by Rosemary Grey, Australia The highlight of Monday's visit to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was an insightful address by Brenda Hollis, Chief Prosecutor of SCSL. In a comment that reflected the influence of restorative [...]

by Tina Svalina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Once the dynamic duo, Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein and Bill Stuebner hit the  stage, they were unstoppable. Although, the situations addressed were not in any  way comical, both speakers [...]

by Ruth Murambadoro, Zimbabwe Although Liberia is a founding member of the United Nations and African Union (former Organization for African Union), it has not been spared from the risk of  destabilizing global peace and [...]

by Maria Morell, Argentina As days go by, we are going deeper and deeper into the analysis of concrete case studies of post conflict transitions. After reviewing the Argentina transition and the unstopping seek for justice and [...]

by Colina Cole, United States of America The Hague Symposium cohort visited the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ITCY), which was established to prosecute high ranking officials for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia that occurred [...]

by Melani Van Der Merwe, South Africa The second week of The Hague Symposium has been amazing yet emotionally taxing and gripping...eye opening! Through the stories and pearls of wisdom shared by some of the [...]

by Jesse Delbridge, South Africa A difficult combination to achieve simultaneously is integration and self-determination,  especially considering that precious little economic integration has taken place since the  fall of the old regime. Whilst the transitional [...]

by Jenny Cook, United States of America Yesterday we were privileged to hear from not one but two world leaders in transitional justice. It was a great crossroad between two very important subjects: justice and truth. [...]

by Katherine Stodulka, Australia Pouring rain cannot dampen the friendships that are forming at The Hague Symposium, nor the eagerness to learn new skills and the feeling of privilege to be participating in such a unique [...]

by Margaret Quixley, Australia Week two began with the case study analyses of post-conflict transitions from around the world. Professor Juan Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and former President of the ICTJ, joined us to speak [...]