People in the Transitional Justice Network
John Packer
BA Hons (Manitoba), LLM (Essex), Professor, School of Law
Director of the Human
Rights Centre
Room: 5S.6.14
Telephone (external): (+44) 01206 872885
Telephone (internal): 2885
Fax: (+44) 01206 873627
e-mail: johnp [at] essex.ac.uk
Before coming to Essex, John had a substantial professional experience at the OSCE and UN where he played leading roles in conflict resolution and prevention especially in countries of conflict and in societies struggling with the challenges of transition from authoritarianism to freedom. Notably, Prof. Packer spent nine years in the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (as Director and as Senior Legal Advisor) and, previously, five years at the UN as a Human Rights Officer investigating serious violations of human rights in Iraq, Burma, and Afghanistan and against Judges, Lawyers and Assessors throughout the world. John also worked in Geneva for the ILO and UNHCR.
At Essex, John serves as a Senior Adviser for the global Initiative on Conflict Prevention through Quiet Diplomacy and is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Dialogue, Diversity and Social Cohesion of the Club de Madrid. John has advised numerous governments, IGOs and sits on the boards of several NGOs. Research interests include minority rights, conflict prevention and resolution, diversity management, and prevention of genocide.
Network members
Sanja Bahun
Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Elisabeth Bishop
UK Data Archive
Paul Bou-Habib
Government and Human Rights Centre
Kevin Boyle
Law and Human Rights Centre
Fernne Brennan
Law and Human Rights Centre
John Cant
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Eamonn Carrabine
Sociology
Will Cartwright
Philosophy and Human Rights Centre
Han Dorussen
Government
Andrew Fagan
Human Rights Centre
Michael Freeman
Government
Fabian Freyenhagen
Philosophy and Human Rights Centre
Geoff Gilbert
Law and Human Rights Centre
Gillian Green
Health and Human Sciences
Katerina Hadjimatheou
Philosophy
Francoise Hampson
Law and Human Rights Centre
Beatrice Han-Pile
Philosophy
Andrew Harrison
Biological Sciences and Mathematical
Sciences
Lisa Hecht
Government
Karen Hulme
Law and Human Rights Centre
Sofie Johansen
Law and Human Rights Centre
Todd Landman
Government and Human Rights Centre
Sheldon Leader
Law and Human Rights Centre
Carmen Li
Economics
Lorna McGregor
Law and Human Rights Centre
Sabine Michalowski
Law and Human Rights Centre
Frances Millard
Government
Aletta Norval
Government
John Packer
Human Rights Centre
Renos Papadopoulos
Psychoanalytical Studies
Peter Patrick
Language and Linguistics
Caitlin Phillips
Health and Human Sciences
Massimo Poesio
Comp Sci and Electronic Engineering
Sir Nigel Rodley
Law and Human Rights Centre
Rafael Charris
Romero
Law and Human Rights Centre
Clara Sandoval
Law and Human Rights Centre
Rainer Schulze
History
Chris Shaw
International Academy
Scott Sheeran
Law and Human Rights Centre
Nigel South
Sociology
PVC Academic and
Regional Development
Gill Surfleet
Law and Human Rights Centre
Jackie Turton
Sociology
Dicle Uca
Human Rights Centre
Anthony Vickers
School of Computer Science and
Electronic Engineering
Marian de Vooght
Department of Government
Ann Walker
International Academy
Jane Wright
Law and Human Rights Centre
MEMBERS NEWS
Ismene Gizelis is organizing a roundtable discussion on 15 March 2012 titled "A Country of their Own: Women's Organizations and Peacebuilding". Even details can be accessed here.
Dr Sanja Bahun has been involved with a grant initiative affiliated by Humanities in the European Research Area on Transitional Justice and Arts.
Network structure
Conveners
Fabian Freyenhagen, Andrew Harrison, Clara Sandoval and Sanja Bahun
Advisory board
To be announced.
Research area chairs
Conceptual and normative issues - Fabian Freyenhagen
Data archiving and analysis - Todd Landman & Elisabeth Bishop
Economic and social dimensions of transitional justice - Sabine Michalowski
Gender- and children-focused approach - Sanja Bahun
Justice dimension of TJ - Clara Sandoval & Geoff Gilbert
Peacekeeping and peace building - Han Dorussen
The network at Essex
Essex network members
PhD Associates
PhD candidates at Essex
Research Fellows
External associates of the TJN