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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Creative Commons OxPeace 2022 Session 4: Part 1 Professor Phil Clark presents "Multi-Level Peacebuilding in the Covid-19 Era." Phil Clark 10 Jun 2022
2 Rwanda and refoulement: Can the 1951 Refugee Convention survive? In this episode of the Migration Oxford Podcast, we ask if the 1951 Refugee Convention is under attack. Catherine Briddick, Sabir Zazai 16 May 2022
3 Panel 1: What is the Role of International Actors in Shaping the Hierarchy of Memory? Jasna Dragovic-Soso, Lord John Alderdice, Rachel Ibreck give presentations in the first panel of the conference. Chaired by Jessie Barton-Hronesova. Jasna Dragovic-Soso, Lord John Alderdice, Rachel Ibreck, Jessie Barton-Hronesova 05 Jun 2020
4 Literature and Transitional Justice After the Rwandan Genocide: Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imama This paper discusses the problems of literary memorialization and quest for truth in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide as addressed by Veronique Tadjo’s The Shadow of Imana. Brendon Nicholls 03 Sep 2018
5 Genocide on Trial. Witnessing and Evidence at Rwanda's Gacaca Courts and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Julia Viebach investigates the everyday of witnessing at Rwanda’s Gacaca courts and contrasts its findings with the process of witnessing at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Julia Viebach 22 May 2018
6 FMR 55 General - Vulnerability of refugees with communication disabilities to SGBV: evidence from Rwanda Refugees with communication disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence, in part because of their limited ability to report abuse. Julie Marshall, Helen Barrett, Angelo Ebengo 11 Jul 2017
7 Courting Failure: When are International Criminal Courts likely to be believed by Local Audiences? Can we reliably predict whether the populations affected by mass atrocities will believe in the accounts of the facts and criminal responsibility that are produced by international criminal tribunals? Drawing on research in social psychology and on a seri Marko Milanovic 23 Nov 2016
8 FMR 53 - Refugees as a first stop for protection in Kampala As Rwandan refugees in Kampala, I and others like me are uniquely placed to help newly arrived refugees find their feet in the city. The work is demanding but vital. Eugenie Mukandayisenga 12 Oct 2016
9 FMR 53 - Combatting dependency and promoting child protection in Rwanda Continuing dependence on aid that waxes and wanes with time and that comes largely from external sources can lead to feelings of powerlessness. It can furthermore undermine family- and community-based initiatives to protect children. Saeed Rahman, Simran Chaudhri, Lindsay Stark, Mark Canavera 12 Oct 2016
10 When the diaspora takes charge: state making and diaspora return in Rwanda Simon Turner explores state and nation building in Rwanda since its 1994 genocide Simon Turner 23 Feb 2016
11 Creative Commons FMR 44 UNHCR in Uganda: better than its reputation suggests Mistrust and fear abound among Rwandan refugees in Uganda. The dearth of information available about cessation urgently needs to be addressed by UNHCR. Will Jones 04 Oct 2013
12 Creative Commons Constitutionalism, ethnicity and minority rights in Africa: a legal appraisal from the Great Lakes region Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2013. Seminar by Dr Jeremie Gilbert (University of East London) recorded on 22 May 2013 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Jeremie Gilbert 24 May 2013
13 Creative Commons Fullbright Lecture 2012: When can international intervention be justified and effective? The doctrine of the international community's responsibility to protect the citizens of a country whose government has failed them has strengthened the presumption in favour of international intervention for humanitarian reasons. Sir John Holmes 05 Dec 2012
14 Creative Commons The Legitimation of Criminal Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda: international, national and localised courts Dr Nikki Palmer (Oxford) gives a talk for the African Studies Centre seminar series on 8th February. Nikki Palmer 21 Feb 2012
15 Local Justice for genocide? Debating Accountability, Power and Reconciliation in Rwanda Panel Discussion Dr. Phil Clark recently published 'The Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda: Justice without Lawyers'. Phil Clark, Nicola Palmer, Harry Verhoeven, Astrid Jamar 10 Mar 2011
16 Creative Commons Politics and Genocide: Rwanda (African Studies Seminar) Dr Omar McDoom (London School of Economics) looks at a single community in southern Rwanda, using spatial mapping, in order to understand why some people chose to kill during the violence and others did not. Omar McDoom 06 Mar 2011
17 Rwanda and the Great Lakes: A personal view from the Oxfam Archive This podcast is the second part of a recording made on 25 August 2005 as part of the Oxfam Archive Oral History project and is an interview with Maurice Herson, he had many interesting and challenging times with Oxfam including in the Great Lakes crisis. John Magrath, Maurice Herson 11 Aug 2010
18 Rwanda: "Justice for Whom?" and "Peddling Justice" 2 lectures. Justice for Whom? Assessing Local Responses to Transitional Justice in Rwanda, Cambodia and Sierra Leone and Peddling Influence: A Rwandan Response to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Wendy Lambourne, Allison Turner 18 Jun 2010
19 Justice after Atrocity: A Cosmopolitan Pluralist Approach Why do ordinary people perpetrate genocide and crimes against humanity? How can these perpetrators be held accountable? Are international prosecutions effective? Is imprisonment a fitting punishment? Mark Drumbl 29 Jan 2009