Workshops

May. Workshop on Accountability and Reconciliation in Uganda: Juba Peace Talks. Kampala, 2008.

June 15 Truth-Telling and Verification Workshop With Local Stakeholders on 'The Cooling of Hearts.' Gulu, 2007.

June 2 Towards a Common Understanding of Traditional, National, and International Justice Options, Seminar for Agenda Item 3 (Accountability and Reconciliation) at Juba Peace Talks. Juba, Sudan, 2007. Co-organised by JRP with ICTJ; convened by Ker Kwaro Acholi.

March 17-18 Workshop on Transitional Justice, Gulu, Uganda. 2006

Nov. 16-17 Advocacy, Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda, workshop at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, 2006

  Agenda

  Papers

The indictment of the top five rebel leaders has raised both fears and expectations, for how it might impact the Amnesty process, any future peace talks and possibly led to the capture and arrest of those deemed most responsible. In this context, questions and debate about the best way to pursue justice are extremely pressing in Uganda.

In order to begin to explore these questions in the context of northern Uganda, the Gulu District NGO Forum, International Center for Transitional Justice and Liu Institute for Global Issues convened a workshop among main stakeholders on March 17-18 at the GUSCO Peace Centre, Gulu. Participants included the Amnesty Commission (including its head, Justice Onega), the Ugandan Human Rights Commission (Commissioner Alero Omara), traditional leaders (including an opening by Rwot David Onen Acana II, Paramount Chief of the Acholi), religious leaders, NGO and civil society activists from across the country, women’s groups and youth leaders, academics from Gulu and Makarere, UN representatives (OHCHR and UNICEF), MPs, and others, including representatives from IDP camps in Kitgum, Pader and Gulu Districts. Between 60 and 70 participants in total attended and momentum throughout the discussions was very high, with most sessions going over time.