• ICTJ Program Report: Reparative Justice

    The latest Program Report goes in-depth into providing reparations for victims in dynamic transitional justice contexts like Peru, Argentina, South Africa, Uganda, and Nepal.

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    ICTJ Program Report: Reparative Justice

  • Accountability for US-Sanctioned Abuses

    To regain its credibility in the eyes of the world, the US government must take steps to acknowledge and address past violations and provide redress to victims of US-sanctioned abuses.

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    Accountability for US-Sanctioned Abuses

  • Soft Vengeance and Transitional Justice

    ICTJ interviews South African judge and human rights activist Albie Sachs, one of the foremost transitional justice experts to have emerged from the anti-apartheid struggle.

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    Soft Vengeance and Transitional Justice

  • Truth is the Foundation of Justice

    To mark the International Day for the Right to the Truth, ICTJ invites you to explore our new multimedia presentation that goes behind the scenes of a truth commission.

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    Truth is the Foundation of Justice

In Focus

Colombian Media Play Key Role in Peace and Justice Debate

5/16/2013

Media play an essential role in peace negotiations and post-conflict situations. In the highly polarized and politicized context of Colombia, the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Ibero-American Journalism (FNPI) chose May 3, Worldwide Freedom of Expression Day, to bring together directors and editors of Colombia’s main news media to reflect on their role at a historic moment for the country: the government’s peace talks with the FARC, which represent a possible end to five decades of armed conflict.

ICTJ: Conviction of Ríos Montt on Genocide a Victory for Justice in Guatemala, and Everywhere

5/10/2013

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) welcomes today’s verdict in Guatemala by the High Risk Court in the trial of former military dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt. The 86-year-old ex-general was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity against the indigenous Mayan Ixil population during Guatemala’s Civil War. He was sentenced to a total of 80 years in prison. José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, the co-accused, who headed military intelligence under Ríos Montt, was found innocent.

In Negotiation of Women’s Rights after Revolution, MENA Activists Take Lessons from Tunisia

5/7/2013

An ICTJ immersion course brought together women from Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Libya to closely observe Tunisia’s emerging experience in transitional justice, including the ways in which issues of gender-based violence and the experiences of women are being addressed.

Closing Kenya’s Impunity Gap: Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Trying Serious Crimes in Kenya’s Courts

4/30/2013

ICTJ released a briefing paper today examining current opportunities for prosecuting serious crimes within Kenya’s national judicial system, including crimes committed during the postelection violence of late 2007 and early 2008 (PEV), which claimed 1,113 lives and displaced an estimated 660,000 people. Titled “Prosecuting International and Other Serious Crimes in Kenya,” the paper looks at legal and institutional reforms that may be needed at the national level to effectively investigate and prosecute the worst crimes of the PEV period, including murder, serious assault, and rape.