TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND THE GOAL OF
CUBAN NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
Last July 28, 2016, Cuba Archive / Archivo Cuba organized in Miami a panel on transitional justice during the annual conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. See the 15 minute presentations (in Spanish) here.
When a democracy under the rule of law replaces a repressive regime guilty of massive human rights violations, the most effective way to promote national reconciliation is to guarantee a comprehensive and effective transItional justice process. Transition lessons from around the world in the last half-century indicate that such a process should encompass truth-seeking, accountability, reparations, and mechanisms to avoid repeating the abuses. Because each society must find its own combination of solutions, an informed, open, and transparent debate is necessary to set the foundations for a legitimate process that can lead to social peace and consolidation of the new democracy.
Panel (in Spanish): Transitional Justice and the Goal of Cuban National Reconciliation
Moderator: Julio Shiling, political scientist, writer, and director of the forum Patria de Martí.
Presentations
- Maria Werlau, Executive Director of Cuba Archive. "Transitional justice in a universal context: lessons for Cuba."
- Fredo Arias King, Director of the Casla Institute and expert in transitions of former Soviet bloc countries. "Transitional justice lessons from countries of the former Communist Soviet bloc."
- Enrique García, former officer of Cuba’s intelligence service, "Transforming Cuba’s state security apparatus: realities and challenges.”
- Pastor Mario Félix Lleonart, Baptist pastor, blogger, and member of the Coordinating Commission of the Encuentro Nacional Cubano. "Our desired national reconciliation: challenges, realities and hopes."
- Nilda Pedraza (filmed testimony), mother of young assassinated by Cuban Border Guard in 1994.
Comments: Vicente Botín, journalist and author from Spain.
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