AMERICAS
International human rights organizations, including the International Center for Transitional Justice, expressed their support for Mr. Francisco Soberon, founder of the Association of Human Rights (APRODEH) in a letter to the President of Peru. The eight signatories urged President Alan Garcia Perez to make a public statement in support of the invaluable work of human rights defenders such as Soberon, who has been a driving force behind the prosecution of former President Fujimori...
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PROGRAM IN FOCUS
More than seven years after the signing of the Arusha Peace Accords, the Burundi police does not meet expectations because its personnel is not integrated and it lacks effective accountability mechanisms...
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SPOTLIGHT
Preventing future human rights violations to promote social reconstruction is a critical element of transitional justice. Police, military, and other security agencies, as well as nonstate security actors such as armed rebel groups, are often the most responsible for serious and systemic human rights violations...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA
Whatever happens in their country during the foreboding days ahead, Zimbabweans know that an "after" is inevitable. An "after Mugabe" will come even if Robert G. Mugabe, the country's 84-year-old president, manages - through a campaign of violence or other means - to claim another term in office...
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ICTJ IN THE NEWS
JAKARTA-The joint Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) announced Wednesday it had completed its final report on human rights violations committed during the 1999 independence vote in East Timor...
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