Visiting Fellowships Notre Dame

VISITING RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIPS

The Center for Civil and Human Rights offers visiting fellowships to
specialists on accountability for past human rights violations. The
fellowship consists of a semester of research, writing and/or teaching
on
discrete aspects of accountability and recent historical experiences.
The
visiting fellow will be asked to share his or her findings with
colleagues
and Notre Dame student and faculty audiences at an academic colloquium.
The
fellow will also be expected to assist in organizing the Center s
annual
conference. Teaching classes and collaboration in editing CCHR
publications
may also be part of the fellow s experience while at Notre Dame.

This program is directed at human-rights monitors and advocates who
wish to
take some time off to systematize their experiences with
accountability, as
well as to prepare for the challenges of battling impunity in
different
regions and countries. They will be able to take advantage of Notre
Dame s
facilities to produce research of the highest quality. Scholars in
law,
political science, anthropology, ethics and religion, with a
demonstrated
vocation for human-rights concerns, can also take advantage of a
program of

research and writing directed at the problems of accountability for
serious
human-rights crimes.

The CCHR Advisory Council will assist the Center in the selection
process.
The visiting- fellowship program will ensure the widest possible
geographic
and cultural reach and cross-fertilization of ideas over different
disciplines and experiences. The selection of fellows will be made with
a
view to obtaining intellectual products for a wide audience. These
products
are expected to strike a balance between top academic quality and
usefulness for advocacy and policy formulation in a variety of
struggles
against impunity. Each fellow will be selected on a competitive basis.

FELLOWSHIPS: Starting in January 2002, and for a period of three years
thereafter, the CCHR will offer one Visiting Residential Fellowship
per
semester, to be spent at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana,
USA.
In especially deserving cases, the fellowship can be extended to two
consecutive semesters. The Visiting Fellows are invited to take part
in
seminars and other meetings organized by CCHR and other departments at
Notre Dame. CCHR will offer assistance with accommodations on or off
campus
for the fellow and family, and will provide office space at CCHR.

THEMES: For the purpose of these fellowships, the program focuses on
the
following priority themes: (1) Truth Commissions and other experiences
with
official truth telling; (2) International Criminal Law and Universal
Jurisdiction; (3) The performance and jurisprudence of special war
crimes
tribunals; (4) The creation of a permanent International Criminal
Court;
(5) Criminal prosecutions in domestic jurisdictions for human-rights
crimes, and their relationship to democratic stability and the rule of
law;

(6) Domestic and international experiences with reparations and
remedies
for victims of gross human-rights violations; (7) Societal and
cultural
manifestations of efforts to preserve the memory of these abuses and
their
victims; (8) The competing demands of truth, justice and
reconciliation;
(9) Accountability standards and peacemaking in conflict situations;
(10)
Other approaches to this general theme, including inter-disciplinary
efforts.

CRITERIA: The Center seeks scholars and practitioners of high
accomplishment and promise whose work and presence will contribute
creatively to its major research themes. It welcomes applications from
candidates of any country, who hold an advanced university degree or
equivalent experience in any discipline of law, the social sciences or
history.

The candidate must submit to the CCHR:

1)     Application form completed (typed or printed).

2)     Curriculum Vitae.

3)     A 10-page statement of your research project. The CCHR suggests
that
you make clear: (a) the problem you are addressing and its importance
within and beyond your field, with summary bibliographical references;
(b)
how it relates to the research themes of the CCHR s Transitional
Justice
program; (c) your research design, including your basic hypotheses,
the
methods you are using, and the kinds of data or evidence you are
considering; (d) where this particular project fits into your own
intellectual and professional development; and (e) how much you would
expect to complete during your time at the Center.

4)     Transcript of advanced degree.

5)     Three letters of recommendation.

The application form, curriculum vitae and the statement of the
research
project may be submitted by regular mail, fax or as an email attachment
in
a standard word processing format. Letters of recommendation should be
sent
directly to the CCHR by the person providing the recommendation, and
may be
sent by regular mail, fax or email. Incomplete applications will not
be
considered.

STIPENDS:  Stipends vary with seniority and family needs, up to a
maximum
gross amount of $25,000 per semester (which covers travel expenses,
medical
insurance, taxes and other).

DEADLINE: A complete application, including references and all
documentation, must be received by September 6, 2002 for the
fellowships
scheduled for the Spring semester  (January-May 2003). Awards will be
announced by September 30, 2002.

Deadlines for the following semesters will be announced at a later
date.

FORMS: Visit our Web Site for a form.

For more information, contact:

Javier Mariezcurrena

Program Manager - Transitional Justice Project

Center for Civil and Human Rights

136-B Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame, IN 46556



Website: http://www.nd.edu/~cchr/