| Studies higher education |
Period |
Institute |
| Marie Curie Research Course |
2007 - 2008 |
Grotius Centre, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Sixth Specialization Course in International Criminal Law ‘Post-Conflict Justice: Policy Options and Modalities’ |
2007 |
International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Syracuse, Italy |
| The Essentials Course on Transitional Justice |
2006 |
International Centre for Transitional Justice and K.U. Leuven (Belgium) |
| Workshop ‘Dealing with international crimes after conflict: national and international repressive mechanisms’ |
2004 - 2005 |
Faculty of Law, K.U.Leuven |
| European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization |
2003 - 2004 |
Interuniversity Center, Venice (Italy) and The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, Utrecht |
| Post-graduate course in ‘Human Rights and Democracy’ |
2003 |
Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra (Portugal) |
| Course in ‘Human Rights in a Broader European Perspective’ |
2002 |
Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra (Portugal) |
| Graduate degree in Law (Licenciatura) |
1997 - 2002 |
Faculty of Law, University of Porto (Portugal) |
| Contribution in collections |
| Arsovska, J., Valiñas, M. and Fellegi, B. “Prologue to the Kosovo drama: origin, causes and consequences of a violent ethno-political conflict”, in Aertsen, I., Arsovksa, J., Rohne, H-C., Valiñas, M. and Vanspauwen, K. (Eds.), Restoring Justice after large-scale violent conflicts: Kosovo, DR Congo and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Willan Publishing (forthcoming). |
| Valiñas, M. and Arsovska, J. “A restorative approach for dealing with the aftermath of the Kosovo conflict – Opportunities and Limits”, in Aertsen, I., Arsovksa, J., Rohne, H-C., Valiñas, M. and Vanspauwen, K. (Eds.), Restoring Justice after large-scale violent conflicts: Kosovo, DR Congo and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Willan Publishing (forthcoming). |
| Arsovska, J., Valiñas, M. and Vanspauwen, K., “From micro to macro, from individual to state: restorative justice and multi-level diplomacy in divided societies”, in Aertsen, I., Arsovksa, J., Rohne, H-C., Valiñas, M. and Vanspauwen, K. (Eds.), Restoring Justice after large-scale violent conflicts: Kosovo, DR Congo and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Willan Publishing (forthcoming). |
| Valiñas, M. (forthcoming 2007). Rebuilding trust in the former Yugoslavia: overcoming the limits of the formal justice system. In E. Claes et al (Eds.) Limits of the Law. |
| Weitekamp, E.G.M., Parmentier, S., Vanspauwen, K., Valiñas, M., and Gerits, R. (2006). How to deal with mass victimization and gross human rights violations. A restorative justice approach. In U. EWALD and K. TURKOVIC (Eds.), Large-scale victimization as a potential source of terrorist activities – Importance of regaining security in Post-Conflict societies (pp. 217-241). Amsterdarm: IOS Press. |
| Lectures at conferences, congress, symposia and other gatherings |
| Valiñas, M. (2007). Mass Victimization and Terrorism. Victims of Terrorist Acts Project – Developing Standards for Assistance to Victims of Terrorism, Steering Committee Meeting. Leuven, Belgium. |
| Valiñas, M. (2006) The limits and opportunities of restorative justice in the large scale conflict of Kosovo. COST Final Conference ‘Restorative Justice Research in Europe: Outcomes and Challenges’. Warsaw, Poland. |
| Valiñas, M. (2006) Preliminary Findings of the Survey conducted by the Catholic University of Leuven in Bosnia and Herzegovina ‘Restoring Justice’. International Seminar ‘Restoring Justice: another way of dealing with the post-war situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina’. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Valiñas, M. (2006) The Promise of Restorative Justice in the Search for Truth after a Violent Conflict. Experiences from South Africa and Bosnia and Herzegovina. IV Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice ‘Restorative Justice and Beyond – An Agenda for Europe’. Barcelona, Spain. |
| Valiñas, M. (2005) Challenges and Trends in Transitional Justice. Dealing with the past in former Yugoslavia: the role of restorative justice. Closing Seminar of the Pristina Institute for Political Studies. Strasbourg/Klingenthal, France. |
| Valiñas, M. (2005) Restorative Justice: a new approach to post-conflict justice in BiH? International Conference ‘Pathways to Reconciliation and Global Human Rights’. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Valiñas, M. (2005) Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation. In search for an integrated approach to mass victimization in post-conflict societies. Case studies in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. First European Socio-Legal Conference. Oñati, Spain. |
| Valiñas, M. (2005) Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation. Case studies in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. General Assembly of the Association of Local Democracy Agencies. Zagreb, Croatia. |
| Valiñas, M. (2005) The Position of the Victim in the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. XXI Post-graduate Course ‘Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice’. Dubrovnik, Croacia. |
| Valiñas, M. (2004) On the path to reconciliation: the case for Restorative Justice in the Balkans. An insight into the projects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. EPC Training Course for representatives of the Local Democracy Agencies. Brussels, Belgium. |
| Internal reports |
| Valiñas, M. (2006) Report on the Preliminary Findings of the Survey ‘Restoring Justice’ conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Research project ‘Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation. In search of the position of restorative justice in an integrated approach to mass victimisation in post-conflict situations. Case studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.’ |
| Valiñas, M. (2005) First field research report on Serbia. Research project ‘Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation. In search of the position of restorative justice in an integrated approach to mass victimisation in post-conflict situations. Case studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.’ |
| Valiñas, M. (2005) First field research report on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Research project ‘Restorative Justice and Mass Victimisation. In search of the position of restorative justice in an integrated approach to mass victimisation in post-conflict situations. Case studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.’ |
| Valiñas, M. and Parmentier, S. (2005). International expert seminar on Dealing with the past in Guatemala: the long road to reparation and reconciliation – Documentation set. Leuven: KU Leuven. |
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