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DESCRIPTION:Is it possible to reconcile peace with justice in Syria? Should
  those responsible for atrocities be brought to justice or is amnesty/amne
 sia the better option?\n\nA panel with Mokhtar Lamani\, Sarwat Bashi\, and
  Tanya Monforte\; moderated by Payam Akhavan.\n\nMokhtar Lamani\, Internat
 ional Diplomat & Former Joint Special Representative for Syria\, UN League
  of Arab States\, was the Head of the Office of the UN-League of Arab Stat
 es Joint Special Representative for Syria in Damascus\, September 2012- Ma
 y 2014. Before his appointment in OJSRS-D\, Mr. Lamani was the Senior Visi
 ting Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)-C
 anada. Previously\, he served as Ambassador Special Representative of the 
 Arab League in Iraq\, appointed by the Arab Summit in 2006. On behalf of t
 he Arab League\, he worked to reconcile fractious parties and sectarian gr
 oups in Iraq while building peaceful relations between Iraq and neighborin
 g countries. His distinguished career in international diplomacy includes 
 a number of positions with the General Secretariat of the Arab League\, in
 cluding Deputy Permanent Observer to the UN\, Officer in Charge of Iraq-Ku
 wait dispute\, Coordinator of Secretariat Reform\, and Coordinator of the 
 Euro-Arab Dialogue and Afro-Arab Cooperation\, Responsible of European rel
 ations.\n\nSarwat Bashi\, O’Brien Fellow in Residence & Specialist in Inte
 rnational Human Rights and Justice in the Middle East and Syria\, is an in
 ternational human rights and justice specialist with wide experience in th
 e field of civil society. He worked at the International Rescue Committee 
 in Turkey for more than two years as a Protection and Rule of Law Manager.
  In 2015\, Mr. Bashi became a Fellow of the United Nations Alliance of Civ
 ilization (UNAOC) to research and provide advice on migration and integrat
 ion issues. Prior to his UNAOC role\, Mr. Bashi worked as a Research Consu
 ltant for Human Rights Watch\, spending more than a year in the emergency 
 division in northern Syria\, investigating\, documenting and exposing huma
 n rights violations in crisis situations on a rapid-response basis.\n\nTan
 ya Monforte\, O’Brien Graduate Fellow & Former Director of the Internation
 al Human Rights M.A. Program\, American University in Cairo\, is the forme
 r director of the International Human Rights M.A. Program at the American 
 University in Cairo\, where she was also a professor of law and served on 
 the steering committee of the Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies. Sh
 e has been a visiting faculty at Brown University\, Addis Ababa University
 \, and the University of Texas. Ms. Monforte’s background in the sociology
  of law has contributed to her interdisciplinary approach to law. Particip
 ating in a research group of scholars from various social science discipli
 nes and institutions in the Global South\, she has developed a critical re
 search agenda on the international protection of the child. She has publis
 hed on the topic of children associated with armed groups and has a forthc
 oming publication on peace education during times of conflict.\n
DTSTART:20161004T183000Z
DTEND:20161004T200000Z
LOCATION:Stephen Scott Seminar Room (OCDH 16)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, 
 QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Reconciling Peace with Justice in Syria
URL:/law/channels/event/reconciling-peace-justice-syri
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