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Negotiating justice: Guidance for mediators (February 2009 report)

Negotiating Justice: Guidance for Mediators provides guidance on grappling with justice issues in peace negotiations. Co-published with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, the report seeks in particular to provide peace process actors with basic facts of law, guidance on amnesties a...

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Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Priscilla Hayner

Negotiating Peace and Justice: A Course on the Place of Transitional Justice in Peace Processes

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Barcelona International Peace Resource Center (BIPRC) are pleased to announce an Intensive Course on Transitional Justice and Peace Processes, taking place in Barcelona, Spain, June 6 - 10, 2016. It will focus on practical examples of recent or paradigmatic peace processes where the question of justice formed a significant part of the negotiating context.

03/10/16
In Focus

Negotiating Peace and Justice: Announcing ICTJ's 2017 Intensive Course on Transitional Justice and Peace Processes

ICTJ is pleased to announce an intensive course on transitional justice and peace processes to be held in Barcelona, Spain on October 9-13. Applications are now open.

06/21/17
In Focus

Negotiating Peace in Indonesia: Prospects for Building Peace and Upholding Justice in Maluku and Aceh

Indonesia’s history is littered with episodes of mass violence, whether state-sponsored, communally driven or separatist in nature. But in recent times the Indonesian government has successfully negotiated several peace agreements and brought about an end to mass human rights violatio...

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ICTJ, IfP, Scott Cunliffe, etal

Report

Negotiating peace in Liberia: Preserving the possibility for Justice

This report focuses Liberia's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2003. It examines many key decisions that were made in creating the CPA, and centers on questions of justice, accountability and the rule of law. It notes developments in the four years after the CPA was signed, an...

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ICTJ, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Priscilla Hayner

Report

Negotiating Peace in Nepal: Implications for Justice

In April 2008 historic elections to Nepal’s Constituent Assembly led to a political watershed: former Maoist guerrillas surprised everyone by coming out ahead, suggesting that a new era had come to Nepal. In its first sitting, the Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a republic and bro...

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ICTJ, IfP, Warisha Farasat and Priscilla Hayner

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Negotiating peace in Sierra Leone: Confronting the justice challenge

This report focuses the Lomé Accord of 1999, that ended the Sierra Leone's 10 year civil war. It examines the negotiation dynamics influencing its creation and the impact of the accord from 1999 to 2007. The peace accord is often remembered for its unconditional amnesty provisions, wh...

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ICTJ, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Priscilla Hayner

Report

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

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.

05/07/13
In Focus

Negotiations with ELN Offer Colombia a Path Towards Comprehensive Peace

ICTJ welcomes the announcement of formal peace talks between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN). This new process opens the possibility of achieving comprehensive peace in the country and entering a new phase in Colombian history.

03/31/16
Press Release

Nepal: New Study by ICTJ Finds Conflict Victims Continue to Have Acute Needs; Calls for Comprehensive Reparations

A new study by ICTJ finds that victims of human rights violations committed during Nepal’s 10-year armed conflict continue to experience hardship – and calls on the government to implement a comprehensive reparations program to respond to their acute and long-term needs.

09/16/14
Press Release