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Burundi: Rights groups debate justice
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Posted on: 23 July 2002, 03:34, from , ,
In Category: Society_and_Culture
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A five-day seminar on national and international law opened on Monday in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi traumatised by years of inter-ethnic conflict.
Financed by the EC and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participants are examining issues such as traditional African ways to end conflicts; transitional justice - the impact of a truth and reconciliation commission on a society in conflict; the role of NGOs in such a commission; various forms of compensation for victims of rights abuses; the death penalty; and respect for human rights.
The seminar - organised by Burundian League of Human Rights, ITEKA, and the International Federation of human Rights - brings together some 50 politicians, human rights practitioners and members of civil society. BURUNDI: Rights groups debate justice
A five-day seminar on national and international law opened on Monday in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi traumatised by nine years of inter-ethnic conflict.
Financed by the EC and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participants are examining issues such as traditional African ways to end conflicts; transitional justice - the impact of a truth and reconciliation commission on a society in conflict; the role of NGOs in such a commission; various forms of compensation for victims of rights abuses; the death penalty; and respect for human rights.
The seminar - organised by Burundian League of Human Rights, ITEKA, and the International Federation of human Rights - brings together some 50 politicians, human rights practitioners and members of civil society. -->
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