Events

2007

August 20-30, Northern Uganda CSO Declaration on Agenda Item Three of the Juba Peace Talks. Over 100 civil society organizations were involved in consultative meetings in the regions of Acholi, Lango, Teso, and West Nile to reach a common position on the ongoing consultations on Accountability and Reconciliation at the Juba peace talks.

August 11, Lira Delcaration on Agenda Item 3 of the Juba Peace Talks (Accountability and Reconciliation) by Cultural and Religious Leaders, Women and Youth from Madi, Teso, Lando and Acholi Sub-Regions. The Lira Declaration is the result of a consultation attended and signed by the leadership of traditional and religious institutions, including women and youth representatives in these institutions.

June 25-27, JRP's Michael Otim presents at Building a Future on Truth and Justice, a conference held in Nuremberg, Germany.

May 13-15, JRP's Boniface Ojok presents paper entitled Amnesty Radio in Northern Uganda: Rhetoric and Reality at Radio Wars: Breaking the Waves of Hate, Turning the Tide towards Peace conference, held in Montréal.

May 30 - Join us at the Liu Institute for Global Issues for a fundraiser to support war-affected young mothers in northern Uganda. Click here for the event details.

April 16-18, JRP's Michael Otim presents on Transitional Justice and Peace Negotiations, hosted by the Nowegian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the International Centre for Transitional Justice, Oslo, Norway. Click here to read the presentation.

April 11-13, JRP's Lino Ogora Ogwal presents on traditional jusitce at the Youth Peace Actors Assembly, sponsored by the Foundation for Youth Transformation, Gulu, Uganda.

March 19, JRP's Erin Baines presents to the Canadian Federation of University Women, Northern Vancouver, BC on gender and justice.

March 7-9 JRP 's Erin Baines presents at the Failed, Failing and Fragile States workshop, UBC on peace vs. justice.

February, 25-26 JRP 's Erin Baines presents at the Human Rights and Social Justice Conference, University of Winnipeg on Gender and Justice.

2006

February 1, JRP presents at Centre for Research in Women’s Studies and Gender Relations, University of British Columbia.

February 10-11, JRP presents to the IDEALaw Conference, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. For more information, go here

March 2, JRP invited to participate in Northern Uganda Symposium Series, sponsdered by the Human Rights Centre, University of California, Berkeley. For more information, click here

June 5, JRP presented findings of its research in a seminar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues.

October 9, JRP invited to speak on justice issues at the Uganda Lobby Day and Symposium, Washington DC.

Nov. 11, JRP Mike Otim presents on traditional justice at the Symposium 'The Various Faces of Justice', University of Tokyo, Japan.

Nov. 15, Film 'The Search for International Justice' by Judy Jackson aired at Liu Institute, followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Gerald Caplan, James Otto, and Honorable Betty Aol Ocan, Vancouver Canada.

Nov. 18, JRP Consultative Workshop with Acholi Chiefs and Elders justice, Gulu, Northern Uganda. Report Forthcoming.

December 1-2. ‘Beyond Juba: Building Consensus on a Sustainable Peace Process for Uganda, RLP, Kampala

December 3-5. Transitional Justice and Displacement in the Great Lakes Region, RLP and ATJRSN, Kampala, Uganda.

December 6, JRP Presents in Amnesty Commission Training on Information, Counseling and Referral, on Traditional Justice. Gulu, Northern Uganda. See Concept Note and Summary.

June 15 Truth-Telling and Verification Workshop With Local Stakeholders on 'The Cooling of Hearts.' Gulu, 2007.

June 2 Towards a Common Understanding of Traditional, National, and International Justice Options, Seminar for Agenda Item 3 (Accountability and Reconciliation) at Juba Peace Talks. Juba, Sudan, 2007. Co-organised by JRP with ICTJ; convened by Ker Kwaro Acholi.

March 17-18 Workshop on Transitional Justice, Gulu, Uganda. 2006

Nov. 16-17 Advocacy, Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda, workshop at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, 2006