• Reforming the JPL: A Forum for Debate

    ICTJ and the OAS are holding an event on "Challenges and Opportunities of the Justice and Peace Law Reform."

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    Reforming the JPL: A Forum for Debate

  • Exploring Progress and Challenges

    What progress has been made and what are the shortcomings of how Colombia's Justice and Peace law has been implemented?

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    Exploring Progress and Challenges
  • Podcast:

    Pursuing the Most Responsible

    Reform of the Justice and Peace Law must address criteria for selection and prioritization of cases, ICTJ vice president Paul Seils discusses.

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    Pursuing the Most Responsible

  • Colombia’s Justice and Peace Process

    As Colombia looks to reform its Justice and Peace Law, ICTJ presents a series of features providing background and analysis.

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    Colombia’s Justice and Peace Process

In Focus

Strengthening Indigenous Rights through Truth Commissions: A Practitioner's Resource

Posted May 22, 2012

In societies confronting the legacies of war, tyranny, or entrenched injustice, the experiences of indigenous people have often been marginalized. ICTJ has published a handbook offering guidance on planning truth commissions and commissions of inquiry that safeguard the interests of indigenous communities and address violations against them.

Bosnia: The haunting legacy of Ratko Mladic

Posted May 17, 2012

The trial of Ratko Mladic for genocide, crimes against humanity, and multiple war crimes committed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, began yesterday. But these charges have done little to damage the hero status he enjoys today among the majority of Serbs, writes Refik Hodzic. Unless this legacy is addressed in the communities of Srebrenica and the rest of Bosnia, the outcome of his trial may prove to be merely symbolic, if that.

Breaking the Ground on Peace and Stability: Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law

Posted May 15, 2012

Transitional justice, at the core of its mission, strives to “break the ground on a future of peace and stability.” For countries with a violent or repressive past—and this can be said of most—implementing truth-seeking, criminal justice, reparations, and institutional reform measures forms the basis for establishing a culture of justice and respect for the rule of law.

Brazilian Truth Commission Has Historic Responsibility

Posted May 11, 2012

ICTJ welcomes the appointment of seven distinguished experts as members of the Brazilian National Truth Commission. The government has taken a historic step to honor victims and ensure the people of Brazil know the full truth about the human rights abuses committed in their country; the pursuit of justice can only make Brazilian democracy stronger.