On this edition of the Doug Noll Show, we have with us Anna Spain. Every peacemaker has his/her story and that is true for Anna. Anna's journey really started in high school when she was 15 years old and living in a small town outside of Columbus, Ohio she got involved as many people do with the peer mediation program. Her first mediation was two young girlfriends of hers that were fighting over a boy and both came out of the mediation saying they were going to be best friends let's forget about him. From there, Anna moved into more serious work. The town she lived in had several community level areas of conflict and the mayor formed a facilitation team and she was a part of that team so her role as a mediator began long before she made it as a career.
After attending Harvard, she learned that she wanted to focus on International Law. Listen to this wonderful segment while Anna continues to share her journey and she and Doug discuss the basic concept of international law.
Segment 2 - UN and International Law
The system that we operate under today was formulated last century so it is a very outdated including internationally. It is very challenging to get 193 nations from the international system to make changes to the existing laws. In this segment, Doug and Anna speak more about international law, current climate, practice improvement and human rights.
Segment 3 - International Mediation
In this segment, Anna and Doug discuss International Mediation and it's processes. At times, the mediator could be a brilliant international diplomat but being a diplomat does not mean you are a brilliant mediator. In Doug's book, he wrote of a number of examples where he looked at what some very big names (Nobel Peace Prize winners in fact) how they mediated some very important and difficult conflicts to end violence and totally failed. Often this was due to rookie mistakes.
Anna shares her opinion on the subject. Very good segment.
Segment 4 - Transitional Justice Initiatives
Transitional justice consists of both judicial and non-judicial processes and mechanisms, including prosecution initiatives, truth-seeking, reparations programs, institutional reform or an appropriate combination thereof. In this segment, Doug and Anna talk about the process of reconciliation’s.
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