• 2018: A Year in Review

    We are pleased to present an interactive look back on ICTJ’s work in 2018—its challenges and triumphs—as we prepare for a promising and more just year ahead.

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    2018: A Year in Review

  • Gender and Transitional Justice: A Training Module Series

    This curriculum is intended to broaden the knowledge of civil society groups and other practitioners about how to incorporate a gender-sensitive approach into the design and implementation of transitional justice programs.

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    Gender and Transitional Justice: A Training Module Series

  • Committing to Justice for Serious Human Rights Violations

    New 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. 

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    Committing to Justice for Serious Human Rights Violations

  • We Didn't Think It Would Hit Us

    New report from the Save Syrian Schools project examines attacks on schools in Syria and their devastating impact on students, teachers, families, and society.

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    We Didn't Think It Would Hit Us

  • I Am 100% Central African

    A new report offers insight on how a greater political commitment to inclusion could lead to a sustainable peace in the Central African Republic.

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    I Am 100% Central African

In Focus

From Victim's to Leaders in Uganda

6/13/2019

When Janet Arach was still a schoolgirl, she was abducted by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army  (LRA) in northern Uganda. During her eight years in captivity, she was forced to marry an LRA rebel and gave birth to two children. Read more on Janet's journey to become an agent of change for her community in Uganda. 

Gambian "Our Nation Our Voice" Collective Brings Transitional Justice Processes to the People Through Hip Hop

6/12/2019

Banjul, June 12, 2019—“Never Again!” sings Awa Bling in her recently released song produced with the support of ICTJ, as part of a movement of youth and prominent artists who are reclaiming this universal slogan by creating their own songs about transitional justice and bringing their voices to some of the most forgotten regions of The Gambia. Local and international fans can now access new music videos released on social media by five talented Gambian hip hop artists.

The Evolution of Alex Boraine, ICTJ's North Star

Nyasha Laing
Communications Senior Associate

6/12/2019

Regardless of how the world remembers Alex Boraine's legacy—or the success and shortcomings of the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa—history will recall that Boraine withstood his own, and his nation’s, transitions to cement his legacy as an architect for truth and reconciliation and a champion for justice for victims.

"On Solid Ground;" New Report on Transitional Justice and SDG16+

6/3/2019

New York, June 3, 2019—Today, with just over a month to go before the 2019 UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, ICTJ and its partners have released the Report of the Working Group on Transitional Justice and SDG16+, entitled “On Solid Ground: Building Sustainable Peace and Development After Massive Human Rights Violations.”

On Solid Ground: Building Sustainable Peace and Development After Massive Human Rights Violations

6/3/2019

This report of the Working Group on Transitional Justice and SDG16+ articulates the contributions of transitional justice to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 on peace, justice, and inclusion, but also related goals on gender and inequality. The report contends that in contexts of serious and massive human rights violations, transitional justice provides a framework for addressing the needs of victims, helping to reduce the “justice gap,” and building sustainable peace and development.

Date published: 
Mon, 06/03/2019 - 01:08

2019 Intensive Course on Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice

28/10/2019 - 1/11/2019

The International Center for Transitional Justice, the Barcelona International Peace Centre (BIPC), and Fundación Ensurecer are pleased to announce the Intensive Course on Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice to be held in Barcelona, Spain from October 28-November 1, 2019.