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    ICTJ embarked on an unprecedented collaboration with 10 Syrian organizations to expose the long-term impacts of attacks and destruction of schools in Syria.

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  • 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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  • Impunity's Eclipse

    Read the story of the 30-year struggle for justice in Guatemala and the people who, for a moment, were able to eclipse impunity.

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  • Not Without Dignity

    New report draws on Syrian refugees' views on displacement, return, and coexistence. Discussion of their return must begin now.

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  • New Film Confronts Stigma Facing Children Born of Conflict

    "I Am Not Who They Think I Am" explores the struggle for acceptance and redress in northern Uganda

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  • Highlights of our Work

    Explore ICTJ's impact around the world as we celebrate our 15 years.

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In Focus

Holding a Mirror to Society: Acknowledgment and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoples Rights

8/8/2018

Indigenous peoples are still some of the most marginalized and vulnerable communities around the world. In a conflict, they are often some of the most affected as their resource-rich territories are coveted by powerful and violent groups, their identity and loyalty perceived with mistrust, and their basic humanity and rights questioned by warring parties. Outside conflict zones, indigenous groups have been forced to battle the slow erosion of their languages, cultures, and traditions while struggling against the effects of centuries of genocide, colonialism, and exclusion.

Victims in the Thomas Kwoyelo Case Forced to Wait Longer for Justice

7/25/2018

Kampala—On the 23rd of July, the Ugandan Judiciary announced that the pretrial hearing of the case Uganda v. Thomas Kwoyelo had been adjourned indefinitely, due to a shortage of funds needed to hold the hearing. The Pretrial Judge of the International Crimes Division (ICD) was expected to deliver a ruling that would determine the confirmation of charges against Kwoyelo and whether the case would proceed to trial.

ICTJ Calls for Urgent Steps to Prevent a Repeat of the Faraba Banta Attacks

Fernando Travesí
Executive Director

6/27/2018

Last week, police opened fire on unarmed protesters, killing three and injuring several others in Faraba Banta, a small town in southwestern Gambia. ICTJ condemns these acts and supports civil society and victims in their call for swift actions ensuring justice, reparations, and an independent investigation into the causes of the attacks.

UN Special Rapporteur on Transitional Justice Discusses New Mandate with ICTJ

6/26/2018

ICTJ was pleased to host the newly elected United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli (Argentina), at its New York office, where he discussed his vision and priorities. 

Portraits of Truth: A New Film Explores Memory and Justice Through One Man’s Journey Back to Cambodia

Elena Naughton
Program Officer

6/18/2018

Angkar, screened on June 16 at the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival, follows Khonsaly, a victim of the Khmer Rouge, on his journey to the village he fled almost 30 years ago. The film, produced by Neary Adeline Hay about her father's experience with torture and repression, is an intergenerational offering to truth and memorialization work that dances between the inheritance of abuse and its painful recollection by a survivor.