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April 20, 2006

Transitional Justice Fellowship Program

August 15-November 15, 2006
Cape Town, South Africa

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), invite applications for the Open Society Institute-supported Transitional Justice Fellowship Program, a funded, three-month residential fellowship program in Cape Town, South Africa, for approximately 12 professionals from select countries.

Over a three-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 them with the opportunity to develop a practitioner's network 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. At the end of the program, fellows receive a diploma in Transitional Justice from the ICTJ and the IJR.

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. One condition for a candidate's acceptance is an agreement to return to his/her respective country once the course is completed.

The 2006 fellowship program will seek to attract the most promising candidates from each selected country, while giving extra consideration to those who might not have already had as much exposure as others to international study and travel.

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, and conferences with professors from universities in Cape Town and elsewhere. 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 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 their home countries. In keeping with the goals of the program, citizens of societies currently engaged in transitional endeavors will receive particular consideration.

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