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NEWS
Ukraine: One Year After Russia’s Escalated War
On February 27, 2023, the Centre held an online conference, Ukraine: One Year After Russia’s Escalated War. The first panel, chaired by Prof. Marta Dyczok, focused on information warfare, with speakers Yevhen Fedchenko, Journalism School, University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy; Andriy Kulykov, Hromadske Radio, Ukraine; and Roman Horbyk, Södertörn University College, Sweden.
The second panel, International Criminal Law and Russia's War on Ukraine, was chaired by Prof. Valerie Oosterveld, with speakers Kateryna Busol, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (on investigating conflict-related sexual violence); Wayne Jordash, Global Rights Compliance Law Firm and Foundation (on crime investigations in Ukraine); and Jennifer Trahan, New York University Center for Global Affairs (on the proposal for a tribunal on aggression).
The conference was sponsored by the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction; Western Law's Public and Private International Law Research Group; Faculty of Social Science; Department of History; and the Department of Political Science.
Videorecordings of the conference are available here:
Russia's War Part 1.mp4
Russia's War Part 2.mp4
The State and Indigenous Governance in North America and Sub-Saharan Africa:
A Cross-Disciplinary Discussion
The Centre co-hosted a successful workshop on May 4-6, 2022, entitled “The State and Indigenous Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa and North America.” The workshop brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from sub-Saharan Africa and North America to explore common governance challenges and successes in the realization of Indigenous rights in these two diverse regions.
An edited report summarizing and analyzing the presentations and discussions from the workshop is now available online and in printed form.
EVENTS
Conducting Research in Ukraine During War
Professor Marta Dyczok, Western University Departments of History and Political Science
Thursday, September 19, 2023
12:00-12:50 pm
Social Sciences SSC 6210
Gender Justice in Liberian Peace Huts - Options for Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Loyce Mrewa, Western Law PhD Candidate
Thursday, October 26, 2023
12:00-12:50 pm
Social Sciences SSC 6210
Child Soldiers and Transitional Justice
Professor Mark Drumbl, Washington & Lee Faculty of Law
Monday, February 13, 2023
3:30-4:30 pm
Social Sciences SSC 3026
The Future of Genocide Studies Panel
Thursday, November 17, 2022
5:00pm, via Zoom
Panel: Dr. Lemos (presiding), Ben Kiernan (emeritus, Yale University), Doris Bergen (University of Toronto), Victoria Tin-Bor Hui (University of Notre Dame), Andrew Woolford (Manitoba), and Lindsey Scorgie-Porter (Huron).
Cambridge World History of Genocide, Book Launch
Thursday, November 17, 2022
4:00-5:00 pm, via Zoom
Panel: Dr. Lemos (presiding), Ben Kiernan (emeritus, Yale University), Doris Bergen (University of Toronto), Victoria Tin-Bor Hui (University of Notre Dame), Andrew Woolford (Manitoba), and Lindsey Scorgie-Porter (Huron).
Ebola was a threat to our Peace, we had to stop it! Informal Caring Motivations, Liberian Women and the 2014 Ebola Epidemic
Thursday, November 24, 2022
3:30-4:30 pm
Social Sciences SSC 2024
Gender-Based Persecution and the International Criminal Court: Prosecution Strategy and Policy
Thursday, Dececember 1, 2022
3:30-4:30 pm
Social Sciences SSC 2024
