tuesday, 19 Oct, 5:30pm in the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

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