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Active 3 months, 3 weeks agoPosition: Chercheur en Justice Transitionnelle et réconciliation Organisation / institution: Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA) Bio: Détenteur d\'un diplôme de maitrise en étude de paix et conflits, faculté de sciences sociales. Depuis 2021, j\'occupe le poste d\'enseignant et chercheur à l\'Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), département et transformation des conflits. En 2024, j\'ai participé dans une conférence nationale sur les conflits, pillages de ressources et violences extrêmes sous le haut patronage du Président de la République Démocratique du Congo, Son Excellence Félix Antoine Tshisekedi. Aujourd\'hui, je suis consultant indépendant sur les mécanismes de prévention et gestion des conflits au sein de BUCOP, Agence Pont pour la Paix et le Développement. Directeur d\'un cabinet de Paix et de réconciliation (CEPR-RDC) Skills and expertise: Depuis 2023, spécialiste en matière de justice transitionnelle et réconciliation dans les zones en conflits armés. Mon intérêt repose sur les questions de justice transitionnelle et processus de réconciliation entre les communautés affectées par les effets de la guerre et/ou conflits armés, notamment les crimes contre l\'humanité et les violations de droits humains et de droit international humanitaire. Reason for membership: Apprendre avec les autres; analyser les violations de droits humains et droit international humanitaire; participer dans les conférences sur la gestion des conflits, violences, paix et sécurité humaine Location: Afrique centrale (République Démocratique du Congo) Social Media: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davier-pierre-swedi-07210b159 -
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Active 4 months agoPosition: Advocacy Specialist Organisation / institution: CSVR Bio: Dr. Bobuin Jr. Valery is an Advocacy Specialist at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. His expertise is grounded in transitional justice, peace and security, violent extremism, and governance in fragile settings. He actively engages with state-level institutions to influence policy, including interventions with the United Nations, the African Union, the G5 Sahel, ECOWAS and ECCAS. And with parliaments and state ministries across Africa. His work focuses on proposing model transitional justice approaches to address several developmental challenges and governance deficits in Africa. He holds a Doctor of Laws in Constitutional Law and the Philosophy of Law from the Universiteit van die Vrystaat, South Africa. Skills and expertise: Transitional Justice, Human Rights, Violent Extremism, Law, Stakeholder Management. -
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Active 4 months agoAdditional Name: Andrew Position: National Network Coordinator Organisation / institution: West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Sierra Leone Bio: A peacebuilding and development enthusiast working with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Sierra Leone. Skills and expertise: Peace building Project Management Transitional justice Reason for membership: Knowledge exchange and learning Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone -
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Active 4 months agoPosition: Director Organisation / institution: JABIC CONSULTS Bio: Jackson Odong is a development and social justice activist-academic with over a decade work experience in research on peacebuilding, transitional justice, forced migration, conflict analysis, and post-war development in Uganda. Jackson has a track-record of working towards social healing, economic empowerment and transformative justice with impactful advocacy engagements at the African Union as well as regional and international events in Ethiopia, Sudan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, UK and the Netherlands. Overall, Jackson is an Academic, Author, Activist, Practitioner, Consultant and a serial Entrepreneur. Skills and expertise: Research and Training in Transitional Justice and Development Reason for membership: To contribute to transitional justice research agenda, policy forums, consultation processes, and experience sharing Location: Uganda, East Africa Social Media: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackson-odong-36430828 -
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Active 4 months agoPosition: Chief research officer Organisation / institution: University of Cape Town Bio: Dr. Annette Hübschle is a Chief Research Officer in the Public Law Department and co-leads the Global Risk Governance Programme affiliated with the Centre of Criminology at the University of Cape Town. She leads the Environmental and Planetary Futures research group, which focuses on the governance of environmental, climate and AI risks and harms, illegal markets, and transnational crimes. Her work sits at the intersection of public law, criminology, and economic sociology, with a particular focus on how harms are produced, governed, and contested across socio-ecological systems.Her newer research advances AI harmscapes: the risks, governance gaps, and justice implications emerging from AI systems as they interact with unequal infrastructures, exclusion, and environmental and security futures. In this area, she leads the AI governance and community engagement streams of the African hub for AI Safety, Peace and Security at UCT. Skills and expertise: AI governance AI harms and ethics AI harmscapes AI ethics Reason for membership: Collaboration and interest in exchanging ideas; collective action Location: Cape Town, South Africa Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annette-hübschle-phd-b1b1677/ -
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Active 4 months agoPosition: Web Developer Organisation / institution: Two Fishes Design Bio: Obtaining a Business Communication and Graphic Design degree at North West University in 2002 laid the foundation for Esté’s career. She built her experience from the ground up – first working for an advertising agency in Somerset West in 2004 and then moving to Cape Town for 2-years of dtp and printing know-how in the industry. Skills and expertise: Designer and web developer Location: South Africa -
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Active 4 months agoPosition: Executive Director Organisation / institution: Tigray Human Rights Advocacy Network (THRAN) Bio: Haregot Zeray holds MA in Human Rights from Addis Ababa University. He has served in higher educational institutions in Ethiopia in the capacity of lecturer for 10 years. Previously, he worked as a senior human rights expert, program manager and project coordinator at the Tigray Human Rights Advocacy Network (THRAN). He currently serves as Executive Director of THRAN, leading Human rights Advocacy, education, training, research, monitoring and investigation to uphold human rights, advance Transitional justice and foster peace building in Tigray, Ethiopia. Skills and expertise: Haregot Zeray Possesses strong foundational computer skills and excels in speaking, writing, listening and reading four languages: Tigrigna, Amharic, English and Geez. Reason for membership: To exchange ideas, knowledge, experiences and jointly work for the advancement of Transitional justice in the continent in general and Ethiopia in particular Location: Tigray, Ethiopia -
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Active 4 months, 2 weeks agoPosition: Principal Organisation / institution: Center for Memory and Reparations Bio: Joseph Ben Kaifala is a Sierra Leonean writer and historian. He is the founder and principal of the Center for Memory and Reparations - facilitating remembrance and collective narratives around the Sierra Leonean civil war. Joseph is also the founder of the Jeneba Project - which provides educational opportunities to adolescent girls in Sierra Leone. He works in areas of International Law, Transitional Justice, Human Rights, and Education. He is currently a commissioner and chairman of Sierra Leone\'s Monuments and Relics Commission. Skills and expertise: International Law Human Rights Transitional Justice Remembrance And Memorialization Reason for membership: A vital network Location: Freetown | Sierra Leone
