EVENTS CALENDAR Human Rights and Global Justice Working Group at George Mason University Presents: Seeking Justice in Post-Apartheid South Africa February 12, 2015 George Mason U – Fairfax Campus Open to: Faculty, Students, Alumni, and Public The Human Rights and Global Justice Working Group at George Mason University is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion featuring featuring Dr. Hugo van der Merwe, researcher at the Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa, founding editor of the International Journal of Transitional Justice, and Mason alumnus. Location: George Mason University, Fairfax Campus, Johnson Center, Room E (3rd floor), 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm Seeking Justice in Post-Apartheid South Africa While South Africa’s dramatic transition to democracy has been widely acclaimed, the legacy of apartheid era human rights abuses remain only partially addressed. Twenty years into democracy the challenge of accountability for past abuses, reparations for victims and pervasive inequality undermine democratic consolidation and contribute to ongoing violence. Civil society has played a key role in keeping these issues alive through using the democratic space available and drawing on an activist tradition. Location: Johnson Center, Room E (3rd floor), 4400 University Drive, Fairfax Co-sponsored by: School of Policy, Government and International Affairs (SPGIA) and the African and African- American Studies, and Global Programs About the speaker: Hugo van der Merwe received his PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University in 1999. For the last 17 years Hugo has been based at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa. He has managed a range of research, advocacy and intervention projects relating to transitional justice and peacebuilding processes in South Africa other countries on the continent. Hugo is the founding editor of the International Journal of Transitional Justice (OUP), and co-editor of Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice (1993), Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice: Challenges for Empirical Research, (2009) and Truth and Reconciliation: Did the TRC Deliver? (2010). This event is free and open to the public. For further information, please contact Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, Chair, Human Rights & Global Justice Working Group, at [email protected]
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