Promoting the EU Values in Transitional Justice Policies

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The Module ‘’Promoting the EU Values in Transitional Justice Policies” aims to fill the existing gap in the comprehensive understanding among students of Ukrainian legal and non-legal HEIs and wider public of the EU approach to restoring the rule of law and justice in situations of serious violations of international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL) during and aftermath armed conflicts. The Project will include the delivery of annual Certificate Programme (40 hours per year) ‘Promoting the EU Values in Transitional Justice Policies’: 8 lectures (off-line with simultaneous on-line streaming to distant attendees) with the following Workshop (off-line with simultaneous on-line streaming to distant attendees) and 12 practical sessions (on-line) offered to master’s students of law and international law studies and other non-legal faculties (political science, public administration, journalism, pedagogic science) as well as practitioners of different specialties (lawyers, state officials, CSO representatives). The Certificate programme will cover the following topics: 1. Introduction to EU Studies. 2. Introduction to Transitional Justice: Origins and Pillars of transitional justice (TJ). 3. The Framework on Support to TJ: the EU and Ukrainian policies. a) Pillar 1. Criminal accountability and amnesties; b) Pillar 2. Truth-telling and reconciliation; c) Pillar 3. Reparations; d) Pillar 4. Institutional reforms. 4. Practical dimension of EU approach to TJ: best practices of implementation.