Deadline:
March 31, 2025
Program Starts: June 04, 2025
Program Ends: June 13, 2025
Location(s)
Online
Virtual course
Overview
Learn about documenting and archiving from a Dealing with the Past perspective.
Details
Course Description
Documentary evidence plays an important role in dealing with the past processes. It is indispensable for truth seeking, accountability, reparations, institutional reforms, vetting, memorialization and history. However, if the creation, collection, management, and preservation of such evidence is not properly done, records and archives documenting violations of human rights and international humanitarian law can be at risk of losing their value and thus prevent their future usability.
In this course, participants will acquire a comprehensive understanding on how documenting and archival practices can support dealing with the past processes. Additionally, topics related to documenting and archiving principles, good practices for the creation and capture of information, arrangement and description, access, preservation and protection will also be introduced. Finally, participants will also learn about ethical and legal responsibilities, such as informed consent, information privacy, the right to be forgotten and do no harm.
This course is perfect for civil society and governmental actors who want to update their skills in a practice-oriented manner. Course materials are introduced by drawing on concrete examples, which allows participants to gain valuable knowledge for their daily work.
Course Structure
This course is offered in an interactive virtual format. The course consists of preparatory readings, 6 half-days of online-facilitated course and individual or group assignments to work on throughout the course.
Your benefits
In this course, you will:
- Acquire a comprehensive understanding of documenting and archiving practices to support the right to know, the right to reparations, the right to justice as well as the guarantees of non-recurrence.
- Familiarize yourself with documentation and archival principles, technical requirements, and practices.
- Reflect on ethical principles and legal responsibilities involved in the creation, management, access, and preservation of records and archives for dealing with the past processes.
- Exchange with experts and practitioners and become part of a community of practice.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
This course is designed for:
- professionals engaged in Dealing with the Past processes and Conflict Transformation with interest on understanding the contributions of documentation and archives to these topics
- practitioners and academics interested in complementing their own experiences with current conceptual insights and practical knowledge
Candidates must have:
- a university degree in a related discipline such as political science, law, economics or sociology
- at least two years of professional experience
- a good command of English.
Please also note that your participation requires the following technical requirements:
- Internet connection: Stable connection with sufficient bandwidth for simultaneous use of video conferencing and other tools
- Hardware: Laptop/ PC, headphones or speaker, microphone, and camera (webcam)
Unfortunately, we cannot provide scholarships for this course. Participants (or their employer) must be able to cover the tuition fee.
Dates
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Program starts:
June 04, 2025
Program ends:
June 13, 2025
Program Starts: June 04, 2025
Program Ends: June 13, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Fee: 1,500 CHF
Certification: Successful participants receive a Confirmation of Participation. This course can be taken as one module (2 ECTS) of the Certificate, Diplomaand Master of Advanced Studies in Civilian Peacebuilding programs offered by swisspeace and the University of Basel.
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