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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Loading...Annual Report 2009
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.
Center for History, Democracy and Reconciliation
The CHDR is an outcome of the IHJR Project in the Former Yugoslavia.
Salzburg Global Seminar
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. |
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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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Carolyn Hoyle is Associate Program Coordinator at the IHJR. Carolyn received a scholarship at Oxford University in her first year and then went on to achieve her bachelor’s degree in Modern History with distinction from the University. She has had previous work experience with an MP in Westminster, London, and has worked temporarily as an editorial assistant in a recruitment agency in London. |
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Shoshana Iten is program coordinator at the IHJR. She previously worked as the international project coordinator of the Sababas Project, a project devoted to peace building and social development in northern Ghana through the use of contemporary culture and technology. Ms. Iten also held the position of African Desk coordinator at United Network of Young Peace Builders in The Hague. Ms. Iten has coordinated research publications on local spatial development in the European Union and worked as assistant director at Servas USA, an organization facilitating global contact among peace builders. Ms. Iten has a B.A. from Brandeis University in sociology and an M.Sc. in technological and socio-economic planning from Roskilde University in Denmark with a focus on post-conflict regions. |
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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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Joke Oranje works as a Senior Consultant on the IHJR’s projects. She has been dedicated to peace and reconciliation work since 1971, when she was asked by an emerging Latin American non-violent movement to do their European representation. Later on, she engaged in work with street children, a movement for the prevention of recruitment of Child Soldiers in Africa. Lately she has been supporting women and women’s organizations from countries in conflict to become active as peace builders, according to Resolution 1325 of the Security Council. She did this as a volunteer next to working as an organizational advisor and program manager in organizations for development cooperation; most recently she worked as a consultant assisting with project formulations, human resources development and evaluations in various countries in Africa and Latin America. |
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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. |
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