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18 June, 2010
United Nations Justice: Legal and Judicial Reform in Governance Operations (Book Launch)
Date: Friday, June 18, 2010
Time: 1.15 pm - 2.30 pm
Venue: Conference Room D, Temporary North Lawn Building (TNLB)
UN Headquarters, New York
As part of the UNU Worldwide in New York Series, the United Nations University Office at the UN, New York (UNU-ONY) is organizing a book launch event entitled "United Nations Justice: Legal and Judicial Reform in Governance Operations", written by Calin Trenkov-Wermuth, published by United Nations University Press in 2010. The book offers the first full account of the UN's endeavors with the administration of justice in governance operations. It also suggests some methods by which these efforts can be improved upon. Relevant audiences include academics and practitioners in multiple disciplines: international law, political science, ethics and applied philosophy, and transitional justice.
Registration:Use the link above to register to the event in New York
This event will include a simultaneous live, interactive webcast, for those who are not able to attend in person. Register here to access the webcast on the day of the event.***
For more information, please visit:
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/unitedNationsJustice.html
You can also see the Table of Contents and the Sample chapter.
With the Worldwide in New York Series, the United Nations University Office at the UN, New York, as part of its mandate, showcases the recent work of UNU Research and Training Centers/Programs (UNU-RTC/Ps) from around the world. In conjunction with other experts from different organizations, UNU researchers share new ideas and highlight new policy avenues in the areas of security, environment and development.
- Calin Trenkov-Wermuth,Adjunct Professor at New York University's Department of Politics in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Caitlin Reiger, Deputy Director of the Prosecutions Program at the International Center (ICTJ) for Transitional Justice
- Edward C. Luck, Senior Vice President for Research and Programs at the International Peace Institute and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General
- Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of United Nations University office at the UN, New York
Speakers' Profiles
Calin Trenkov-Wermuth is an Adjunct Professor at New York University's Department of Politics in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and at Baruch College/CUNY's Department of Political Science in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. He was a Visiting Fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris, where he conducted research on the EU's rule of law reform and transitional justice efforts. He was previously also a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Europe. Dr. Trenkov-Wermuth has worked at the United Nations Department of Political Affairs and at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He has taught international politics at the University of Cambridge, where he also served on the editorial staff of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Calin holds an AB in World Politics and History from Hamilton College, and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of United Nations Justice: Legal and Judicial Reform in Governance Operations (United Nations University Press, 2010).
Caitlin Reiger joined International Center (ICTJ) for Transitional Justice in 2005 and as Deputy Director of the Prosecutions Program she focuses on prosecutions for mass violence in the Asia region, specializing in the operation of hybrid tribunals. Her most recent publication is Prosecuting Heads of State (Cambridge University Press, 2009, co-edited with Ellen Lutz), and she has coordinated and edited numerous reports for the ICTJ prosecutions program and conducted extensive trainings and public presentations on transitional justice. Caitlin also heads ICTJ's work in Cambodia through which she provides technical input and policy advice to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and from 2006 to 2008 she headed the Center's Former Yugoslavia program. Caitlin is an Australian lawyer with a BA(Hons) in History and an LLB(Hons) from the University of Melbourne, and an LLM (International Law/Human Rights) from the London School of Economics. She is also Adjunct Professor at New York University's Center for Global Affairs in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Edward C. Luck is Senior Vice President for Research and Programs at the International Peace Institute and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General, in which capacity he primarily focuses on the responsibility to protect. He is currently on public service leave as Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, where he remains Director of the Center on International Organization. A past President and CEO of the United Nations Association of the USA, he has served the UN in a variety of capacities, taught at Princeton and Sciences-Po (Paris), and founded a research center co-sponsored by the NYU School of Law and Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School. Among his books are United Nations Security Council: Practice and Promise (Routledge, 2006), with Michael Doyle, International Law and Organization: Closing the Compliance Gap (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), and Mixed Messages: American Politics and International Organization, 1919-1999 (Brookings, 1999).
Moderator's profile
Jean-Marc Coicaud is the Director of the United Nations University (UNU) Office at the United Nations Headquarters (New York). He was Senior Academic Officer and Director of Studies at the UNU headquarters (Tokyo) from 1996 to 2003. From 1992 to 1996, he served in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General as a speechwriter for Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali. A former fellow at Harvard University (Center for International Affairs, Department of Philosophy and Harvard Law School, from 1986 to 1992), Coicaud has held appointments such as Cultural Attaché with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Legislative Aide with the European Parliament (Financial Committee). He has also been a Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure-Ulm in Paris and has taught at the New School for Social Research (New York). In addition, he has been a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (Washington, D.C.), a Global Research Fellow at New York University School of Law and a Visiting Scholar at the School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University (Beijing). Coicaud holds a Ph.D. in Political Science-Law from the Sorbonne and a Doctorat d'Etat in philosophy from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris. He also holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in literature and linguistics.
Jean-Marc Coicaud has published 14 books in the fields of comparative politics, political and legal theory, international relations and international law. They are available in English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Arabic, and include the following single-authored books: Légitimité et Politique (Presses Universitaires de France, 1997), Politics and Legitimacy: A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility (Cambridge University Press, 2002), Beyond the National Interest (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007), Kokuren no Genkai/Kokuren no Mirai (Future of the UN/Limits of the UN - Fujiwara Shoten, 2007), Mai Xiang Guo Ji Fa Zhi (Towards the International Rule of Law - Sanlian Shudian, 2008). His latest book, co-edited with Hilary Charlesworth, is Fault Lines of International Legitimacy (Cambridge University Press, 2009). Jean-Marc Coicaud is now finishing a new single-authored book, International Legitimacy and Global Justice.
Jean-Marc Coicaud is a member of the Advisory Board of the Carnegie Council's Global Policy Innovations (New York) and of the journal Global Policy (London). He also serves as an adviser for the Fondation pour l'Innovation Politique (Paris).
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