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Constitutions and peace processes

Date
28 January 2021
Time
16:00-17:30 CET
Location
Online
Event banner Constitutions and peace processes

The Berghof Foundation and the UN Mediation Support Unit invite you to an online event about constitutional issues and peace processes. 

Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora, International IDEA´s Secretary-General will do the opening remarks and other experts, will address the following questions in a panel discussion: What are the ways in which constitutional issues may arise at different stages of a peace process? What are the pressing challenges when constitutional change for the long term is undertaken in a peace process, including those regarding its timing, progression, scale and design?

The Berghof Foundation will launch the publication Constitutions and Peace Processes: A Primer.  

 

MORE ABOUT THE EVENT

Remarks by:

  • Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
  • Andrew Gilmour, Executive Director, Berghof Foundation
  • Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs – Department of Peace Operations
  • Sibylle Sorg, Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Assistance, German Federal Foreign Office

Background and key insights of the publication: Luxshi Vimalarajah, Senior Advisor, Mediation and Development, Berghof Foundation

Panel discussion with:​

  • Barney Afako, Lawyer and expert on transitional justice; Senior member of the Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
  • Nicholas Haysom, United Nations Special Adviser
  • Christina Murray, Senior member of the Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, United Nations Department of Political Affairs; Professor Emeritus at University of Cape Town
  • Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Research Network on Peace Operations at the Université de Montréal
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