Constitutions and peace processes

The Berghof Foundation and the UN Mediation Support Unit invite you to an online event about constitutional issues and peace processes. 

Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora, International IDEA´s Secretary-General will do the opening remarks and other experts, will address the following questions in a panel discussion: What are the ways in which constitutional issues may arise at different stages of a peace process? What are the pressing challenges when constitutional change for the long term is undertaken in a peace process, including those regarding its timing, progression, scale and design?

The Berghof Foundation will launch the publication Constitutions and Peace Processes: A Primer.  

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Remarks by:

• Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
• Andrew Gilmour, Executive Director, Berghof Foundation
• Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs – Department of Peace Operations
• Sibylle Sorg, Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Assistance, German Federal Foreign Office

Background and key insights of the publication: Luxshi Vimalarajah, Senior Advisor, Mediation and Development, Berghof Foundation

Panel discussion with:​

• Barney Afako, Lawyer and expert on transitional justice; Senior member of the Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
• Nicholas Haysom, United Nations Special Adviser
• Christina Murray, Senior member of the Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, United Nations Department of Political Affairs; Professor Emeritus at University of Cape Town
• Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Research Network on Peace Operations at the Université de Montréal