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          Center for Civil and Human Rights, Burundi

          
            
              
                
                Published: December 19, 2007
              

              
                Author: Melanie McDonald
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

After more than a decade of civil war, the African nation of Burundi is on the path to democracy and rebuilding following the recent signing of a peace accord between the fighting Hutu rebels and the Tutsi-controlled army. Right in the thick of that process is Jean-Marie Kamatali, a senior postdoctoral research associate in the Notre Dame Law Schools Center for Civil and Human Rights.

A native of Rwanda, which borders Burundi to the north, Kamatali recently returned from a 16-day mission to assess the political and human rights situation in Burundi and begin developing a plan to train that countrys leaders on how to implement the rule of law in their war-torn country.

It was a very intensive few weeks,said Kamatali, who worked to educate leaders about many matters, from freedom of expression and refugee issues to womens rights and involving civil society in decision-making.

The objective is, over the course of time, to help citizens create sustainable peace and order.I believe it will happen. The people there are fed up with war and crisis, and are willing to work for change.

Kamatali was dean of the law school at the National University of Rwanda from 1998 to 2002, where he made major contributions to rebuilding and reforming the legal community and justice system in Rwanda.He earned a bachelors degree and a license in law from the National University of Rwanda, a masters degree in peace studies from the Notre Dame, and a doctorate in law from the University of Graz, Austria. His research interests include domestic implementation of international human rights norms, international criminal law, genocide, and the African regional human rights system.

_ Contact: Jean-Marie Kamatali, 574-631-8555,_  " kamatali.1@nd.edu ":mailto:kamatali.1@nd.edu

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