The Transitional Justice Fellowship Program
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY - JULY 2003

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), working in partnership with the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), invites applications for the Transitional Justice Fellowship Program, a funded, six-month residential fellowship program in Cape Town, South Africa, for 26 professionals from 13 different countries to study transitional justice.

Over a six-month period, fellows will discuss multiple strategies to be deployed following a period of conflict or repressive rule in order to bring about a more just, democratic and peaceful society in their respective countries. The training will also provide an opportunity for them to develop a network of human rights advocates within and across these world regions. The goal of the program is for fellows to participate in and make informed contributions to the development of transitional justice strategies in their home countries.

Two fellows each will be selected from nine African countries (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) and four Southeast Asian countries (Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, and Indonesia). Only nationals of these countries may apply in the 2003 competition. In most cases, current residents of these countries will be given priority over those living abroad, although some exceptions will be made.

Candidates for the program—including accomplished human rights professionals, democracy and justice activists, journalists, lawyers, teachers, social workers or other professionals who are committed to ensuring that their society deals with the past in a just and responsible manner—will be selected through a rigorous application process. A condition for a candidate’s acceptance is a signed statement agreeing to return to his/her respective country once the course is completed.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The program encourages fellows to engage in significant dialogue and undertake productive collaboration with each other. To this end, it includes regular core seminars, workshops, conferences, an internship/affiliation with a local NGO, and one regular, post-graduate-level course at a university such as the University of Cape Town or the University of the Western Cape. Throughout the program, fellows will be asked to share experiences, relate the lessons of their academic work and fieldwork and debate critical issues of transitional justice.

The 2003 fellowship program will seek to attract the most promising candidates from each selected country, while at the same time giving extra consideration to those who might not have already had as much exposure as others to international study and travel.

The program seeks men and women who demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions to discussions about transitional justice in the coming years in their home countries. The selection process will strive to achieve a mix of people at different levels in their careers, as well as a diverse group from different backgrounds, but all will have demonstrated a deep commitment to human rights and most will have already made important contributions to transitional justice debates in his or her home country.
PLEASE SUBMIT COMPLETE APPLICATIONS BY OCTOBER 4TH 2002

THE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM,
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (ICTJ)
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