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SUMMARY:Rule of Law Training
DESCRIPTION:The Matra Rule of Law Training Programme is designed to strengthen institutional capacity in the field of rule of law within government organisations in Albania\, Armenia\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Georgia\, Kosovo\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Serbia\, Türkiye\, and Ukraine. Each year we offer (hybrid) training courses\, providing participants with insights into best practices across a wide range of rule of law topics. \n\n\n\nThrough interactive sessions that blend theory with practical skills\, as well as study visits\, our programme equips policy advisors\, members of the judiciary and other civil servants working in the government and justice sectors with the knowledge and skills needed to drive reforms within their respective countries. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, by taking part in the training programme\, participants become part of a large international network of alumni\, lecturers and public institutions in the Netherlands and in the target countries. This network serves as a platform for learning\, exchange and collaboration. \n\n\n\nThe Matra Rule of Law Training Programme is designed and delivered by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee\, Leiden Law School and The Hague Academy for Local Governance. It is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands\, and administered by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) on behalf of the Ministry. For questions relating to the Matra Rule of Law Training Programme please contact us via matrarolt@nhc.nl \n\n\n\nThe following hybrid training courses are on offer in 2024-2025: \n\n\n\nIn 2024-2025 the following hybrid training courses are offered: \n\n\n\n1. Administration of Justice (full brochure) \n\n\n\nThis training will focus on the “judicial” dimension of Chapter 23. The training will focus on the fundamental principles of judicial organisation under the EU acquis – with a special focus on the case law of the EU Court of Justice – and groundbreaking case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Participants will also learn about best practices in the administration of justice in the Netherlands\, and the organisation and functioning of the judiciary. Participants will be introduced to the concept of independence and impartiality as developed in the robust case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Participants will discuss the legal framework regarding the principles of accountability and independence and the application of these principles; judicial culture as a backdrop against which courts function; the role of judicial councils and the role of precedent in legal practice. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 02 to 13 December 2024 and will be held in-person from 20-31 January 2025. Applications are now closed. \n\n\n\n2. Integrity of Civil Servants (full brochure) \n\n\n\nPublic integrity is a core value of the European vision on good governance. It is essential for a well-functioning and transparent government\, and an important precondition for economic growth. This training will help participants developing integrity policies\, in order to ensure transparency\, accountability\, efficiency and ethical behaviour within government institutions. \n\n\n\nThis training will focus on three pillars of public integrity as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): system\, culture and accountability. Participants will discuss international and European standards\, while also learning about examples and practices from the Netherlands. How are integrity policies designed\, implemented and enforced? \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 27 January – 07 February 2025 and will be held in-person from 10 – 21 March 2025. \n\n\n\n3. Public Procurement (full brochure) \n\n\n\nThe acquis on public procurement includes general principles of transparency\, free movement of goods\, and non-discrimination. In addition\, specific EU rules apply for the coordination of awarding public works contracts\, services and supplies. Government contracts are of great economic and strategic importance and it is therefore necessary that systems are designed in such a way that conflicts of interest and corruption are prevented as much as possible. \n\n\n\nWith this training\, we want to increase knowledge of European regulations in the field of public procurement by looking at Dutch and international experience with regard to legitimacy and integrity of the purchasing process. Strong\, independent institutions protect the integrity of the system. This prevents inappropriate political or economic influence. This training also pays attention to gender responsive and transformative public procurement\, showing casing how public procurement can contribute to increasing gender equality. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 27 January – 07 February 2025 and will be held in-person from 10 – 21 March 2025. \n\n\n\n4. Management of Public Services (full brochure) \n\n\n\nThis training addresses the question of how the public sector can be better organised to enable good public services. We look at the public sector from the perspective of multi-level governance: cooperation and coordination between multiple layers of government\, non-government actors and citizens for effective and efficient public services. Challenges surrounding decentralisation and privatisation (including public-private partnerships) are discussed\, including the financing of services. We also discuss the potential of digitalisation to make services more efficient\, transparent and accessible\, as well as accompanying challenges – for example regarding privacy\, data security and the digital divide. We discuss the importance of good personnel policy for well-functioning public institutions and services. We look at issues such as merit-based selection and promotion\, transparent performance assessments and offering training and development opportunities to government officials. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 12 to 23 May 2025\, and in-person from 09 to 20 June 2025. Click here to apply. \n\n\n\n5. Management of Borders (full brochure) \n\n\n\nAll Matra countries share common challenges when it comes to migration\, asylum\, border management and organised transnational crime. The Western Balkans and Turkey are located on the crossroads of migration routes from conflict areas to EU member states\, while Armenia\, Georgia\, Moldova and Ukraine share common challenges in the field of border management and adjusting national legislation in order to meet the EU acquis. \n\n\n\nIn this training\, participants will strengthen their knowledge of EU asylum law and its interpretation by European courts. Sessions will be dedicated to the EU acquis\, including the EU return and readmission policy. In the field of border management\, participants will learn about Schengen legislation and the mandate of Frontex\, whiles sessions will also be held on the fight against organised crime. \n\n\n\nThe training will be held online from 12 to 23 May 2025 and in-person from 09 to 20 June 2025. Click here to apply. \n\n\n\n6. Human Rights \n\n\n\nDepending on the selected participants\, this training can be used in a number of ways to address fundamental and human rights. All government policy initiatives must be monitored for their impact on (human) rights and there must be mechanisms for monitoring and correcting practices that conflict with these rights. This training looks at mechanisms and policies that can be used to (better) safeguard internationally agreed human rights standards. Together with Dutch institutions active in this area\, we will exchange practical experiences with the participants and encourage them to reflect on the situation in their own country. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 15 to 26 September 2025\, and in-person from 6 to 17 October 2025. \n\n\n\n7. (Functioning of) Democratic Institutions \n\n\n\nWell-functioning institutions that guarantee democracy\, the rule of law and human rights are essential for preserving the EU’s identity and values. They must guarantee and safeguard fundamental rights and freedoms. In this training we not only look at international standards (the role of the Venice Commission and the Council of Europe)\, but also at practice: how can civil servants themselves contribute to democratic policy and decision-making and increasing confidence in the government? How can organisations work more transparently? And how can the distance between the government and the citizen be reduced? \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 10 to 21 November 2025\, and in-person from 01 to 12 December 2025. \n\n\n\nThese training was held in 2023-2024: \n\n\n\nJudicial Cooperation \n\n\n\nIn this training we look at the importance of collaboration within the justice sector\, both at a national and international level. We will tailor the programme specifically based on the sectors in which the selected participants work. For example\, we look at the ways in which international cooperation between judges works (recognition of foreign judgments\, transfer of suspects). Regarding the enforcement of sentences\, we look at chain cooperation\, in which the fundamental values and standards of the EU are central. For example\, within criminal law\, the right balance must be found between punishment\, reintegration and the protection of victims and society. When it comes to punishment\, we will highlight the value of alternative sanctions to prison sentences. Within this training we pay special attention to cooperation between civil servants and civil society\, because Dutch chain cooperation within criminal law between government parties and civil society is highly developed and is often a revelation for experts from other countries. \n\n\n\nThis training was held online from 11 to 22 November 2024\, and in-person from 1 to 14 December 2024. \n	Register Here This link opens in a new tab\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/rule-of-law-training/
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SUMMARY:Feel at Home Event
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to get involved in the different international communities in The Hague or are you just curious to meet other internationals? The Feel at Home event is a great way to meet and mingle! \n\n\n\nJoin the Hague International Centre’s Feel at Home event on Monday 24 March 2025 at De Boterwaag in the city center of The Hague\, for an informative and engaging evening! Meet a panel of experts who will provide you with helpful information on a wide range of topics such as housing\, education\, taxes\, healthcare\, social clubs\, international communities and more. \n\n\n\nParticipation is free for everyone and includes a drink and snacks.
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/feel-at-home-event/
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SUMMARY:Protecting Culture in Times of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Humanitarian Governance webinar series \n\n\n\n© Cultural Emergency Response\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Cultural Emergency Response and The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre at the International Institute of Social Studies\, for a webinar on protecting culture in times of crisis.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers Nimalka Passanha (Project Coordinator at CER)\, Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits (Associate Professor in Conflict & Peace Studies at ISS) and Kaira Zoe Canete (Senior Researcher at HSC) will discuss the connection between psychosocial care and humanitarian crisis\, the interplay between physical sites\, buildings and artefacts and the societies in which they are situated\, and the importance of maintaining the agency of people within a crisis through their (material and non) culture. \n\n\n\nThe speakers will also look at the role of international agencies and organisations in facilitating recovery and agency for those affected by crisis\, as well as the role of cultural (re)generation and preservation in peacebuilding. \n\n\n\nWhat is Cultural Emergency Response?\n\n\n\nCultural Emergency Response (CER) is an international NGO that collaborates with local partners to safeguard heritage at risk from disaster or conflict.  \n\n\n\nActing as a cultural ambulance\, CER facilitates rapid and flexible first-aid interventions to protect culture in crisis\, preventing irreversible loss and ensuring its preservation for future generations. Since 2003\, CER has supported over 560 cultural emergency projects across more than 85 vulnerable and hard-to-reach countries\, always working in direct partnership with local actors. Its cultural emergency response mechanism remains active at all times\, with grant applications for first-aid to heritage under threat accepted on a rolling basis. \n\n\n\nNimalka Passanha is a Project Coordinator at Cultural Emergency Response (CER)\, overseeing acute cultural emergency response projects and fostering global partnerships. She plays a key role in strengthening CER’s emergency response mechanism\, including early-warning systems\, scouting efforts\, and proactive network development in vulnerable regions. She currently leads CER’s Action Plans in Ukraine and Palestine.
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/protecting-culture-in-times-of-crisis/
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SUMMARY:Conference - Innovative ways to counter terrorism: the role of transitional justice
DESCRIPTION:flowers and candles on the ground at the memorial service\n\n\n\nThe conference will address whether and how transitional justice (TJ) can be used as an innovative way to counter terrorism by analysing the Northern Ireland and Colombian cases. TJ is defined by the United Nations as “the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempts to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past abuses\, in order to ensure accountability\, serve justice and achieve reconciliation.” It is based on four pillars: justice\, truth\, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence\, which should be implemented holistically to redress human rights abuses. TJ approaches are victim-centred and aim to foster memory and reconciliation within a society.  \n\n\n\nThe objective of this conference is to generate a better understanding of TJ’s potential relevance within a counter-terrorism context and raise awareness amongst practitioners\, academics\, and policymakers on its possible uses in a countering terrorism context. Focusing on the examples of Northern Ireland and Colombia\, it aims to analyse what and how TJ mechanisms can contribute to reducing the terrorist threat in the long term\, fostering national security\, transforming victims and survivors into active counter-terrorism actors\, and promoting reconciliation.   \n\n\n\nThe conference will therefore build the necessary bridges between TJ and counter-terrorism. It will convene academic researchers from relevant disciplines and stimulate critical reflections on the interactions and divergences of TJ and counter-terrorism. Additionally\, it will engage a multi-stakeholder approach\, bringing together scholars\, practitioners\, policymakers\, and civil society and serve as a ground for networking and partnerships for future research.  \n\n\n\nThe one-day conference will take place at T.M.C. Asser Instituut and be co-organised by the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace\, Security and Justice\, Queen’s University Belfast This link opens in a new tab. It will consist of two panels: one focusing on Colombia and one on Northern Ireland and be complemented by two keynote lectures.  \n\n\n\nView the full programme of this conference. This link opens in a new tab \n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\n\nProf. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin This link opens in a new tab (Professor of Law\, QUB and Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism) This link opens in a new tab \n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Richard English This link opens in a new tab (Professor of Politics and Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace\, Security\, and Justice\, QUB)   \n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Josefina Echavarría This link opens in a new tab Álvarez This link opens in a new tab (Professor of the Practice and Director of the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) Program at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies\, University of Notre Dame)  This link opens in a new tab This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Chris Maccabe This link opens in a new tab (Honorary Professor of Practice of Conflict Resolution at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace\, Security and Justice\, QUB) This link opens in a new tab  \n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Cheryl Lawther This link opens in a new tab (Professor of Law\, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace\, Security and Justice\, QUB) This link opens in a new tab   \n\n\n\n\n\nDr Lina Malagon Diaz This link opens in a new tab (Senior Lecturer in Politics\, Human Rights and Gender\, UWE Bristol) \n\n\n\n\n\nDr  This link opens in a new tabBeatriz Mayans Hermid This link opens in a new taba (VU Amsterdam) (TBC)\n\n\n\n\nModerators:  \n\n\n\n\nDr Niki Siampakou This link opens in a new tab (Researcher\, T.M.C. Asser Instituut)  This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\nMs Zsófia Baumann This link opens in a new tab (Junior Researcher\, T.M.C. Asser Instituut)  This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\nMr Antonio Guzmán Mutis This link opens in a new tab (Junior Researcher\, T.M.C. Asser Instituut)\n\n\n\n\nScientific organisation comittee: \n\n\n\n\nDr Niki Siampakou This link opens in a new tab (T.M.C. Asser Instituut)  This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\nDr Christophe Paulussen This link opens in a new tab (T.M.C. Asser Instituut)  This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\nProf. Cheryl Lawther This link opens in a new tab (QUB)  This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\n\nCo-organiser: Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace\, Security and Justice\, Queen’s University Belfast This link opens in a new tab \n\n\n\nFinancial contributors:  \n\n\n\n\nBritish Embassy in the Netherlands  This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\n\n\nKNVIR  This link opens in a new tab\n\n\n\n\nKroc Institute for International Peace Studies of the University of Notre Dame This link opens in a new tab 
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/conference-innovative-ways-to-counter-terrorism-the-role-of-transitional-justice-2/
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SUMMARY:[Movies that Matter film festival] Justice Frame Day
DESCRIPTION:Together with the Asser Institute and VU Amsterdam\, Movies that Matter presents a full-day in-depth exploration into the world of film and global justice. Participants have exclusive access to closed sessions of the Global Justice Cinema seminar and access to the Masterclass and the Justice Frame Night.  \n\n\n\nGlobal Justice Cinema seminar\n\n\n\nDocumentary film is a very powerful medium in the field of global justice. It can document human rights violations\, prove war crimes in court\, or communicate a strong call for solidarity and action. But documentary filmmaking is never just a ‘neutral’ registration of reality. In two sessions\, Professor Wouter Werner and Dr Sofia Stolk (VU Amsterdam) invite you to explore the connection between justice\, documentary film\, truth and evidence with a focus on the films in the Justice Frame competition.  \n\n\n\nWouter Werner This link opens in a new tab and Sofia Stolk This link opens in a new tab work at the transnational law department at VU Amsterdam where they research and teach\, amongst other things\, on film and knowledge production in the context of international law\, human rights\, and world politics.  \n\n\n\nMasterclass with Nani Jansen Reventlow\n\n\n\nThe Justice Frame Masterclass 2025 is delivered by Nani Jansen Reventlow This link opens in a new tab. Justice will be the central focus of this year’s masterclass. Illustrated by film fragments from the Justice Frame programme and Nani Jansen Reventlow’s book “Radical Justice”\, many facets of justice will be touched upon.   \n\n\n\nNani Jansen Reventlow is an author and award-winning human rights lawyer specialised in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights\, social justice\, and technology. \n\n\n\nShe is the founder of Systemic Justice This link opens in a new tab\, an organisation that seeks to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial\, social and economic justice. Nani has an extensive background in promoting human rights in the digital context and in defending journalists and activists in some of the most repressive environments in the world. She previously founded and built the Digital Freedom Fund This link opens in a new tab\, which supports digital rights litigation. \n\n\n\nNani is the author of Radicale rechtvaardigheid This link opens in a new tab (Radical justice)\, a collection of 9 essays on how to build a better world\, published in Dutch in 2024 with an English edition coming soon. \n\n\n\nJustice Frame Night  \n\n\n\nThe documentary The Bibi Files (Alexis Bloom) will be at the centre of this year’s Justice Frame Night. The documentary explores the legal battle of the corruption cases related to Israeli President Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu. Following the film\, there will be a panel with inspiring guest speakers.  \n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\n11:00-12:15 Global Justice Cinema seminar – part 1 | Filmhuis Den Haag – studio B12:25-13:15 Lunch13:15-14:30 Global Justice Cinema seminar – part 2 | Filmhuis Den Haag – studio B15:15-16:30 Masterclass with Nani Jansen Reventlow | Filmhuis Den Haag – zaal 519:30-22:30 Justice Frame Night: The Bibi Files | Theater aan het Spui Grote Zaal \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nJustice Frame Day Regular: €54 | Youth (under 29 years): €26 \n\n\n\nSeminar: Only accessible with Justice Frame Day combi-ticket \n\n\n\nMasterclass: Regular: €7.50 / youth ticket (under 29 years): free \n\n\n\nJustice Frame Night: Regular: €13.50 / youth ticket (under 29 years): €8.50 \n\n\n\nJustice Frame Day combi-tickets are on sale from 20 February.  \n\n\n\nRegular ticket sales start on 6 March 2025
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/movies-that-matter-film-festival-justice-frame-day/
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