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    A five-day seminar on national and international law opened on Monday in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi traumatised by years of inter-ethnic conflict.

    Financed by the EC and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participants are examining issues such as traditional African ways to end conflicts; transitional justice - the impact of a truth and reconciliation commission on a society in conflict; the role of NGOs in such a commission; various forms of compensation for victims of rights abuses; the death penalty; and respect for human rights.

    The seminar - organised by Burundian League of Human Rights, ITEKA, and the International Federation of human Rights - brings together some 50 politicians, human rights practitioners and members of civil society. BURUNDI: Rights groups debate justice

    A five-day seminar on national and international law opened on Monday in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi traumatised by nine years of inter-ethnic conflict.

    Financed by the EC and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participants are examining issues such as traditional African ways to end conflicts; transitional justice - the impact of a truth and reconciliation commission on a society in conflict; the role of NGOs in such a commission; various forms of compensation for victims of rights abuses; the death penalty; and respect for human rights.

    The seminar - organised by Burundian League of Human Rights, ITEKA, and the International Federation of human Rights - brings together some 50 politicians, human rights practitioners and members of civil society.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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