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In Focus

In Memoriam, ICTJ Founder Alex Boraine

Howard Varney
Senior Program Advisor

12/5/2018

Dr. Alex Boraine, founder of the ICTJ, was larger than life. In his long career, he touched the lives of thousands in his beloved South Africa and around the world. 

Committing to Justice for Serious Human Rights Violations: Lessons from Hybrid Tribunals

12/5/2018

This report aims to help practitioners in the transitional justice field to understand the experience of establishing and operating hybrid courts and to address some common assumptions about these entities. To do so, it looks at hybrid or mixed courts in practice, drawing on experiences in five different contexts: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, and Timor-Leste. 

Date published: 
Wed, 12/05/2018 - 06:00

Lebanon Passes Law for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, Marking a Victory for Victims’ Families and for Justice

12/3/2018

On November 12, 2018, Lebanon finally passed the long-awaited, landmark Law for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons in Lebanon. This breakthrough development is a result of the steadfast commitment of mobilized families and years of joint advocacy efforts, lobbying, and initiatives by local and international organizations aimed at advancing the families’ cause.

“Who Hears My Voice Today?”: Tunisia’s Forgotten Women Victims

12/3/2018

This report focuses on “indirect victims” of human rights violations in Tunisia, namely, the wives, sisters, and children of political prisoners in Tunisia, who suffered discrimination, social exclusion, police violence, and harassment during the dictatorship.

Date published: 
Mon, 12/03/2018 - 09:29

UN Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons Meets with ICTJ to Discuss Her Recent Report on Transitional Justice

11/28/2018

On Friday, October 19, ICTJ welcomed the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, at its headquarters in New York, where she gave an informal presentation. Jimenez-Damary’s eye-opening report on the human rights of IDPs  takes up the crucial importance of including the voices and concerns of IDPs in transitional justice mechanisms.

ICTJ Releases "Gender Modules," an Interactive Curriculum for Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Transitional Justice

11/28/2018

The first of its kind and the culmination of three years of planning and development, Gender Modules is a comprehensive curriculum that uses case studies to illustrate topics such as gender and reparations and the prosecution of gender-based crimes. It provides concrete guidance to those seeking to implement gender-sensitive processes – informed by successes and failures in contexts around the world.