Transitional Justice Institute

Transitional Justice Institute

Logo

The institute's logo which encompasses the University logo(left) and the Institute's logo(right).
Established 2003[1]
Focus Transitional Justice, Conflict, Human Rights Law, and International Law
Director Professor Rory O'Connell[1]
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Staff 15-20 staff
Subsidiaries 4 research streams
Owner Ulster University
Location Ulster University at Jordanstown
Magee College[1]
, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Website transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/

The Ulster University's Transitional Justice Institute (TJI), is a law-led multidisciplinary research institute of Ulster University which is physically located at the Jordanstown, and Magee campuses. It was created in 2003, making it the first and longest-established university research centre on this theme. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) Law at Ulster University was ranked 4th overall in the UK. Ulster was ranked first for impact in law with 100% of impact rated as world-leading, the only University to achieve this in law.

Within the Institute, there are over 15 researchers based on the Jordanstown and Magee campuses of the university. In addition, the TJI has approximately 15 doctoral students researching and studying towards their chosen topics. Visiting scholars and visiting professors are often closely involved in research.

The institute is internationally recognised, receiving recognition from the American Society of International Law in 2006 with TJI scholars being awarded top book and article prize for creative and outstanding contributions to international legal scholarship. Staff have been awarded the 2009 Hart SLSA Early Career Award and jointly awarded the 2009 British Society of Criminology Book Prize[2] as well as the 2010 Basil Chubb Prize for the best PhD produced in any field of politics in an Irish university.[3] The Institute is associated with the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI).[4]

In line with the University's rebranding in October 2014 the institute updated its logo; the old logo can be found here.

Vision

The TJI undertakes world-leading research on transitional justice, conflict, international law, human rights and gender equality. The TJI model of research is based on an innovative real-world oriented research strategy, involving external mentoring of early career staff, the development of a key theoretical conceptual foundation, the nurturing of research clusters within the Institute, a strong interdisciplinary focus, and a collaborative leadership mode.

The stated aims of the Institute are:[1]

Research

The Institute has four main research streams or clusters:

Projects

Projects include the Belfast Guidelines on Amnesty and Accountability; the Transitional Justice Grassroots Toolkit (with Bridge of Hope); TJI Principles for Transformative Reparations;[5] peace agreement databases on Peace Agreements and Women and Peace Agreements. TJI staff have helped author the Gender Principles for Dealing with the Legacy of the Past[6] and participated in a project to draft a Model Implementation bill for the Stormont House Agreement.[7] In 2015 the TJI joined a DFID funded collaborative project on Political Settlements.[8] TJI scholarship and policy work has been widely cited by international organisations including in a UN study on UNSCR 1325,[9] the Trust Fund for Victims of the International Criminal Court[10] and in judgments of international courts.

Other TJI projects include:[11]

RAE 2008

The TJI manages the Law submission in the RAE and REF process for Ulster University. In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) process in 2008, the Ulster was ranked 13th out of 64 Law submissions in the UK.

REF 2014

In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) Law at Ulster University was ranked 4th overall in the UK (based on GPA) out of more than 60 law submissions. As a result, 88% of all work was deemed to be internationally excellent or world leading. Concerning the new impact criterion, Law was ranked 1st in the UK, with 100% of impact rated as world-leading (4 *). In addition, 100% of research submitted was given an impact and environment rating of 3* or 4*.[12] In terms of research intensity, Law at Ulster was ranked 9th in the UK.[13]

The 4* impact case studies were:

Education

The TJI, in cooperation with the Ulster University School of Law offers masters programmes in Human Rights and Transitional Justice, and Gender, Conflict and Human Rights. It also runs an international summer school on transitional justice every year in June and a short course in Gender and Transition.

Governance

The TJI is led by a director and associate director. The director is responsible to the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences as the Institute is one of two research institutes attached to this faculty. The institute has staff from the School of Law, School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy and the School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies.

Directors have included:

Associate Directors have included:

The TJI was created in 2003, with a grant from Atlantic Philanthropies.[18]

People

Staff members:

Former staff members:

The TJI External Board include:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Transitional Justice Institute - About TJI". Ulster University. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Louise Mallinder". Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Catherine O'Rourke". Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  4. "Member Institutes". Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI). Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  5. "Transforming Reparations for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Principles and Practice by Fionnuala D. Ni Aolain, Catherine O'Rourke, Aisling Swaine :: SSRN". Papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  6. http://www.ulster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/66285/Gender-Principle-Report-Sept-2015_Final-Version.pdf
  7. "Current projects - Ulster University". Ulster.ac.uk. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  8. "£4.4 million research project puts Ulster University at heart of global political settlements - Ulster University". Ulster.ac.uk. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  9. http://www.unwomen.org/~/media/files/un%20women/wps/highlights/unw-global-study-1325-2015.pdf
  10. http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=13324
  11. http://www.ulster.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/research-institutes/transitional-justice-institute/research/current-projects
  12. "REF 2014 Law". 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  13. Jump, Paul. "REF 2014 rerun: who are the 'game players'? | Times Higher Education (THE)". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  14. "Amnesty, Accountability and Victims' Rights in Peace Processes" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  15. "Framing Transitional Justice Practice: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  16. "Gender, Conflict and Transition" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  17. "Transitional Justice Institute - Ulster University". Transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  18. "University of Ulster Foundation". Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  19. "Transitional Justice Institute - Ulster University". Transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  20. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20141224182610/http://ulster.ac.uk/graduation/Graduation-Winter-2014.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staff/staffupdate.pl?task=INCORE
  22. "Transitional Justice Institute - Ulster University". Transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

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