Saturday 28 January 2012, 2.00-6.30
pm
Venue: Duchesne Lecture
Theatre, University of Roehampton (London)
The University of
Roehampton Crucible Research Centre for Human Rights and the South East Europe
Working Group of the British International Studies Association have the pleasure
to invite you to an International Workshop on ‘Human Rights and Police Reform
in the Western Balkans’.
International intervention
in the reconstruction of post-war and post-socialist countries has become
increasingly criticised for ignoring local knowledge, experiences and
perceptions. Universalist approaches and paradigms have been held responsible
for unintended consequences, including the subversion of top-down reform
policies. In the Western Balkans, democratic policing is an integral part of
international engagement aimed at improving domestic human rights practices and
the provision of security to all citizens equally. This workshop assembles
interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners in order to explore the successes
and failures of external interventions in domestic policing through selected
country case studies. It offers new theoretical and methodological perspectives
that reflect a shift away from state defined approaches and assesses (potential)
outcomes for reform in the region.
This workshop will be
attended by representatives from eleven Western Balkan Universities who will be
taking part in the first meeting of an EU-funded International ‘Tempus’ project
on human rights education in the region. This three year project is led by the
University of Roehampton Crucible Research Centre for Human Rights and has been
developed as part of Crucible's ‘Western Balkans and Human Rights’ Research
Stream.
Workshop Programme
2.00 to
2.30 pm: Welcome and Introductions
Denisa
Kostovicova (London School of Economics and Political Sciences)
Security from a bottom-up perspective:
conceptual shifts and methodological implications
2:30 to 4.00 pm: Panel on ‘External Interventions in Domestic
Policing’
Chair: Martin Shaw (University
of Roehampton)
Discussant: Gregory Kent (University
of Roehampton)
Tobias
Flessenkemper (European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
EU Approaches to Police Reform in the
Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process
Gemma
Collantes-Celador (City University London)
The Democratisation of the Police in
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Achievements and Shortcomings
Barry J.
Ryan (Keele University)
Reforming Police in the Republic of
Montenegro
4.00 to 4.30
pm: Coffee break/Refreshments
4:30 to 6.00 pm: Panel on ‘Police Reform in Local Contexts’
Chair: Darren O'Byrne
(University of Roehampton)
Discussant: Michele Lamb (University
of Roehampton)
Stephan Hensell (University
of Hamburg)
The Limits of International Police Reforms: the Case of Albania
Sonja
Stojanovic (Belgrade Centre for Security Policy)
Police Reform in Serbia after Milosevic
Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers
(University of Roehampton) & Isabel Stroehle (University of Munich)
Police Reform and Human Rights in Kosovo
6.00 to
6:30 pm: Concluding remarks
by Gemma
Collantes-Celador, Denisa Kostovicova and Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers
6.30 to 7.30 pm: Reception
Registration Details: Workshop registration from 1.30 pm on 28
January.
Attendance is free of
charge but pre-registration by Tuesday
24 January is essential to ensure a place. To register please contact Julia
Noyce at julia.noyce@roehampton.ac.uk.
Details of how to reach the University of Roehampton can be found at www.roehampton.ac.uk.
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