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Staff members
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Luc Huyse
Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Faculty
of Law
Hooverplein 10 B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Fax +32.16.325463
Luc.Huyse@law.kuleuven.be
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Luc Huyse (born 1937) is
doctor in political and social sciences (Leuven, Belgium).
He was a postgraduate student at the universities of Oxford,
Harvard and Oslo.
Huyse was, until his retirement in 2000, professor of sociology and
sociology of law at the Leuven University Law
School (Belgium). He has written and
taught extensively in Dutch, English and French on the various dimensions
of justice after transition (post WWII in Europe, postcommunist
transitions in East and Central Europe, Africa).
He has been a consultant to governments and NGO’s
in Burundi and Ethiopia.
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Selected Publications
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Publications
Huyse, L., ‘A
Devil’s Choice: Dilemmas of Backward-looking Justice’, in European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and
Criminal Justice, 1994 (2), 120-140.
Huyse, L. en K. Hoflack,
‘Life after prison: the purge and the reintegration of wartime
collaborators in Belgium,
Holland and France (1944-1994)’, in Bulletin du Comité
international d’histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.
1945: Consequences and Sequels of the Second World War, Parijs: Institut d’histoire du temps présent,
1995, 257-282.
HUYSE, L., ‘Quelques aspects de l’
“épuration” après la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale’,
in A. Morelli (ed.), Les Grands Mythes
de l’Histoire de Belgique.
De Flandre et de Wallonie,
Brussel: EVO-Histoire, 1995, 255-262.
Huyse, L. , ‘The Criminal
Justice System as a Political Actor in Regime Transitions: The Case of Belgium’,
in N. Kritz (ed.), Transitional Justice. How Emerging Democracies Reckon With Former
Regimes, Tome II, Washington:
United Institute
of Peace Press, 1995,
141-151.
HUYSE, L. , ‘Justice after
Transitions’, in N. Kritz
(ed.), Transitional Justice. How
Emerging Democracies Reckon With Former Regimes, Tome I, Washington: United Institute of Peace
Press, 1995, 104-115.
HUYSE, L., ‘On the Choices Successor Elites Make in Dealing With
the Past’, in N. Kritz (ed.), Transitional Justice. How Emerging Democracies
Reckon With Former Regimes, Tome I, Washington:
United Institute
of Peace Press, 1995,
337-349.
HUYSE, L., ‘Justice after Transition: On the Choices Successor
Elites Make in Dealing With the Past’, in A.J. Jongman
(ed.), Contemporary Genocides:
Causes, Cases, Consequences, Leiden: PIOOM, 1996, 187-214.
HUYSE, L., ‘Justice after Transition’, in J. Dugard en C. van den Wyngaert,
International Criminal Law and
Procedure, Alderschot: Dartmouth, 1996,
495-522.
HUYSE, L., ‘Transitional Justice’, in P. Harris en B. Reilly
(eds.), Democracy and Deep-Rooted
Conflict: Options for Negotiators, Stockholm: International IDEA, 1998,
273-280.
HUYSE, L. , ‘Justice after
Transition’, in D. Friedrichs (ed.), State Crime, vol.II,
Dartmouth: Asgate, 1998, 301-330.
HUYSE, L., ‘To Punish or to Pardon: A Devil’s Choice’,
in C.C. Joyner (ed.), Reining in
Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Violations of Fundamental
Human Rights: Proceedings of the Siracusa
Conference 17-21 September 1998, Ramonville
St.-Agne: Erès, 1998,
79-90.
HUYSE, L., ‘La reintegrazione dei collaborazionisti in Belgio, in Francia e nei Paesi Bassi’,
in Passato e presente,
1998 (44), 113-126.
HUYSE, L., ’To Punish or to Pardon – A Devil’s Choice:
Dealing with Human Rights Violations Committed under a Previous
Regime’, in K. Hossain e.a.
(eds.), Human Rights Commissions and
Ombudsman Offices, Den Haag: Kluwer
Law International, 2000, 83-89.
HUYSE, L., ‘The Criminal Justice System As a Political Actor in
Regime Transitions: The Case of Belgium, 1944-50’, in I. Deák, J.T. Gross en T. Judt
(eds.), The Politics of Retribution
in Europe. World War II and Its Aftermath,
New Jersey: Princeton University
Press, 2000, 157-172.
HUYSE, L., ‘Amnesty, Truth or Prosecution?’,
in L. Reychler en T. Paffenholz
(eds.), Peacebuilding. A Field Guide, Boulder: Lynne Rienner,
2001, 322-329.
HUYSE, L., ‘Dealing with the Past in South Africa’, in L. Reychler en T. Paffenholz
(eds.), Peacebuilding. A Field Guide, Boulder: Lynne Rienner,
2001, 358-364.
Huyse,
L. en E. Van Dael (eds.), Justice après de graves
violations des droits
de l’homme, vol. I, Leuven : Instituut Recht en Samenleving, 2001, 236
p.
HUYSE, L., Justice après de graves violations
des droits de l’homme,
vol. II, Leuven :
Instituut Recht en Samenleving, 2001, 155 p.
Huyse,
L., ‘La justicia en contextos de transicion
politica’, in P. Harris en B. Reilly (eds.), Democracia y Conflictos Profundamente
Arraigados: Opciones
para la Negociacion, Stockholm:
International IDEA, 2001, 266-273.
Bloomfield, D., Barnes, T.,
Huyse, L. (eds.), Reconciliation
After Violent Conflict. A Handbook, Stockholm: International IDEA, 2003, 177
p.
Huyse, L.
, ‘The Process of Reconciliation’, in D. Bloomfield, T.
Barnes, L. Huyse (eds.), in Reconciliation
After Violent Conflict. A Handbook, Stockholm: Idea, 2003, 40-49.
HUYSE, L., ‘Victims’, in idem, 54-66.
HUYSE, L., ‘Offenders’, in idem, 67-76.
HUYSE, L., ‘Justice’, in idem, 97-115.
HUYSE, L., ‘The International Community’, in idem, 163-166.
HUYSE, L., ‘Transitional justice in Belgium,
France, and the Netherlands after World War II: Innovations,
transgressions, and lessons to be learned’, in A. Czarnota,
M. Krygier and Wojciech
Sadurski (eds.), Rethinking the rule of law after communism, Budapest: Central
European University Press, 2005, 135-152.
HUYSE, L., ‘Reconciliation: theory and practice’, in G.
Kelly, B. Hamber (eds.), Reconciliation: rhetoric or relevant,
Belfast:
Democratic Dialogue, 2005, 7-12.
Bloomfield, D., Barnes, T.,
Huyse, L. (eds.), La réconciliation après un conflit
violent. Un manuel, Stockholm: International IDEA, 2005, 219
p.
Huyse, L. , ‘Le processus de réconciliation’,
in D. Bloomfield, T. Barnes, L. Huyse (eds.), La réconciliation après un conflit
violent. Un manuel, Stockholm: International IDEA, 2005,
24-49.
HUYSE, L., ‘Victimes’, in idem,
67-83.
HUYSE, L., ‘Aggresseurs’, in idem,
84-96.
HUYSE, L., ‘Justice’, in idem, 122-153.
HUYSE, L., ‘La communeauté internationale’, in idem, 208-212.
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Stephan Parmentier
Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Faculty
of Law
Hooverplein 10 B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Office + 32.16.325115
Fax +32.16.325463
stephan.parmentier@law.kuleuven.be
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Stephan Parmentier studied law
(Lic., 1983; Ph.D., 1997) and sociology (Lic.,
1987) at the K.U.Leuven
(Belgium), and sociology
and conflict resolution (M.A., 1987) at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs of
the University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities (U.S.A.).
He currently teaches sociology of crime and law, and human rights at the Faculty of Law of the K.U.
Leuven, is the Chairman of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology
of the K.U.Leuven, the co-organisor
of the Summer
Course in Human Rights at the K.U. Leuven, and in charge of the
Socrates exchange programme in criminology at the
Faculty of Law of the K.U. Leuven (since 2001). Parmentier has been a
visiting professor at the International
Institute for Sociology of Law in Oñati (Spain), and a visiting scholar at the University of Stellenbosch
(South Africa).
He has served as an advisor to the European Committee for the Prevention of
Torture, the Belgian Minister of the Interior, the King Baudouin
Foundation, and is since 1999 the Vice-Chairman of Amnesty International Flemish Section. His
research interests include political crimes, transitional justice and human
rights, and the administration of (criminal) justice. Stephan Parmentier is
the editor-in-chief of the Flemish Yearbook on Human Rights and serves on
the editorial board of several journals in human rights and criminal
justice.
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Research
projects
Title
Mass Victimization and Restorative Justice. In search for the possibilities
to apply restorative justice principles in the context of dealing with the
past. Case Studies South Africa
and the former Yugoslavia.
Period
01/2003-12/2006
Funding
Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp
Abstract
Are restorative justice principles to be applied in situations of gross
violations of human rights? If so, under which conditions can this take
place and what are the boundaries herein? These central issues will be
studied in the case of South
Africa, a country of which its
transitional justice mechanism – the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (1995-1998) was subject of many studies. To date, however, truth
commissions are an underexposed theme viewed from the perspective of
criminology and restorative justice theory. In this respect the project
attempts to contribute to the field of “transitional justice”.
The focus of this study is on both the institutional context of truth
commissions and on the individual level of victims and offenders of gross
human rights violations. The qualitative research methodology consists of a
series of individual and focus group interviews with participants and key
players in the TRC (in collaboration with a local non-governmental organisation), and a series of in-depth interviews with
key players in the field of transitional justice and restorative justice.
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Other Research
- promotor and co-promotor
of several research projects
in the fields of human rights, sociology of law, and criminology; received
funding, i.a., from the Flemish Fund for
Scientific Research (FWO), the Belgian Office for Scientific, Technical and
Cultural Affairs (OSTC), the Research Council of the K.U.Leuven,
the Belgian Ministry of Justice, the King Baudouin
Foundation in Brussels, the Dutch Fund for Scientific Research (NWO) and
the European Commission (see annex 2)
- Université de Montréal, Departement
de Criminologie (Montreal, Canada) :
collaborateur associé
du Centre International pour la Criminologie Comparée (CICC) (October 2004-date)
- University of New South Wales,
Faculty of Law (Sydney,
Australia):
visiting scholar at the Centre for European Law for research on “The
Right to Reparation for Injustices Against Aboriginals” (July 2002); promotors: Prof. M. Krygier
& Prof. A. Czarnota
- Dutch Research
School on Human Rights, Utrecht: member of the jury for the Max
Van der Stoel Prize of
the Best Doctoral Dissertation and the Best Master Thesis in the Field of
Human Rights, awarded at Tilburg
University
(2001-date)
- King Baudouin
Foundation, Brussels:
scientific secretary to the Commission “Citizen, Law and
Society”, entrusted with the task to undertake a future-oriented
reflection about the relationship between citizens, law and society under
the chairmanship of Em. Prof. J. Van Houtte, University
of Antwerp (November
1997–November 2001)
- University
of Stellenbosch,
Faculty of Law (South
Africa) : visiting scholar
at the Department of Public Law for comparative research on “Regional
Protection of Human Rights” (June 1997); promotor:
Prof. St. Van der Merwe
- Research Committee on Sociology
of Law : chairman of the International
Working Group on Sociology of Human Rights (1991-2001 and
2003-date); member of the Board of the Research Committee (1993-2001)
- supervisor of several doctoral dissertations in the fields of human
rights, criminology, and sociology of law (1997-date) (see annex 3)
- supervisor of some 70 theses at the K.U.Leuven
for the degrees of licentiate in criminology, licentiate in sociology,
Master of Arts in European Criminology, and European Master’s in
Human Rights and Democratisation (1997-date)
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Selected Publications
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Publications
1. Books, Monographs, Papers.
- PARMENTIER, S., FUJIWARA, H. and HAGAN J. (forthcoming in 2009) Prosecutorial Policies in the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Series on
Prosecutorial Policies of International Tribunals, vol. 2, General editor
Luc REYDAMS (Notre Dame University). Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
- PARMENTIER, S. & WEITEKAMP, E. (eds.) (forthcoming in 2007), Crime and Human Rights, Series on
Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, vol. 6, General editor Mathieu DEFLEM
(University of South Carolina). Oxford:
Elsevier, approx. 300 p.
- PARMENTIER, S. & VAN HOUTTE, J. (forthcoming in 2006) Comparing European Systems of Law and Justice.
Oxford:
Hart Publishing, approx. 250 p.
- WOUTERS, J., VERBRUGGEN, F., PARMENTIER, S. & RYNGAERT, C. (eds.)
(forthcoming in 2006), International
Criminal Justice: A Transatlantic Dialogue, proceedings of the
Third Transatlantic Conference held in Brussels, 7-8 May 2004. Antwerp: Intersentia Publishers, approx. 500 p.
- DE FEYTER, K., PARMENTIER, S. BOSSUYT,
M. LEMMENS, P. (eds.) (forthcoming in 2005), Out of the Ashes. Reparation for Victims of Gross and Systematic
Human Rights Violations. Antwerp: Intersentia, approx. 500 p.
- VAN CAMP, T., VAN
WIN, T., HODIAUMONT, F., MALEMPRE,
H., AERTSEN, I. & DAENINCK, P., under the direction of
PARMENTIER, S., PETERS, T. & KELLENS, G.
(2004) Vade-mecum h erstelrecht en
gevangenis. (Vade-mecum
Restorative Justice and Prisons). Ghent:
Academia Press, 357 p. (Dutch)
- HODIAUMONT, F., MALEMPRE, H., VAN CAMP, T., VAN WIN, T., AERTSEN, I. & DAENINCK, P., sous
la direction de KELLENS, G., PARMENTIER, S. & PETERS, T. (2004) Vade-mecum justice réparatrice
et prison. Ghent:
Academia Press, 372 p. (French)
- VANSPAUWEN, K., ROBERT, L., AERTSEN, I.
& PARMENTIER, S. (2003) Restorative
Justice and Restorative Detention. A Selected and Annotated Bibliography.
Leuven: Faculty of Law, Department of
Criminal Law and Criminology, 84 p. (English-Dutch)
- PARMENTIER, S. & VANDENHOLE, W. (2003) (eds.),
Mensenrechten. Jaarboek van het
Interuniversitair Centrum voor Mensenrechten 2001-2002 (Human Rights. Yearbook
of the Interuniversity Centre for Human Rights 2001-2002). Antwerp: Maklu,
373 p. (Dutch)
- PARMENTIER, S. & VAN HOUTTE, J. (2003) Law, Justice and Social Change in the 21 st
Century. The Case of Belgium. Brussels: King
Baudouin Foundation, 65 p.
- PARMENTIER, S. & VANDENHOLE, W. (2002) (eds.),
Mensenrechten. Jaarboek van het
Interuniversitair Centrum voor Mensenrechten 2000-2001 (Human Rights. Yearbook
of the Interuniversity Centre for Human Rights 2000-2001). Antwerp: Maklu,
326 p. (Dutch)
- PARMENTIER, S. & HAECK, Y. (2002) (eds.), Mensenrechten. Jaarboek van het
Interuniversitair Centrum voor Mensenrechten 1998-2000 (Human Rights. Yearbook
of the Interuniversity Centre for Human Rights 1998-2000). Antwerp: Maklu,
369 p. (Dutch)
- FATTAH, E. & PARMENTIER, S. (2001) (eds.), Victim Policies and Criminal Justice on the
Road to Restorative Justice. Essays in Honour of
Tony Peters ,
Serie Samenleving, Criminaliteit en Strafrechtspleging,
nr. 23. Leuven: Leuven
University Press, 457
p.
- PARMENTIER, S. (1999) (ed.), Mensenrechten. Jaarboek van het
Interuniversitair Centrum voor Mensenrechten 1996-1997 (Human
Rights. Yearbook of the Interuniversity
Centre for Human Rights 1996-1997). Antwerp:
Maklu, 433 p. (Dutch)
- MALFLIET, K. & PARMENTIER, S. (1997) On the Membership of Russia
to the Council of Europe. Leuven: Council for European Research, 20 p.
- PARMENTIER, S. (1994) (ed.), Mensenrechten tussen retoriek en realiteit
(Human Rights Between Rhetoric and Reality). Gent:
Mys & Breesch, 338
p. (Dutch)
- LAERMANS, R. & PARMENTIER, S. (1985) Oorlog en vrede bij Kant en Clausewitz (War and Peace with
Kant and Clausewitz), Research Papers of the Centrum for Peace Research,
nr. 8. Leuven: Faculty of Social Sciences,
Centre for Peace Research, 47 p. (Dutch)
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2. Articles in books and
journals.
- PARMENTIER, S. (forthcoming in 2006) Elk recht heeft zijn prijs. De
kosten van verdediging vanuit het perspectief van de toegang tot het recht
en de rechtsbedeling (Each right
has its prize. The costs of legal aid from
the perspective of access
to justice), in: EVERS,
F. & LEFRANC, P. (eds.),
De verhaalbaarheid van de kosten van
verdediging: en wat met de toegang tot de rechter? (Recovering the Costs of Legal Aid and Access
to Justice) ,
Tegenspraak Cahier 25bis, Brugge,
Die Keure (13 pages – accepted for
publication).
- PARMENTIER, S. (forthcoming in 2005) Les commissions de vérité et reconciliation: vers
une notion complexe de responsabilité pour les crimes internationaux ?,
in : DIGNEFFE, F. (dir.), La responsabilité et la responsabilisation
dans la justice pénale
(15 p.), Collection Perspectives Criminologiques.
Bruxelles : Ed. De Boeck.
- WEITEKAMP, E., PARMENTIER, S., VANSPAUWEN, K., VALINAS, M. &
GERITS, R. (forthcoming in 2005) How to Deal With Mass Victimization and
Gross Human Rights Violations. A Restorative Justice Approach, in EWALD, U.
& TURKOVIC, K. (eds.), Large-Scale
Victimization due to Protracted Conflicts as a Potential Source of
Terrorist Activities. The Importance of Regaining Security in Post-Conflict
Societies (35 p.). Amsterdam:
IOS Press.
- VANSPAUWEN, K., PARMENTIER, S. & WEITEKAMP, E. (forthcoming in
2005) Restorative justice for victims of mass violence. Reconsidering the
building blocks of post-conflict justice, in: NICOLIC, Vesna
(ed.), New Wars, Global Governance
and Law (25 p.). Oxford:
Hart Publishing (accepted for publication).
- ROMBOUTS, H., SARDARO, P., and VANDEGINSTE, S., under the supervision
of BOSSUYT, M., DE FEYTER, K., LEMMENS, P., PARMENTIER, S. and REYNTJENS,
F., (forthcoming in 2005), The Right
to Reparation for Victims of Gross and Systematic Human Rights Violations,
Research Report (141 p.), in: DE FEYTER, K., PARMENTIER, S., BOSSUYT, M.,
LEMMENS, P (eds.), Out of the Ashes.
Reparation for Victims of Gross and Systematic Human Rights Violations.
Antwerp: Intersentia, approx. 500 p.
- PARMENTIER, S. & WEITEKAMP, E. (2005) The Truth and Reconciliation
Commission in South
Africa, in: NATARAJAN, M. (ed.), Introduction to International Criminal Justice,
151-158. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
- PARMENTIER, S. (2005) In Search of the Jewel in the Crown of
International Criminal Law. On the crucial relationship between the
International Criminal Court and national legal systems, in: X. (ed.), Belgium and the International Criminal Court. Complementarity and Cooperation,
Proceedings of the Colloquium held in Brussels
on 17 May 2004, 237-254. Brussels:
Moniteur Belge (Dutch-French-English)
- PARMENTIER, S. (2005)
Zit criminaliteit in de menselijke genen ? (Is
Crime Part of Human Genes ?), in: BLOKLAND,
A., BIJLEVELD, C., DONKER, A. & THIENPONT, K. (eds.),
Themanummer Biosociale perspectieven in de criminologie (Special Issue on Biosocial
Perspectives in Criminology),
47 Tijdschrift voor Criminologie
(Journal of Criminology)
193-198. (Dutch)
- PARMENTIER, S. (2004) La Commission « vérité
et réconciliation» en Afrique
du Sud :
possibilités et limites
de « justice restaurative» après conflits politiques majeurs, in: SALAS, D. (dir.), Victimes de guerre en quête
de justice, 55-88. Paris :
Ed. L'Harmattan, Coll. Sciences criminelles, 196 p. (French)
- PARMENTIER, S. (2003) Global Justice in the Aftermath of Mass Violence.
The Role of the International Criminal Court in Dealing with Political
Crimes, 41, 1-2 International Annals
of Criminology 203-224.
- PARMENTIER, S. (2003) Cultural Integration and Globalization of
Criminal Justice, Eguzkilore. Cuaderno del Instituto Vasco de Criminologia , Special
Issue on “Justicia social y Derechos Humanos en la era de
la globalizacion y la multiculturalidad”,
17, 99-104.
- PARMENTIER, S. (2002)
Voorwoord: Nieuwe uitdagingen en instrumenten voor de democratie van de 21 ste eeuw (Foreword: New Challenges and Instruments for Democracy in the 21st Century), in: HUBEAU, B.
& ELST, M. (eds.), Democratie in ademnood? Over legitimiteit,
legitimatie en verfijning van de democratie, 1-3 (Democracy in Need of Breath? On Legitimacy, Legitimation and Refinement of Democraty).
Leuven/Brugge: Van Halewyck/Die Keure. (Dutch)
- PARMENTIER, S. & SOOKA, Y. (2002) Rapport de l’atelier
4: Autres voies, in:
X., Combatting Impunity. Proceedings of the symposium held in Brussels from 11 to 13 March, followed by The Brussels Principles
against impunity and for international justice, 67-78. Brussels: Bruylant
(multilingual edition Français-English-Nederlands-Español). (French)
- PARMENTIER, S. (2002)
Omgaan met de last van het verleden. Op zoek naar waarheid en
verantwoording op het nationale en het internationale vlak (Dealing With the Past. In
Search of Truth and Accountability at the National and the International
Level), in: GUTWIRTH, S. & SMIS, S. (eds.), De strafrechtelijke vervolging
van ernstige schendingen
van mensenrechten (The Criminal
Prosecution of Gross Violations of Human Rights), 119-142. Antwerpen: Maklu. (Dutch)
- ROMBOUTS, H. & PARMENTIER, S. (2002) The Role of the Legal
Profession in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 20 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 273-298.
- PARMENTIER, S. (2002) From Retributive to Restorative Justice.
Presenting A Collection of Essays in Honour of
Tony Peters, in: VANACKER, J. (ed.), Herstel en detentie. Een hommage aan Prof. Tony Peters (Restorative Justice
in Prisons. A Hommage to Prof. Tony Peters),
131-137. Antwerp:
Kluwer Rechtswetenschappen.
- PARMENTIER, S. (2001) The South African Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. Towards Restorative Justice in the Field of Human Rights, in:
FATTAH, E. & PARMENTIER, S. (eds.),
Victim Policies and Criminal Justice on the Road to Restorative Justice.
Essays in Honour of Tony Peters , 401-428. Serie Samenleving, Criminaliteit en Strafrechtspleging,
nr. 23. Leuven: Leuven
University Press.
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Lectures and presentations
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Scientific activities
- Member of the Board: Flemish
Interuniversity Centre for Human Rights (1997-date); International Institute for Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain (March 1995–October
1998); Research Committee on
Sociology of Law (July 1993–July 2001); Flemish-Dutch Association for the Social
Scientific Study of Law (September 1993–September 2002)
- National Fund for Scientific
Research, Brussels
: founding member of the Interuniversity Contact Group on Law and Society
(1990); member of the Interuniversity Contact Group on Foreign Minorities
(February-December 1993)
- Memberships: Flemish-Dutch
Association for the Social Scientific Study of Law (1988 -
date); Flemish Lawyers Association
(1990-date); Law and Society
Association (1986–date); Research Committee on Sociology of Law (1988-date)
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Teaching
- University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia
(www.law.unsw.edu.au): invitation
as visiting professor for the course on “Human Rights in Europe” (planned for Summer 2007)
- International Institute for
Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain (www.iisj.es): invitation as a visiting
professor for the course on “Sociology of Human Rights” in the programme of Master's in The Sociology of Law (Spring
2007)
- K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law: leading member of
the Organising Committee for the organisation of the “Essentials Course on
Transitional Justice”, four-day intensive courses covering the
essential themes, mechanisms, and case studies, in close association with
the International Centre for Transitional Justice (www.ictj.org) (February 2006-date)
- K.U.Leuven,
Faculty of Law: responsible for the international student and
teacher exchanges in criminology under the SOCRATES programme
of the European Union (October 2001–date); member of the Council for
International Relations of the Faculty of Law (October 2001–date);
member of the Steering Committee for the “Master’s in European
Criminology” (October 1998-date)
- University of Ghent & Free
University of Brussels, Faculties of Law : representative of
the K.U. Leuven in the Interuniversity Contact Group for the exchange
project “The Rule of Law and South Africa: Human Rights For and By
South Africa” (Prof. J. Vande Lanotte & Prof. L. Vény),
in collaboration with the University of the Western Cape, funded by the
Ministry of the Flemish Community, Department of Education (October
1999–October 2001)
- K.U.Leuven,
Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology:
associate professor for the following courses:
- Foundations of sociology of crime (2nd year of criminology) (Dutch)
(1997-date)
- Organisational methods of criminological
intervention (3rd year of criminology) (Dutch) (1997-2005)
- Change management (3rd year of criminology) (Dutch) (1997-2005)
- Recent developments in criminal policy (with Prof. E. Weitekamp) (4th
year of criminology) (Dutch) (1997-2007)
- Sociology of law (4th and 5th year of law, and 4th year of
criminology) (Dutch) (2000-date)
- European Cooperation in the Field of Criminal Justice and Crime
Prevention (with Prof. D. Van Daele) (Master's in
European Criminology) (English) (1999-2007)
- Political Crimes and State Violations of Human Rights (with Prof. E.
Weitekamp) (Master's in European Criminology) (English) (1997-date)
- K.U.Leuven,
Service for University Education : diploma “Training
Course for University Teachers” (November 1997-October 1998)
- K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law: co-organisor (with Prof. P. Lemmens, K.U.Leuven)
of the “Summer Course in Human Rights”, in collaboration with
the Dutch Research School in Human Rights, Utrecht (August 1997-date); with
funding from the European Commission, Brussels
- International Institute for
Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain:
visiting professor for course “Sociology of Human Rights” in
the programme of Master's in The Sociology of Law
(March 1994-30 hrs; January/February 1995-20 hrs); fellow of the
International Institute for Sociology of Law
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Professional services
- Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna:
appointed as expert by the Government of Belgium for the “Moscow
Mechanism” under the Human Dimension Mechanism (November
2004-November 2007)
- United Nations Congress on the
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Bangkok, Thailand
: participation as individual expert (18-25 April 2005)
- Ministry of the Interior, Brussels:
rapporteur to the “Follow-up Commission to
evaluate the instructions for the expulsion of foreigners”, chaired
by Em. Prof. E. Vermeersch,
University of
Ghent (January
2004-January 2005)
- United Nations Congress on the
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Vienna : participation as
individual expert (10-17 April 2000)
- Ministry of the Interior, Brussels: rapporteur
of the “Commission to evaluate the instructions for the expulsion of
foreigners”, chaired by Prof. E. Vermeersch,
University of
Ghent (October
1998-January 1999)
- Flemish Association for
Education and Training Abroad (VVOB), Brussels
: consultant for follow-up project visit on human rights education to the
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg, South
Africa (November 1998; November 1999)
- Commissioner-General for
Refugees and Stateless People, Brussels:
selected by the Belgian Council of Ministers for the vacant position of
Deputy-Commissioner-General (June 1997) (function not assumed)
- Refugee Appeals Board, Brussels: member
of the selection committee for the appointment of a Flemish member of the
Refugee Appeals Board (October–November 1998; December
1996–January 1997)
- Council of Europe, Strasbourg: consultant to the European
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment on its periodic visit to Belgium (November 1993)
- Amnesty International Flemish
Section, Antwerp:
vice-chairman (May 1999-April 2002); board member (April 1997-April 2003);
chairman Flemish Lawyers Group (December 1988-December 1991)
- Amnesty International, London : consultant about the right to
fair trial in Northern
Ireland, including a visit as trial
observer (April 1992)
- Social Council Brussels,
government-sponsored agency for social affairs: alternative military
service, co-ordinator youth policy, journal
assistant editor, research on legal services for consumers and immigrants
(February 1987-October 1988)
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Elmar G.M. Weitekmap
Institute
of Criminology, University of Tuebingen
Sand 7, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
Tel. +49-(0)-7071-2976139
Fax +49-(0)-7071-295104
Mobile :
+49-(0)174-2183845
elmar.weitekamp@uni-tuebingen.de
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Elmar
Weitekamp studied social work (M.S.W., 1980) at the Fachhochschule
Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach
and criminology (M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1989) at the University of Pennsylvania (U.S.A.). He
was a lecturer at the University
of Pennsylvania and at the University of Tübingen,
before joining the Department of
Criminology at the K.U. Leuven in 2001. He is the co-responsible (with
Prof. L. Walgrave, K.U. Leuven) of the
International Network for Research on Restorative Justice for Juveniles,
and serves as a board member of various international organisations,
including the World Society of Victimology. He is
the co-organisor of the annual Post-graduate
Victimology Course in Dubrovnik (Croatia) (XVIIIth edition in 2002), co-organisor
of the Postgraduate Victimology Course linked to
the triennial World Symposium on Victimology, co-organisor of the 11th International Symposium on Victimology in 2003 in Stellenbosch
(South-Africa). He has conducted many research projects, in the areas of:
Social and Justice Services for Young People in Transition, Eurogangs, Youth Policy, Victimology,
and Restorative Justice. His recent research projects includes: mass victimisation and restorative justice in post-conflict
situations South Africa
(2003-2006), Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia (2004-2007).
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Research projects
Title
Mass Victimization and Restorative Justice. In search for the
possibilities to apply restorative justice principles in the context of
dealing with the past. Case Studies South
Africa and the former Yugoslavia
Period
01/2003-12/2006
Funding
Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp
Abstract
Are restorative justice principles to be applied in situations of gross
violations of human rights? If so, under which conditions can this take
place and what are the boundaries herein? These central issues will be
studied in the case of South
Africa, a country of which its
transitional justice mechanism – the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (1995-1998) was subject of many studies. To date, however, truth
commissions are an underexposed theme viewed from the perspective of
criminology and restorative justice theory. In this respect the project
attempts to contribute to the field of “transitional justice”.
The focus of this study is on both the institutional context of truth commissions
and on the individual level of victims and offenders of gross human rights
violations. The qualitative research methodology consists of a series of
individual and focus group interviews with participants and key players in
the TRC (in collaboration with a local non-governmental organisation),
and a series of in-depth interviews with key players in the field of
transitional justice and restorative justice.
Other research
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Selected Publications
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Publications
Weitekamp, E. G.M. :
Peacemaking Columbian Style in Kurt Weis (Hrsg.) Erleben, was uns verbindet. Forthcoming 2006
Weitekamp, E.G.M., Parmentier,
S., Vanspauwen, K., Valinas, M. and Gerits, R.:
How to deal with Mass Victimization and Gross Human Rights Violations: A
Restorative Approach. In: Uwe EWald
and Ksenija Turkovic
(Eds.) Large-Scale Victimization due to Protracted Conflicts as a Potential
Source of Terrorist Activities: The Importance of Regaining Security in
Post-Conflict Societies. Amsterdam IOS Press forthcoming Fall 2005
Vanspauwen, K., Parmentier S. and
Weitekamp, E.G.M. :
Restorative justice for victims of mass violence: Reconsidering the
building blocks of post-conflict justice. In: Vesna
Nikolic-Ristanovic (Ed.) New Wars, Global
Governance and Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford Forthcoming fall 2005
Parmentier S. and Weitekamp,
E.G.M. :
The Truth and Recociliation Commission in South Africa
In: Mangai Natarajan
(Ed.) Introduction to International Criminal Justice. New York, Mc Graw
Hill Custom Publishing 2005, 151 – 158
Friday, P.C., Ren, X., Weitekamp,
E.G.M., Kerner, H.-J. and Taylor,
T.J. A Chinese Birth Cohort: Theoretical Implications. In: Journal
of Research in Crime and Delinquency 2005
Taylor, T.J., Friday, P.C., Ren,
X., Weitekamp, E.G.M. and Kerner, H.-J.: Risk and Protective Factors
Related to Offending: RESults from a Chinese
Cohort Study. In: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of
Criminology 2005
Weitekamp, E.G.M. and Kerner,
H.-J. (Eds.) Kriminologische Vrerlaufs- und Kohortenforschungen – Eine
Bibliographie – TÜKRIM Band 4, TOBIAS-lib, Univesritätsbibliothek
Tübingen, Germany 2004
Weitekamp, E.G.M.. Sanctions. In Kauko Aromaa, Seppo Leppä, Sami Nevala and Natalia Ollus (Eds.) Crime and Criminal Justice Systems in
Europe and North America. Helsinki, European Institute for Crime Prevention
and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI), 2003, pp. 150 -
175
Weitekamp E.G.M. and Kerner
H.-J. (Eds.) Restorative Justice in Context: International Practice and Directions.
Devon, Willan
Publishing 2003, 338 pages
Weitekamp, E.G.M., Kerner H.-J.
and Meier, U. Community and Problem-Oriented Policing in the Context
of Restorative Justice. in: Elmar G.M. Weitekamp
and Hans-Jürgen Kerner
(Eds.) Restorative Justice in Context: International Practice and
Direction. Devon, Willan
Publishing 2003, pp. 304 – 325
Friday, P.C., Ren, X., Weitekamp, E.G.M., Kerner H.-J.
and Taylor,
T.J. :
Crime and Delinquency Across Societies: Commonalities and Differences. In: Qingshaoninan Fanzui Yanjiu 2, 2003, pp.67-85
Weitekamp, E.G.M.. Buchbesprechung
von Schwind, H.-D., Kühne,
H.-H., Kube, E. (Hrsg.)
in Zusammenarbeit mit Brunon Holyst (Polen), Koichi Miyazawa (Japan und Denis Szabo (Kanada), Festschrift für Hans-Joachim Schneider zum
70. Geburtstag am 14 November 1998. Kriminologie
an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1998, 1079 Seiten und
Friday, P. and Kirchhoff, G.F. (Eds.) Festschrift for Hans-Joachim
Schneider. Victimology at the Transition From the
20 th to the 21 st
Century. Essays in Honor of Hans-Joachim Schneider. Dedicated on the
Occasion of the Xth International Symposium on Victimology in Montreal,
Canada, 6
– 11 August 2000 by the Executive Committee of the World Society of Victimology to the Founding President of the WSV.
Shaker Verlag in Cooperation of the WSV, World
Society of Victimology Publishing. Mönchengladbach 2000, 400 Seiten.
in: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und
Strafrechtsreform 5/2002, pp. 398 - 400
Weitekamp, E.G.M.
Restorative Justice: Present Prospects and Future Directions. in: Elmar G.M. Weitekamp and Hans-Jürgen
Kerner (Eds.) Restorative Justice: Theoretical
Foundations. Devon, Willan
Publishing. 2002, pp. 322 – 338 also published in Japanese under the
title: Restorative Justice: Where we are and where might we go? In the Toin Law Review Vol.8 No 1., Toin University
of Yokohama
Weitekamp,
E.G.M. Die Einbettung der Glenn
Mills Schools innerhalb
der kriminologischen Diskussion
in den Vereinigten Staaten
von Amerika. in: Deutsches
Jugendinstitut (Hrsg.)
Die Glenn Mills
Schools, Pennsylvania, USA. Ein
Modell zwischen Schule, Kinder- und Jugendhilfe und Justiz? Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V. 2002, pp. 42 - 50
Weitekamp, E.G.M. and Kerner
H.-J. (Eds.) Restorative Justice: Theoretical Foundations. Devon, Willan Publishing.
2002, 350 pages
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Lectures and presentations
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Scientific activities
- Co-Director and Organizer of the Annual International Victimology Course, Dubrovnik, Croatia
(Dick Andzenge, Marianne Hilf,
Gerd- Ferdinand Kirchhoff, and Zvonimir Paul, Co-Directors).
- Co-Director of the Annual Post Graduate Course of Victimology,
Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice, Cape Town, South Africa (Linda
Davis, Co-Director).
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Roel Gerits
Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Faculty
of Law
Hooverplein 10 B (02.92), 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Office + 32.16.325283
Mobile +32.477.765477
Fax +32.16.325463
roel.gerits@law.kuleuven.be
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Roel Gerits holds a Candidate
in Criminology (2000, K.U.Leuven) and a Licenciate in Criminology (2004, KU.Leuven).
In 2004 Gerits was appointed as assistant at the Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC)
under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier. In 2004 he conducted
research in South African townships in the framework of a thesis to obtain
the degree of licentiate in the Criminology. In South Africa he studied new
forms of conflict-resolution in local communities both from the perspective
of ‘informal justice’ and ‘local governance’.
Evolutions in the ‘governance of security’, theoretical and
normative frameworks and the practical application of these key principles
in poor and disadvantaged communities remain his favorite field of
interest. Before working as an assistant at the Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC),
Roel Gerits worked in an institution for youth in trouble. In 2003 he
traveled for six months through Southern Africa and did volunteers work in
township Langa in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Research
projects
Title
Restorative Justice in South African Townships: in Search of the
Possibilities and Limits of the Zwelethemba Model
Period
2003-2004: research in the framework of a thesis to obtain the degree
of licentiate in the Criminological Sciences
Funding
Private funding, with support of the Flemish Inter-University Council
(VLIR)
Promoter
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier
Abstract
The Zwelethemba Model is a model for
deepening democracy and advancing local justice for poor people living in
townships in South
Africa. At the core of the model is a
community-based conflict resolution process based around the use of Peace
Committees. The Peace Committees comprise local township residents engaged
in two activities: peacemaking and peacebuilding.
We argue that the interaction between societies in transition and the
difficulties in restoring the Rule of Law, often leads to the emergence of
forms of non-state justice. Although a lot of these structures declined to
vigilantism or use brutal and violent techniques to resolve conflicts, the
Community Peace Programme claims to offer
township residents with a better experience of non-state justice. On the
one hand this thesis focuses on the Zwelethemba
Model and is a modest attempt of connecting the principles and values
underpinning this model to the restorative justice ideas. We argue that the
Zwelethemba Model can be viewed as a restorative
justice model, in which the peace gathering can be considered as a variant
of restorative conferencing and takes the role of problem-solving forum. We
focus our attention on similarities and differences with restorative
justice. We conclude that the Peace Committees are committed to both a
restorative process and restorative values. The peacemaking process –
despite its distinct features – can be regarded as a restorative
process and so does the peacebuilding process.
Through a restorative process the Peace Committees seem to succeed in their
efforts to build, empower and transform communities, build social capital
and establish a culture of problem-solving. On the other hand this thesis
tries to identify strengths and weaknesses of the Peace Committees by means
of an attitude – and opinion study. It explores some of the aspects
of the Zwelethemba Model and their relevance for
the restorative character of the model.
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Publications
GERITS, R. (2004) Restorative
Justice in South African Townships: in Search of the Possibilities and
Limits of the Zwelethemba Model, Leuven, unpubl. Thesis to
obtain the degree of licentiate in Criminology at the Catholic University
of Leuven, Faculty of Law, 134 p.+ appendices .
GERITS, R. (2005) Restorative
Justice in South African Townships: in Search of the Possibilities and
Limits of the Zwelethemba Model,
published in the Working Paper Series of the Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Leuven.
GERITS, R. (2005) “The dynamic of Local Security Governance: the Zwelethemba Model”, Recht der Werkelijkheid, 2, 5-26.
Weitekamp, E.G.M., Vanspauwen,
K., Parmentier, S., Valiñas, M., and Gerits, R. (Forthcoming 2005)
“How to deal with mass victimization and gross human rights
violations. A restorative justice approach” in U. EWALD and K.
TURKOVIC (eds.) Large scale
victimization due to protracted conflicts as a potential source of
terrorist activities. The importance of regaining security in post-conflict
societies. Amsterdam,
IOS Press.
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Lectures and presentations
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Scientific activities
Supporting researcher in the research project on ‘Mass
Victimization and Restorative Justice. In search for the possibilities to
apply restorative justice principles in the context of dealing with the
past. Case Studies South Africa
and the former Yugoslavia’.
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp, Prof.
Dr. Stephan Parmentier.
Visiting researcher at the Community Peace Programme,
School of Government,
University
of Western Cape, South Africa
(03-06/2004). Contact: Dr. John Cartwright
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Teaching
Teaching assistant for the following courses (2005-06):
FORMAL LECTURES:
- B-KUL-C0614A
(Recent Developments in the) Criminal Policy
- B-KUL-C00A6A Person- and organisation oriented
methods of criminological intervention, with tutorial
- B-KUL-C02A7A Introduction to sociology and criminological sociology
- B-KUL-C0223A Sociology of law
SEMINARS
- KUL-C0W46B
Change Management
- B-KUL-C01A1A Tutorial organisation oriented
methodology of criminological intervention
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Professional services
Seminar on “Restorative justice developments in post-apartheid South Africa”, organised
by the Mediation Services in Hasselt
(08/2004). www.baallimburg.be
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Jean Migabo Kalere
Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Faculty
of Law
Hooverplein 10 B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Office + 32.16.325395
Fax +32.16.325463
jean.migabokalere@law.kuleuven.be
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Jean MIGABO KALERE holds a Diploma
(Candidate) in Philosophy (1984), Certificate in Theology (19987, Murhesa, DRCongo), Licenciate in Private Law (1993, National
University of Rwanda) and Masters Degree in International
Public Law (University of Antwerp,
Belgium).
Since 2001, Jean M. Kalere is a
researcher in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of
Law of the Catholic University of Leuven.
In 2002, he started his PhD
Studies on Transitional Justice and International Criminal Court. During
his work as lawyer, in the DRCongo, he has been
trained as journalist, manager of development and of human resources.
During his studies in Belgium, he has been trained and obtained a
certificate of participation in Human Rights (2003, University
of Tilburg and K.U.Leuven),
in International Criminal Law and Accountability (2004, National University
of Ireland), in Justice
and Mass Victimization (2005, International Institute
of Sociology, Onati, Spain),
in Criminology (2005, Philadelphia,
USA).
He has been working as Lawyer at
the Appeal Court of Bukavu, Director of a
Boarding School, Journalist as speaker at the Rural Radio of Civil Society
in Bukavu and Redactor in Chief of the Flash
Bulletin of the CDJP, Human Rights defender as Executive Secretary of the
Justice and Peace Commission of Bukavu, DRCongo, Assistant of University in the DRCongo,
Since 2005, he is a visiting
Lecturer at the Faculty of Theology where he teaches International Human
Rights in the African Great Lakes States.
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Research projects
Title
Justice after Transition and the Competence of the International Criminal
Jurisdictions. Theoretical Study and Prospective Analysis of the Case of
the Democratic Republic
of Congo.
Period
2002-
Funding
Private funding
Promoter
Prof. Dr Stephan PARMENTIER, Prof. Dr Franck HUTSEBAUT, Prof. Dr Jan
WOUTERS
Abstract
His research analyzes the link between the transitional justice, the gross
human rights and humanitarian law violations and the International Criminal
Tribunals compared to the ICC. As general theory, the main question is why
the violations of human rights are growing while the International
Instruments or judicial institutions become more accepted by the members
(States and organizations) of the International Community?
For the case study, the research takes into account the problem posed by
the competence ratione temporis
and ratione persone
confronted to the procedural power of the International Criminal Court.
Then a factual question imposes itself: as the DRC government has referred
its case to the ICC while some crimes have been committed before the entry
into force of the ICC Statute confronted to the Congolese National Judicial
System, what would be the possible mechanism or institutions for the
justice after the transition preceded by the gross human rights violations
in the DRCongo case after in the context of the
Central African states?
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Selectec Publications
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Publications
- General concepts on the humans rights, CDJP and Catholic University of
Bukavu UCB, Bukavu,
1996. Published in French
- Right of association... Trial, Autopsy, Testimony. The Justice and
peace commission of Bukavu, in Acts of the
Conference, ACAT and alii, Human Dignity. We
associate! Conference, Faculty of Law, Namur, November 21, 1998, pp. 10-12.
Published in French.
- Globalization of peace by development. Analysis of experience of the
Congolese women of Bukavu. 1990-2000, Leuven, 2000, 26p, synthesis in CCAC,
Documents on the great lakes region , Brussels, October
2000/N° 110, p. 5.
- Mugore
w’u Rwanda, poem
in Kora, (Weekly
Bulletin), Kigali, 1989. Published in Kinyarwanda, 1990.
- Philosophical problematic of happiness in the Bashi
Traditional Society. An Essay of comprehension through the proverbs.
Thesis, Diploma of Philosophy, Murhesa, 1984.
(Text in French)
- Problematic of application of the land law in the Republic of Zaire.
The case of the Bushi Rural Area, Thesis, Licenciate, Faculty of Law, National University of
Rwanda, Kigali, 1993 , (Text in French, not published).
- The State and the Conditionality of the International Community.
Impact on the Political and Economic Development of Bushi
in Congo.
Thesis, Master’s Degree, University
of Antwerp, UIA, Belgium,
2001. (Text in French, not published).
- Genocide in Congo?
Analysis of the massacres of civilian Population, Broederlijk
Delen, Brussels,
2002, 216p. (Tex
in French).
- Interviews in newspapers in 2002 on justice, the politics and the
human rights in Democratic Republic of Congo. Text in Flemish
- Impunity after genocide in Congo? Legal and sociological
analysis of the massacres of civil populations, in AD Valcas,
derde jaargang, n° 2,
September 2003. Published in French.
- Making Justice and Social Peace after Dictatorships. The role of
actors, in La Revue nouvelle, n° 11, Tome 117, Bruxelles,
November 2003, pp. 37-51. Published in French.
- Rwanda : Justice or Liberation of Father Guy Theunis, in http//: www.Eurac.be,
Bruxelles, 2005. Published in French
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Katarina Planckaert
Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Faculty
of Law
Hooverplein 10 B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Office + 32.16.32
Fax +32.16.32
katarina.planckaert@law.kuleuven.be
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European Master’s Degree in
Human Rights and Democratization, Venice (Italy) and Universidade
de Coimbra (Portugal) (European inter-university cooperation), Candidate
and Licentiate in Criminological Science, 2000, K.U. Leuven, Belgium,
Candidate in Law, 1997, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
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Research projects
Title
Dealing With an Authoritarian Past: the Role of the United Nations in
Establishing Post-conflict Justice for Past Gross and Systematic Human
Rights Violations; Case study: East Timor .
Period
2001-2005
Funding
Aspirant Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders
Promoter
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier
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Selected Publications
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Publications
PLANCKAERT, K. (Forthcoming in 2005) “De Verenigde Naties en
postconflict justitie in Oost-Timor: belofte
maakt schuld?” (The United Nations and Post-Conflict Justice in East Timor: false promises?) , in J. WOUTERS en B. PATTYN,
De internationale gemeenschap en de problematiek van de straffeloosheid, 33
p.
PLANCKAERT, K. (2001) “ Dealing with the burden of an
authoritarian past : the role of the United Nations in establishing
accountability for grave human rights violations after a regime
transition” , in X (ed.), European Master’s Degree in Human
Rights and Democratization: awarded theses of the academic year 2000/2001, Marsilio, Venezia, 399-522.
PLANCKAERT, K. (2000)
Journalistieke nieuwsgaring in de fase van het strafrechtelijk
vooronderzoek: het moeilijke evenwicht tussen de vrijheid van nieuwsgaring
en het geheim van het onderzoek (The Tension Between Journalists’ Freedom of Information Gathering (art. 10 of the European
Convention on Human Rights) and the Secret of the Judicial Instruction Phase: Interests Which Can be Reconciliated?),
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, Departement Strafrecht, Criminologie en
Strafrechtsvordering, thesis tot het behalen van de graad van
Criminologische Wetenschappen aan de K.U. Leuven,
Leuven, 116 p .
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Lectures and presentations
- Visiting lecturer (2004-2005) at the course “Genocide, State
Crime and the Law”, Department of Criminology, Socio-Legal Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia. Teacher: dr.
Jennifer Balint.
- Lecturer at the course “Political Crimes and State Violations of
Human Rights, Master in European Criminology,” K.U.Leuven, Belgium. Teachers: Prof. Dr.
Stephan Parmentier and Prof. Dr. Elmar Weitekamp.
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Scientific activities
Partnership with the Department of Criminology, Socio-Legal Studies, University of Melbourne, contact person: Dr.
Jennifer Balint.
Partnership with the Australian-East Timor
Association, Melbourne.
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Marta Valiñas
Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Faculty
of Law
Hooverplein 10 B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Office + 32.16.325309
Fax +32.16.325463
marta.valinas@law.kuleuven.be
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Marta Valiñas
holds a Graduate Degree in Law (2002) from the Faculty of Law, University of Porto, Portugal and the European
Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization (2004). During
her Master’s Degree Marta has studied at the European
Inter-University Center in Venice and at the Netherlands Institute for
Human Rights where she wrote her Master’s thesis on ‘The
Position of the Victim in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: the case of
Peru’. In 2004, she obtained the membership of the Portuguese
Lawyer’s Association, thus being habilitated to practice law. She has
been focusing mainly on Human Rights and Transitional Justice in diverse
contexts such as former Yugoslavia,
Peru and Guatemala.
In October 2004 she was appointed
as a full-time researcher in a four-year research project on Restorative
Justice and Mass Victimization, funded by the Research Fund of the Catholic University
of Leuven (KU Leuven). She is now in the
process of submitting her PhD proposal at the Faculty of Law of KU Leuven.
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Research
projects
Title
Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation.
In search of the position of restorative justice in an integrated approach
to mass victimisation in post-conflict
situations. Case studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.’
Period
10/2004-2008
Funding
OT research project (2004-2008) – Research Fund KU Leuven
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp.
Abstract
The conflicts in the 90’s in former Yugoslavia left behind a
burdensome legacy of mass abuse that poses great challenges to the new succeeding
States. Dealing with the gross human rights violations committed in the
past calls for complex and integrated answers that may allow individuals
and society as a whole to come to terms with their past in a
forward-looking manner. While prosecutions seem to be essential to bring
peace and justice to society and to reassert the most essential values
denied by the conflict, a mere retributive approach to transitional justice
seems to fall short of the needs of transitional states and societies. For
that reason, it is worth exploring what can be the role and the potential
contribution of a restorative justice approach to dealing with
post-conflict situations marked by mass violence and mass victimization.
This research project sets out to examine whether and how restorative
justice can be a valuable approach for post-conflict societies such as
those in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Serbia
and Montenegro
to face their past with a view to rebuilding the trust among former
enemies.
This study will be done in the course of four years through document
analysis, literature review and extensive field-research during which
several interviews with key players and focus groups meetings are
conducted. During this time, three workshops will be organized in the
region, one of which already took place in May 2005 in Dubrovnik.
Title
Restorative Justice: a new approach to transitional justice? Case
studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. (provisional title)
Period
2005-2009
Funding
Doctoral research Faculty of Law, K.U.Leuven
Promoter
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier
To be completed
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Other research
Affiliated researcher in FWO-project “Mass Victimization and
Restorative Justice. In search for the possibilities to apply restorative justice
principles in the context of dealing with the past. Case Study South Africa”
(2003-2006), Promotors: Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M.
Weitekamp, Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier.
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Selectec Publications
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Publications
VALIÑAS, M. and PARMENTIER, S. (2005) ‘International expert
seminar on Dealing with the past in Guatemala:
the long road to reparation and reconciliation – Documentation
set’, KU Leuven, Leuven, February.
VALIÑAS, M. (forthcoming) “The Position of the Victim in Truth and
Reconciliation Commissions. The case of Peru”,
Lima,
IDEH-PUCP.
VALIÑAS, M. (forthcoming) ‘Restorative Justice: a new approach to
post-conflict justice?’ in ICHR Newsletter.
Weitekamp, E.G.M., Vanspauwen,
K., Parmentier, S., Valiñas, M., and Gerits, R. (forthcoming 2005)
“How to deal with mass victimization and gross human rights
violations. A restorative justice approach” in U. EWALD and K.
TURKOVIC (Eds.), Large scale
victimization due to protracted conflicts as a potential source of
terrorist activities. The importance of regaining security in post-conflict
societies, Amsterdarm: IOS Press.
VALIÑAS, M. (forthcoming 2006) Book review “Victim organizations
and The Politics of Reparation: a case study on Rwanda”, Panopticon.
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Lectures and publications
Guest lecturer in the Course Current Criminological Issues, Master in
European Criminology, K.U.Leuven. Teachers: Prof.
Dr. Lode Walgrave.
Speaker at the EPC/LDA Training Course, ‘On the path to
reconciliation: the case for restorative justice in the Balkans. An insight
into the projects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Serbia and Montenegro
and Bosnia and
Herzegovina’, 30 th November 2004.
Lecturer at the XXI Post-graduate Course on Victimology,
Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice:,
‘The position of the victim in the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation
Commission’, Dubrovnik,
9 th-21 st May 2005.
Speaker at ALDA General Assembly, ‘Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation: in search of an integrated approach to
mass victimisation in post-conflict societies.
Case studies in Serbia
and Bosnia and Herzegovina
’, Zagreb,
17 th June 2005.
Speaker at the 1 st European Socio-legal
conference: ‘Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation:
in search of an integrated approach to mass victimisation
in post-conflict societies. Case studies in Serbia
and Bosnia and Herzegovina’,
Oñati (Spain), 6 th-8 th July 2005.
Speaker at the International Conference ‘Pathways to
Reconciliation and Global Human Rights’: ‘Restorative Justice:
a new approach to post-conflict justice in BiH?’, Sarajevo
(BiH), 16-19 th August
2005.
Speaker at the Closing Seminar of the Pristina
Institute for Political Studies: ‘Challenges and Trends in
Transitional Justice. Dealing with the past in former Yugoslavia: the role of restorative
justice’, Strasbourg/Klingenthal, France,
25-30 th October 2005.
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Scientific activities
Co-organizer of the ‘International expert seminar on Dealing with
the past in Guatemala:
the long road to reparation and reconciliation’, Leuven,
27-28 February, 2005.
Organizer of the Expert Workshop ‘Restorative Justice and
peace-making in the Balkans’, Dubrovnik,
22-23 May 2005.
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Teaching
- Resource faculty member of the Annual Post Graduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice,
Interuniversity Centre of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Professional services
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Kris Vanspauwen
Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC), Faculty
of Law
Hooverplein 10 B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Office + 32.16.325217
Mobile +32.494.173089
Fax +32.16.325463
kris.vanspauwen@law.kuleuven.be
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Kris Vanspauwen holds a
Candidate in Criminology (2000, K.U.Leuven), a
Licentiate in Criminology (2001, KU.Leuven, U of Regina), and is completing
a Masters in Conflict and Sustainable Peace (K.U.Leuven).
In 2003 Vanspauwen was appointed as a full-time researcher in a four-year
project on mass victimisation and restorative
justice, funded by the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders. In 2004 he started his PhD on the
criminology of state violence. In 2000, during his studies in Canada, he was trained as a mediator by the Office
for Dispute Resolution (Justice
Department, Saskatchewan
Justice). In 2002 he worked as a mediator in a court-ordered family
mediation service. Since 2002 he has been working in the Department of
criminal law and criminology at the K.U.Leuven as
a researcher in projects relating to youth delinquency, restorative justice
in prisons, and mass victimisation and restorative
justice.
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Research
projects
Title
Mass Victimization and Restorative Justice. In search for the
possibilities to apply restorative justice principles in the context of
dealing with the past. Case Studies South
Africa and the former Yugoslavia
Period
01/2003-12/2006
Funding
Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders
Promotors
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp.
Are restorative justice principles to be applied in situations of gross
violations of human rights? If so, under which conditions can this take
place and what are the boundaries herein? These central issues will be
studied in the case of South
Africa, a country of which its
transitional justice mechanism – the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (1995-1998) was subject of many studies. To date, however, truth
commissions are an underexposed theme viewed from the perspective of
criminology and restorative justice theory. In this respect the project
attempts to contribute to the field of “transitional justice”.
The focus of this study is on both the institutional context of truth
commissions and on the individual level of victims and offenders of gross
human rights violations. The qualitative research methodology consists of a
series of individual and focus group interviews with participants and key
players in the TRC (in collaboration with a local non-governmental organisation), and a series of in-depth interviews with
key players in the field of transitional justice and restorative justice.
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Title
Towards a criminology of violent state crime?
Restoring violent state conflicts in South Africa and The Former
Yugoslavia
Period
06/2004-
Funding agency
Doctoral research Faculty of Law, K.U.Leuven
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M.
Weitekamp.
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Abstract
The thesis of the PhD study argues that a selective and individualistic
perpetrator-focused approach of (international) criminal justice does
little to promote reconciliation in the newly formed democracies that are
studied in the field of transitional justice. For a democracy to be
sustainable we will argue for transitional justice mechanisms to promote
the participation of all stakeholders in the process of conflict resolution
rather than only focusing on perpetrators, and to focus on the consequences
of the victimisation rather than on the
punishment of the perpetrator, and to establish a form of collective
accountability rather than an individual guilt complex where some demons
are sacrificed for the sake of justice. The proposed approach fits in a
sustainable peace-building strategy as opposed to the rather narrow focus
on deterrence and the establishment of a rule of law. Restoring a violent
state conflict should lead towards reconciliation rather than to peace
without violence. This thesis will be preceded by the criminological
analysis of violent state crime. In the scientific research to date very
few attempts were made to bring criminological theory in relation with the
process of transitional justice, and with political crimes in general. This
doctoral study therefore aims to contribute to the criminological theory,
but more importantly aims to gain deeper knowledge as to how mechanisms of
transitional justice can deal in a sustainable way with perpetrators,
victims, and a conflict-ridden society. The research question in the study
is therefore: Can criminological theory of state crime explain the causes
of contemporary violent state conflicts? And does it provide a conceptual
framework for restoring violent state conflicts in order to achieve
sustainable and democratic peace?
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Teaching
Lecturer at the Annual Student and Practitioner Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice,
University of Stellenbosch/University of Cape Town.
Resource faculty member of the Annual Post Graduate Course of Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice,
Inter University Centre of Dubrovnik.
Guest lecturer in the Course Political Crimes and State Violations of
Human Rights, Master in European Criminology, K.U.Leuven.
Teachers: Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp.
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Selected Publications
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Publications
Weitekamp, E.G.M., Vanspauwen,
K., Parmentier, S., Valiñas, M., and Gerits, R. (Forthcoming 2005)
“How to deal with mass victimization and gross human rights
violations. A restorative justice approach” in U. EWALD and K.
TURKOVIC (eds.) Large scale
victimization due to protracted conflicts as a potential source of
terrorist activities. The importance of regaining security in post-conflict
societies. Amsterdam,
IOS Press.
Vanspauwen, K., Parmentier, S.,
and Weitekamp, E.G.M. (Forthcoming 2005) “Restorative justice
for victims of mass violence. Reconsidering the building blocks of
post-conflict justice” in V. NIKOLIC-RISTANOVIC (ed.), New wars, global governance, and law.
Oxford,
Hart Publishing (Oñati International Series in
Law and Society).
Vanspauwen,
K. (2005) “Book review: Een onderzoek
naar de Waarheids- en Verzoeningscommissie van Zuid Afrika by Afshin Ellian”,
Panopticon,
4, 90-91.
Vanspauwen, K. (2004) Towards a criminology
of violent state Crime? Restoring Justice after violent state conflicts in
South Africa, Progress Report Doctoral Research, Leuven, K.U.Leuven, Faculty
of Law, Law & Society Institute, Faculty of Law, 40 p.
VANSPAUWEN, K., Robert, L.,
Aertsen, I., and Parmentier, S.
(2003) Restorative justice and
restorative detention. A selected and annotated Bibliography,
Leuven, K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law, Department of
Criminal Law and Criminology, 96 p.
Vanspauwen, K. (2003)
“New Horizons in Victimology. XIth International Symposium on Victimology,”
The Victimologist,
Volume 7, 3.
Huybregts, I., Vettenburg, N.,
and Vanspauwen, K. (2002) Mogelijkheden
van een fuivenbeleid
(Possibilities for a party policy), Leuven,
K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law, Research Group Youth
Criminology, 111 p.
VANSPAUWEN, K. (2001) Working
A-Part Together. Restorative Justice in Saskatchewan: Opinions and
Attitudes of a Movement in Growth, Leuven,
unpubl. Thesis to obtain the degree in
Criminology at Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, 128 p.
ROBERT, L., and VANSPAUWEN, K. (2000) “The implementation of the
UN Declaration of Basis Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and
Abuse of Power: the Belgian state of affairs,” The Victimologist,
Volume 5, 1.
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Scientific activities
Affiliated researcher in OT-project “Mass Victimization and
Restorative Justice. Case Studies Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia-Montenegro
(10/2004- ). Promotors: Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M.
Weitekamp, Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier.
Researcher in the European COST Action A21 on Restorative Justice
Developments in Europe (09/2003- ).
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Ivo Aertsen.
Administrative staff and webmaster in the Globus
Student Exchange Programme, a
EC/Canada Cooperation Programme in Higher
Education and Training, Funded by the European Commission (12/2003- ). Promotors: Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp, Prof. Dr.
Stephan Parmentier. Website: http://www.globus-socialjustice.org.
Partnership with the Centre for the Study of Violence and
Reconciliation, Cape Town South Africa.
(2003- ). Contact: Dr. Hugo van der Merwe
Visiting researcher at the Community Peace Programme,
School of Government,
University
of Western Cape, South Africa
(07-08/2003). Contact: Dr. John Cartwright
Visiting researcher at the Institute
of Criminology, University of Cape Town, South
Africa. (10-11/2005). Contact: Senior
Lecturer Elrena van der
Spuy
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Social services
Seminar on “Restorative justice developments in post-apartheid South Africa”, organised
by the Mediation Services in Hasselt
(08/2004).
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Martien Schotsmans
chaussée
de Haecht 159
Bruxelles 1030
Tel: 02 223.36.54
Fax: 02 223.36.14
martienschotsman@hotmail.com
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Schotsmans Martina, currently Project Officer
International Justice and Desk Officer DRC at Avocats
Sans Frontières/Advocaten Zonder
Grenzen (Lawyers without Boarders). She has
been a consultant on justice issues in several African countries (Rwanda, Benin,
DRC, Morocco, Burundi...).
She was the Head of Legal and Reconciliation Unit at the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone, has worked as investigator
on the Hissène Habré
case in Chad for the International Federation of Human Rights, an as a
lawyer for Avocats Sans Frontières
in Rwanda. She is also a pro bono fellow at the Leuven Institute for Criminology (LINC)
of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Catholic University
of Leuven, Belgium.
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Stef Vandeginste
Institute
of Development Policy and
Management
University of Antwerp
Venusstraat 35, 2000 Antwerp,
Belgium
Office + 32.3.220.48.24
stef.vandeginste@ua.ac.be
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Stef Vandeginste holds a
Bachelor’s Degree in Law (1990, K.U.Leuven)
and a Licence Degree in Development Studies
(1992, University
of Antwerp). He
worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London (1994-1995) and for the United Nations
Development Programme in Rwanda
(1996). He conducted several field missions to the Central African region for, inter alia, the Belgian Development Cooperation and
Amnesty International. Between 2000 and 2004, he was involved in a research
project on the international right to reparation for victims of gross and
systematic human rights violations. In 2005, he was appointed as a
full-time researcher at the Institute
of Development Policy and
Management of the University of Antwerp in a four-year inter-disciplinary project
on political transitions and transitional justice, with case-studies on Rwanda and Burundi.
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Research
Title
The nature of political transitions and transitional justice.
Case-studies on Rwanda
and Burundi
Period
01/2005-12/2008
Funding
Special Research Fund – University of Antwerp
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Filip Reyntjens, Prof. Dr. Koen De Feyter, Prof. Dr. Luc Reychler
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Abstract
This research project aims at analysing the
impact of the nature of a political transition and a political regime
(before, during and after the transition) on the form, the sequence and the
success and/or failure of transitional justice efforts at national and
international level. In-depth case studies will be made of Rwanda and Burundi. At the same time, the
project will design an analytical framework which should further
international comparative research on the topical issue of transitional
justice in post-conflict societies more generally. Policy recommendations
will be proposed. In addition to a combined legal and political research at
the macro-level, an analysis will be made, on the basis of an
anthropological research methodology, of the phenomenon of justice in times
of political transition at the micro-level in local communities in Rwanda and Burundi. In the context of this
research project, Stef Vandeginste
will also do doctoral research for his PhD “Law as a source and
instrument of transitional justice. A theorization on the basis of Burundi’s
transitional justice law and practice”.
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Title
The international right to reparation for victims of gross and
systematic human rights violations.
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Period
01/2000 – 05/2004
Funding
Special Research Fund – University of Antwerp
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Marc Bossuyt, Prof. Dr. Koen De Feyter, Prof. Dr. Filip Reyntjens
The research project was carried out in close collaboration with a project
at the University
of Leuven, with Prof.
Dr. Paul Lemmens and Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier as promoters.
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Abstract
This research project focused on the problem of repairing the huge
injury caused by protracted and grave human rights violations committed
under an authoritarian regime, in the context of a political transition.
The research approach to the problem integrated a legal and a
socio-political perspective. The main research question which was addressed
was: to what extent does the “gross and systematic” character
of the human rights violations affect the individual right to reparation of
victims, in theory as well as in practice? The starting point was a legal
appraisal of the current status of principles and norms on reparation for
human rights violations under international law. At the socio-political
level, reparation is mainly conceived as a matter of politics. Specific
attention was therefore paid to policy issues that arise when designing and
implementing a reparations policy. In particular, the role and position of
victims' organisations in the politics of
reparation was studied.
The book that resulted from the research project will be published by Intersentia Publishers (forthcoming – see below).
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Selected Publications
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Publications
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. and HUYSE, L. (2005) “Consociational
democracy for Rwanda?”,
in S. MARYSSE and F. REYNTJENS (eds.), Political
Economy of the Great Lakes Region of Africa.
The Pitfalls of Enforced Democracy and Globalization, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 101-122
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2005) “Rwanda,
the World Bank, PRSP and Human Rights”, in S.
MARYSSE and F. REYNTJENS (eds.), L’Afrique des Grands Lacs. Annuaire 2004-2005, Paris, L’Harmattan ,
119-139.
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2005) “Beter overleg en synergie dan concurrentie. De millenniumdoelstellingen
en de rechten van de mens”, in DE MEYER, R.
and HOLVOET, N. (eds.), Millenniumdoelstellingen. 2015: de tijd loopt. Noord-Zuid Cahier , Vol.30, N°1, 53-62.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. and ROMBOUTS, H. (forthcoming in 2005)
“Reparation for victims in Rwanda
– Caught between theory and practice”, in BOSSUYT, M., et al., Reparation for victims of gross and systematic
human rights violations, Antwerp,
Intersentia.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S., ROMBOUTS, H. and SARDARO, P. (forthcoming in 2005)
“Reparation for victims of gross and systematic violations of human
rights”, in BOSSUYT, M. et al., Reparation
for victims of gross and systematic human rights violations,
Antwerp, Intersentia.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S., DEMAY, S.; REYNTJENS, F. and ROMBOUTS, H. (2005) Programme 2001-2003 d’Avocats
Sans Frontières en Afrique
Centrale. Rapport d’évaluation,
Université d’Anvers,
Institut de Politique
et de Gestion de Développement,
February 2005, 164 p.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S., REYNTJENS, F. (2005) “ Rwanda,
an atypical transition”, in SKAAR, E., GLOPPEN, S. and SUHRKE, A.,
(eds.), Roads to
reconciliation, Lanham, Lexington Books, 101-127.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. and BOSSUYT, M. (2004) “Immunity”, in
SHELTON, D. (ed.), Encyclopedia of
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, 3 Volumes, Detroit,
Macmillan Reference USA.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2004) “Legal norms, moral imperatives and
pragmatic duties: reparations as a dilemma of transitional
governance”, in VILLA-VICENCIO C. and DOXTADER, E., “To Repair
the Irreparable: Reparation and Reconstruction in South Africa”, Cape Town, David Philip Publishers,
88-105
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2004) “Comments on Colombia’s
draft transitional justice law”, in IPIS et al. (eds.), Proceedings of A Dialogue With Colombia on Reconciliation and Democracy (Brussels, 28 November 2003), Antwerp, January 2004, 17-20
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2004) “Justice for Rwanda, ten years after: some
lessons learned for transitional justice”, in REYNTJENS, F. et
MARYSSE, S. (ed.), L’Afrique des Grands Lacs. Annuaire 2003-2004 , Paris, L’Harmattan,
45-60
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. and BOSSUYT, M. (2003) “De problematiek
van herstel voor slavernij en kolonialisme op de Wereldconferentie tegen
Racisme (Durban, 31 augustus – 8 september
2001)”, in INTERUNIVERSITAIR CENTRUM MENSENRECTEN,
Jaarboek 2001-2002, Antwerpen,
Maklu, 55-79
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2003) “Victims of genocide, crimes against
humanity and war crimes in Rwanda:
the legal and institutional framework of their right to reparation",
in TORPEY, J. (ed.), Politics and the
Past: On Repairing Historical Injustices, Maryland, Rowman
and Littlefield, 2003, 249-274.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2003) "Chapter 9. Reparation", in
BLOOMFIELD, D. et al. (ed.), Reconciliation
After Violent Conflict: A Handbook, Stockholm, IDEA Handbook Serie, 145-162 (also published as: -, “Chapitre 9. Réparation”,
in BLOOMFIELD, D. et al. (ed.), La réconciliation après un conflit
violent, Stockholm, IDEA Handbook Series, 184-205).
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. and ROMBOUTS, H., Reparation
for victims of gross and systematic human rights violations: the notion of
victim, Paper presented at the Conference “Into the 21 st Century: Reconstruction and Reparations”, Cape
Town, 4-5 January 2001, Third World
Legal Studies, 2000-2003, 89-114.
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2002) "Universele rechtsmacht en het standpunt van Amnesty International”, in WOUTERS, J. and PANKEN, H. (eds.), De Genocidewet in
internationaal perspectief, Gent, Larcier,
p.193-199
- VANDEGHINSTE, S., VAN DEN WYNGAERT, C., and VANDAELE, I. (2002)
"The position of victims of acts of racism and racial discrimination
in Belgium",
Revue Internationale
de Droit Pénal,
Vol.73, No.1, 111-140
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2002) "De uitspraak van het Internationaal Gerechtshof in de zaak Yerodia van 14 februari 2002: veel vragen, weinig
antwoorden", Zoeklicht,
Vol.11, N°33, 26-28
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. and BOSSUYT, M. (2001) "The Issue of Reparation
for Slavery and Colonialism and the Durban
World Conference against Racism", Human
Rights Law Journal, Vol. 22, N° 9-12, 31 December 2001, 341-350
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2001) "Vier Rwandezen schuldig bevonden.
Bedenkingen bij een assisenproces", ASF
Bulletin, Extra Nummer, juli 2001, 32-33 (also
published as VANDEGINSTE,
S., "Quatre Rwandais
jugés coupables. Considérations sur un procès d'assises", ASB Bulletin, Numéro
Spécial, juillet 2001,
32-33)
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2001) "Réparation
pour les victimes de génocide,
de crimes contre l'humanité
et de crimes de guerre au Rwanda",
in REYNTJENS, F. et MARYSSE, S. (ed.), L’Afrique des Grands Lacs. Annuaire 2000-2001,
Paris, L’Harmattan, 2001, p.95-121. Also
published in Dialogue,
N°222, Mai-Juin 2001, 3-42
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2001) “ Rwanda: dealing with genocide
and crimes against humanity in the context of armed conflict and failed
political transition”, in BIGGAR, N. (ed.), Burying the Past. Making Peace and Doing
Justice after Civil Conflict, Washington, Georgetown University Press,
p.223-253; second, expanded and updated edition, 2003, 251-286.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (2001) “Les jurisdictions gacaca
et la poursuite des suspects auteurs
du génocide et des crimes contre
l’humanité”, in REYNTJENS, F. et
MARYSSE, S. (ed.), L’Afrique des Grands Lacs. Annuaire 1999-2000,
Paris, L’Harmattan, 2000, p.75-94. Also
published in Dialogue,
N°220, Janvier-Février 2001, 3-28
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2000) “Waarheidscommissies en herstel voor slachtoffers van
schendingen van de mensenrechten”, NoordZuid Cahier, Vol.25, No.4, 89-102
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. (1999) Justice,
reconciliation and reparation after genocide and crimes against humanity:
the proposed establishment of popular gacaca
tribunals in Rwanda,
Paper presented at the “All-Africa Conference on African Principles
of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation”, Addis Abeba,
8-12 November 1999.
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. and REYNTJENS, F. (2000) “Limits of traditional
negotiation and reconciliation mechanisms. Cases from the Great Lakes
Region of Africa”, in REYCHLER, L. and PAFFENHOLZ, T. (ed.), Peace-Building: A Field Guide, London, Lynne Rienner, 128-138
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OPINION ARTICLES
- VANDEGHINSTE, S. and KENNES, E. (2002) “Be Warned: ICC Will End
Impunity in Congo”,
East African, 1 July 2002
(also published as “La Cour Pénale Internationale: une chance pour la population congolaise?”,
La Libre Belgique, 29 June 2002 and as “Strafhof is een feit, met of zonder
VS”, De Standaard,
2 juli 2002)
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2002) "Pleidooi voor internationaal strafgerechtshof", De Standaard, 26 February 2002
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2001) "Over misdaden tegen de mensheid en straffeloosheid", De Morgen, 10 December
2001
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. (2001) "Immuniteit verhindert rechtspraak", De Standaard, 17 July 2001 (also published on 10 September 2001 in La
Libre Belgique)
- VANDEGHINSTE,
S. and HUYSE, L. (1999) "Rwanda worstelt met zijn verleden", De Standaard, January
1999.
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Ben Heylen
Ben.heylen@student.kuleuven.be
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Ben Heylen
holds a Candidate in Criminology (2003, K.U.Leuven),
a Licentiate in Criminology (2005, KU.Leuven, Simon Fraser University),
and is completing a Masters in European Criminology (K.U.Leuven).
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Research
Title
Creating Safe Spaces. Exploring the Use of Restorative Justice in Developmental
Disabilities.
Period
03/2005 – 08/2005
Funding
Private funding
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier(K.U.Leuven), Dr. Elizabeth Elliott (Simon Fraser
University).
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Abstract
This study describes the use of restorative justice in the area of
(cognitive) developmental disabilities in British Columbia, and searches for
special safeguards for developmentally disabled people in a
courtroom-setting. In a first part, available theory on restorative
justice, the psychology of apology and forgiveness, and developmental
disabilities are merged. Restorative Justice seems theoretically fit for
developmentally disabled people. A lot of overlap, be it in other wording,
exist between recent developments in psychology and the restorative justice
paradigm. In order to explore special safeguards for cognitively delayed
people in the courtroom, witness protection in the U.S. state Michigan was
used since it explicitely provided for protection
of developmentally disabled people, and the Youth Criminal Justice Act of
Canada was used as well, since the intellectual age of developmentally
disabled people is similar to the chronological age of youth. Using
interviews, the theoretical findings were presented to a focus group
consisting of restorative justice advocates, people active in the field of
developmental disabilities, and academics. The results point unanimously
towards an oppenness towards restorative justice
in this field. To conclude, further research recommendations were used.
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Title
Mass Victimization and Restorative Justice. In search for the
possibilities to apply restorative justice principles in the context of
dealing with the past. Case Studies South
Africa and the former Yugoslavia
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Period
11/2005-
Funding
Voluntary
Promoters
Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, Elmar G.M. Weitekamp
Abstract
See: Research Kris Vanspauwen
Ben Heylen joined the project to assist in the
computer-assisted data analysis.
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Ashlee Longmoore
Geldenaaksevest 52
3000 Leuven, Belgium
ashlee.longmoore@student.kuleuven.be
169 Habkirk Drive
Regina, SK, Canada
S4S 2X5
alongmoore@hotmail.com
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Ashlee Longmoore is currently working towards a Bachelor of
Human Justice with a minor in Women’s Studies at the University of Regina
in Canada.
She has come to study at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
for the academic year as a part of the Globus
Exchange Program. During the first semester she will study courses in law
and criminology. Following in the second semester she will have an
internship with an organization in Brussels.
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Scientific activities
Participant in the Globus Student Exchange Programme, a EC/Canada
Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and
Training, Funded by the European Commission (12/2003- ). Promotors: Prof. Dr. Elmar G.M. Weitekamp, Prof. Dr.
Stephan Parmentier.
Website: http://www.globus-socialjustice.org
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Community/Activist
Experience
Ready
for Work presentations to high schools
- Facilitated the “Got Rights” workshop for youth involved in
the “Road to Employment” program at the Rainbow Youth Center
- Deputy for the Pride Parade
- Development of the Young and Allied Workers Union
- Work on the Stop Violence Against Women campaign
- Work on the Saskatchewan Living Wage campaign
- Work on the campaign for Most Additional Hours legislation
- Figure skating coach for the Saskatchewan Special Olympics
- Girls soccer coach for Queen City Soccer
- Democracy in Trade Now! committee member
- Prairie School for Union Women committee
member
- Youth officer on the Regina Lakeview NDP Executive
- Youth committee member for the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
- Youth committee member for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store
Union Local 454
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