UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Swigart to speak in The Hague
Leigh Swigart will speak in late September to participants in the Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law and International Courts, organized annually in The Hague by the International Judicial Academy, about the research that culminated in the publication of The International Judge: an Introduction to the Men and Women who Decide the World’s Cases.
North American Judicial Colloquium
The North American Judicial Colloquium, the third in a series of colloquia, will bring together national judges with their international counterparts from 6-8 November 2008 at Brandeis.
Conference on women and access to justice in Africa
As a follow-up to West African Judicial Colloquia, Programs in International Justice and Society is collaborating with Partners in Gender Justice and the United Nations Development Program on a conference scheduled for 19-21 November 2008 in Ghana.
Next BIIJ scheduled
The sixth session of the Brandeis Institute for International Judges will be held in Trinidad, the home of the Caribbean Court of Justice, in January 2009.
Brandeis Programs in International Justice and Society
The Peace Palace in The Hague
The world of international justice is complex and changing. Over the past several decades, a number of new international justice institutions have been established in response to specific events and to a generalized view that some kinds of judicial proceedings can best serve the interests of the global community. At the same time, many processes meant to complement international justice have emerged, such as truth and reconciliation commissions, localized forms of justice adapted to new circumstances, and various human rights endeavors. Neither institutions of justice nor complementary processes take their forms from legal notions alone; they are products of complex social realities and subsequently serve to shape these same realities. The field of international justice thus benefits from a multidisciplinary perspective that incorporates the insights not only of law but also of the humanities and social sciences.
Brandeis Programs in International Justice and Society aim to enhance the work of the international justice system by informing the general public about its accomplishments and challenges, serving the needs of the international judiciary through institutes and meetings, and encouraging inquiry on related activities in the fields of human rights and complementary justice programs. Central to the formulation of the Brandeis programs is the inclusion of intellectual approaches provided by literature, history, anthropology, philosophy and many other disciplines. The staff of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life strives to enrich the experience of practitioners of international justice and its "constituents"--judges, attorneys, victims, witnesses, scholars, advocates and others--by developing programs that take account of the full complexity of justice institutions and the work they perform.
Brandeis Programs in International Justice and Society are directed by Leigh Swigart.