Ines Monica Weinberg de Roca

Overview

Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca born Buenos Aires December 16, 1948. International Judge on both Rwanda and Yugoslavia tribunals, 2003-08; UN Appeal tribunal.

Quotations

"The Trial Chamber unanimously finds you, Simon Bikindi, guilty on Count 4 of the Indictment for Direct and Public Incitement to Commit Genocide based on your exhortations to kill Tutsi in a vehicle outfitted with a public address system on the main road between Kivumu and Kayove in late June 1994. . . Direct and Public Incitement to Commit Genocide is, by definition, a crime of the most serious gravity which affects the very foundations of our society and shocks the conscience of humanity." (Judgment of Hutu singer, Dec. 3, 2008, § 47, 49; photo ICTY)

Claudette Werleigh

Overview

Claudette Werleigh (née Antoine) born Cap-Haïtien, Haiti September 26, 1946. Lawyer and diplomat; peace advocate. Secretary General, Haiti National Caritas, 1976-87. Haitian Foreign Minister, 1993-95. Haiti's first woman Prime Minister, 1995-96. Representative to OAS summit, 1998. Headed conflict transformation at Life & Peace Institute, Uppsala, 1999. Secretary General and Envoy, Pax Christi International, 2007-10.

Quotations

“As long as there are violent conflicts, as long as people die from the deliberate actions of others, conflict transformation, reconciliation and peacebuilding will remain relevant.” (Bijoyeta Das, “Building Bridges, Building Peace,” p. 60; photo catholica.com.au)