BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27289@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Beyond Punishment DTSTAMP:20260910T184019Z DTSTART:20260929T180000Z DESCRIPTION:International criminal justice is under pressure. Powerful acto rs\, from\nWashington to Moscow\, have launched virulent attacks on its in stitutions\, while\nliberal and progressive forces increasingly defend the m as essential to a\nrule-based international order. At the same time\, in ternational criminal law has\nbecome a particularly powerful language thro ugh which demands for justice are\narticulated in response to mass violenc e\, war and genocide around the world.\nHowever\, critical voices also que stion the scope and impact of this legal\ndiscourse in terms of structural societal transformation. What might justice\nlook like when approached th rough repair and restitution instead of punishment\nand retribution?\n\nTh is panel explores the possibilities and limits of imagining justice primar ily\nthrough the language and institutions of criminal law. We will discus s what\ninternational criminal justice can do and what it leaves unresolve d. Through an\nabolitionist lens\, we will question how capable it is to a ddress structural\nconditions to mass violence\, such as international com plicity. Lastly\, we will\ndiscuss forms of political practice\, repair\, and resistance that are needed\nalongside or beyond legal accountability\, notably by inviting the\nIsraeli-Palestinian NGO Combatants for Peace to present their work.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nMarta Pinto da Cruz is a PhD fellow a t the University of Amsterdam and\nresearcher at the Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice\, whose doctoral research\nquestions the centrality of ca rceral punishment in international criminal law\,\nin light of the nature and context of atrocity crimes\, as well as the goals of\ninternational cr iminal justice. In addition to her research\, she also lectures\non severa l topics ranging from comparative criminal law and procedure\, to the\npro cedural law of international criminal courts and tribunals.\n\nLysan Boshu yzen is a facilitator\, coach\, and advisor of mental health and\npsychoso cial support (MHPSS) in humanitarian and (post-)conflict contexts with a\n special focus on collective and generational dimensions of trauma and\nvic tim-perpetrator dynamics. Over the last decade\, she trained groups in\npr otracted crisis and conflict areas\, worked at the Dutch MFA\, ARQ Nationa l\nPsychotrauma Centre\, ARQ Centre of Expertise on War\, Persecution and Violence\,\nand alongside three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee\, Dr Scilla Elworthy\,\nhumanitarian workers and peacebuilders worldwide. She serves as director of\nNetherlands Friends of Combatants for Peace\, co-founded D AYF\, a foundation\nsupporting resilience and mental health worldwide\, co ntributed to the book The\nBusiness Plan for Peace: Building a World Witho ut War (2017) and coauthored\nTaking Action Towards Sustainable Peace: Int egrating Peacebuilding and Mental\nHealth and Psychosocial Support (2023). In her work she integrates 15 years of\nmeditation and somatic practice a nd combines in-depth knowledge of trauma fields\nwith political and practi cal experience. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/beyond-punishment GEO:52.3685931;4.8896879 LOCATION:SPUI25 - Spui 25-27\, 1012 WX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,lecture,meditation,mental health,repair, spui X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

International criminal justice is under pre ssure. Powerful actors, from Washington to Moscow, have launched virulent attacks on its institutions, while liberal and progressive forces increasi ngly defend them as essential to a rule-based international order. At the same time, international criminal law has become a particularly powerful l anguage through which demands for justice are articulated in response to m ass violence, war and genocide around the world. However, critical voices also question the scope and impact of this legal discourse in terms of str uctural societal transformation. What might justice look like when approac hed through repair and restitution instead of punishment and retribution?

This panel explores the possibilities and limits of imagining jus tice primarily through the language and institutions of criminal law. We w ill discuss what international criminal justice can do and what it leaves unresolved. Through an abolitionist lens, we will question how capable it is to address structural conditions to mass violence, such as internationa l complicity. Lastly, we will discuss forms of political practice, repair, and resistance that are needed alongside or beyond legal accountability, notably by inviting the Israeli-Palestinian NGO Combatants for Peace to present their work.

Speakers

Marta Pi nto da Cruz is a PhD fellow at the University of Amsterdam a nd researcher at the Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice, whose doctoral research questions the centrality of carceral punishment in international criminal law, in light of the nature and context of atrocity crimes, as w ell as the goals of international criminal justice. In addition to her res earch, she also lectures on several topics ranging from comparative crimin al law and procedure, to the procedural law of international criminal cour ts and tribunals.

Lysan Boshuyzen is a f acilitator, coach, and advisor of mental health and psychosocial support ( MHPSS) in humanitarian and (post-)conflict contexts with a special focus o n collective and generational dimensions of trauma and victim-perpetrator dynamics. Over the last decade, she trained groups in protracted crisis an d conflict areas, worked at the Dutch MFA, ARQ National Psychotrauma Centr e, ARQ Centre of Expertise on War, Persecution and Violence, and alongside three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr Scilla Elworthy, humanitarian wo rkers and peacebuilders worldwide. She serves as director of Netherlands F riends of Combatants for Peace, co-founded DAYF, a foundation supporting r esilience and mental health worldwide, contributed to the book The Busines s Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War (2017) and coauthored Takin g Action Towards Sustainable Peace: Integrating Peacebuilding and Mental H ealth and Psychosocial Support (2023). In her work she integrates 15 years of meditation and somatic practice and combines in-depth knowledge of tra uma fields with political and practical experience.

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