• Cacarica: 22 Years of Resistance

    For years the people in Choco, Colombia, have been victims of armed conflict and displacement. Now, they are taking back their home and their community.

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    Cacarica: 22 Years of Resistance

  • An Uncertain Homecoming

    From a study based on interviews with 121 Syrian refugees living in Jordan, this report aims to provide a better understanding of the impact the conflict in Syria has had on refugees.

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    An Uncertain Homecoming

  • 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

Guiding and Protecting Prosecutors: Comparative Overview of Policies Guiding Decisions to Prosecute

10/15/2019

Prosecution guidelines provide benchmarks for decision making and act as a shield for prosecutors in the face of undue influence, pressure, or interference. Prosecutors pursuing sensitive cases, such as those involving mass atrocities, ought to do so by applying binding, objective, fair and publicly known criteria. This report presents a comparative overview of prosecution guidelines from around the world in "ordinary" times and in the context of post-conflict transitions.

Date published: 
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 13:58

Violations Against Gambian Women Must Be Acknowledged

Didier Gbery
Head of Program, The Gambia

10/11/2019

On October 14, The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission will begin public hearings with women victims who have dared break the nation’s silence around sexual violence. The hearings represent an important step toward the inclusion of women and their experiences in the Gambian truth-seeking process. But we cannot stop there. 

"Who Am I?": A Voices of Memory Exhibition

15/10/2019 - 15/10/2019

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is pleased to announce the grand opening ceremony of “Who Am I?", an exhibition inspired by the Voices of Memory collective on Tuesday, 15 October, at 5 p.m at the museum of the city of Tunis “ Palais Kheireddine.”

The Future of International Criminal Justice in Africa

10/3/2019

Given the political challenges emerging from authoritarian states and conflicts in Africa, what is the best way to pursue accountability for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law on the continent? ICTJ experts Chris Gitari and Howard Varney sit down to discuss regional initiatives, complementarity, and other strategies for pursuing accountability.

Side by Side with Victims

9/23/2019

Years after conflict, dictatorship, or historical injustice, victims throughout the world are still seeking redress and for their dignity to be affirmed. ICTJ has been standing alongside victims since 2001.

ICTJ Calls for Transparency in Selection of Members of Lebanon’s Commission for Missing and Disappeared

Nour El Bejjani Noureddine
Program Expert, Lebanon

9/16/2019

BEIRUT, September 16, 2019—Nine months after the passage of Law 105 on Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons in Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Justice nominated 10 individuals, including four women, to serve on the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared. The names have now been sent to the Council of Ministers for approval as stipulated in Article 10 of the new law.