PEOPLE

The Project's International Advisory Board and Program Committee utilizes the talents of a group of distinguished individuals and has enabled the Project to have a significant impact around the world.  Its activities are guided and carried out by its staff and in close consultation with its boards and network of practitioners.

The work of the Project on Justice in Times of Transition is facilitated by an extensive and diverse group of individuals around the world. Their experiences confronting difficult transitions - as professional politicians, community leaders, journalists, businesspeople, clergy, and academics - shape the discussions at Project events and further the process of learning through the sharing of first-hand practical knowledge. Speakers at Project initiatives have included, among others:

Hasan Abdel Rahman, Chief Representative of the Palestinian Authority in the US
Sandy Africa, General Manager, South African Intelligence Academy
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, former Prime Minister of Poland
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, former President of Nicaragua
Samuel del Villar, Attorney General of Mexico City, Mexico
Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila, Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador
Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada
Pavol Demes, former advisor on the Third Sector to President Kovac, Slovakia
David Ervine, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Konstanty Gebert, former Editor-in-Chief ofMidrasz Magazine, Poland
Edgar Gutierrez, Secretary of Strategic Analysis, Guatemala
Mehmed Halilovic, former Editor-in-Chief of Oslobodjenje, Bosnia
Brandon Hamber, Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa
Ana Guadalupe Martinez, President, Institute for a New El Salvador
Monica McWilliams, co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Graciela Fernandez Meijide, founder of Mothers of the Disappeared, Argentina
Jerzy Osiatynski, former Minister of Finance, Poland
Rigoberto Queme, Mayor of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Albie Sachs, Justice, South African Constitutional Court
David Trimble, First Minister, Northern Ireland
Jan Urban, journalist, Czech Republic

With the involvement of individuals such as these, the Project acts as a catalyst in a number of ways. Not only do its programs encourage discussion of difficult issues, but they also link people working on similar problems worldwide to create partnerships which continue long after specific programs have ended. 

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