LETTER
It has been over three years since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) referred the crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC), and over a year since the Prosecutor issued the Court's initial charges against two suspects believed to be among those most responsible for the crimes. Yet the Government of Sudan has refused all cooperation with the Court...
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AMERICAS
NEW YORK-The Colombian government this week extradited 14 jailed paramilitary leaders to the United States, an action that the International Center for Transitional Justice believes to be a significant step backwards for Colombia's efforts to secure truth and justice for tens of thousands of victims of more than a generation of violent conflict...
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JUAN E MENDEZ
The International Criminal Court continues to be a focus in discussions about transitional justice. In recent remarks at a forum sponsored by the Open Society Institute and the MacArthur Foundation, ICTJ President Juan Méndez said the ICC should be thought of primarily as an "instrument of justice." And it can contribute to peace and prevention when filling that central function.
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SPOTLIGHT
The imperatives of peace and justice are often juxtaposed, as if they pose a choice between two mutually exclusive options. As the ICTJ increasingly works in contexts with varying degrees of conflict or transition, we are sometimes confronted by the notion that justice must either wait or be sacrificed entirely for peace...
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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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