On March 28, USIP and the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Criminal Justice and Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations hosted a discussion on how formal and transitional justice mechanisms have created or sustained momentum for democracy in states where democratic values are threatened by authoritarianism and conflict.

Lise Grande, co-moderator
President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace 

Colleen Crenwelge, welcoming remarks
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, U.S. Department of State

Beth Van Schaack, keynote remarks 
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Office of Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State

Ambassador David Scheffer, co-moderator
Professor of Practice, Arizona State University (Washington)

Gina Cabarcas Maciá
Director, Justice & Criminal Policy Laboratory

Baba Galleh Jallow
Roger D. Fisher Fellow in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Harvard Law School

Oleksandra Matviichuk
Head of the Organization, Center for Civil Liberties; Nobel Peace Laureate

Fabricio Guariglia, closing remarks
Director, The Hague Branch Office, International Development Law Organization

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/justice-accountability-and-sustained-momentum-democracy