Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
The IHJR seeks to dispel public myths about historic legacies
in societies divided by ethnic conflict
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In 2010 the IHJR made considerable progress with its projects, finalizing several shared narratives, including a report on political myths in the Balkans and a pilot project on IDPs in Kenya. 2010 also marked the launching of a new project in Turkey and Armenia and bringing its four projects in the Middle East to near completion. For more information, please download the annual report of 2010.
2009 Annual Report
The IHJR has taken important strides forward in developing the field of historical justice and reconciliation. The IHJR can proudly count as a key accomplishment its own transformation from being a “project” of the Salzburg Global Seminar to an independent institute in The Hague in October 2008. It is now recognized not only in The Netherlands but internationally as a center undertaking issues of historical justice and reconciliation. Our annual report of 2009, which can be downloaded here, reflects the developments of the IHJR during its first full year of independence.
The CHDR is an outcome of the IHJR Project in the Former Yugoslavia.
The IHJR works in partnership with the Salzburg Global Seminar.
IHJR Staff and Experts
Executive Director
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Catherine Cissé van den Muijsenbergh is Executive Director of the IHJR and expert in international criminal justice and human rights law. Ms. Cissé van den Muijsenbergh has served in various legal capacities at the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, as well as the International Criminal Court and the African Union High Level Panel on Darfur. She has also worked for the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and for the Commission of the European Union in Brussels. |
Staff
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Joël Groeneveld is the Office Manager at the IHJR. Before joining the IHJR, he served as the secretary for Julley, a NGO for sustainable development based in Paris. In this position he participated in several projects in Ladakh, North India and coordinated the editing of a Refugee Guide in Cape Town, South Africa. He also assisted in the preparation of a ‘Violence Against Women’ meeting in the Great Lakes region in Africa for the Gender Equality and Development section of UNESCO. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in History at the University Paris 7 Diderot, he obtained a Master degree in Political Science at Paris 8 Vincennes – Saint Denis by writing his thesis on the roots of African xenophobia in the new South Africa and a comparison between the integration of black identity into South African and America society. |
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Salima Wiggins is the Grants and Business Administrator at IHJR. She previously worked at Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, a leading global research institute providing research and technical services to government, industry, and academia in the U.S. and more than 40 countries worldwide. At RTI, Ms. Wiggins served as a Senior Business Proposal Manager in the International Development Group (IDG). Before joining RTI, Ms. Wiggins worked as Program Officer and Grants and Contracts Administrator at the International Foundation for Elections Systems (IFES), where she managed several projects in the Middle East and North Africa region and oversaw sub-grantee programs from inception to completion. Ms. Wiggins has also conducted financial and proposal development trainings with organizations based in Guinea, Benin, Mali and Thailand. She holds a Maitrise des Sciences de la Gestion from Paris Dauphine University. |
| Shirin Melikoff-Sayar serves as Project Director Armenia-Turkey for the IHJR. | |
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Anna Kiebert is Associate Program Officer at the IHJR. She studied history at Utrecht University, received her master’s degree and then pursued her studies in the History of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her thesis at LSE discussed the interaction of the Zionist revisionist movement with Britain in 1948. After her studies she wrote a research report at the Documentation Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. |
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Julia McCall is a research assistant at the IHJR. She is a recent graduate of History (BA) and Conflict Studies (MSc) and has had the opportunity to work and live in various Latin American countries throughout her studies. She is currently working for IHJR on the development of a project on the issues related to historically discriminated groups. |
| Marion Ely serves as as a Fundraising Officer for the IHJR. |
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Nico Plasier serves as as a Senior Advisor for the IHJR. |
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Marie-Louise Ryback serves as a Senior Advisor of Development for the IHJR. |
| Darko Arabadzic, Regional Adviser | |
| Joe Kirchhof, Webmaster | |
| Intern Alba Léon |
