• 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

Ending Gender Violence in Elections: Inclusion of Women in Kenyan Politics and the National Dialogue Process from a Transitional Justice Perspective

1/23/2020

This paper highlights the need to overcome the political challenges women face in Kenya: their ongoing exclusion from political leadership, the continued violence against them during electoral contests, and their inability to ascend to leadership positions in the country.

Date published: 
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 11:06

2020 Intensive Course on Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice

19/10/2020 - 23/10/2020

Dates announced for the 2020 Intensive Course on Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice; the course will be held in Barcelona, Spain from October 19 to October 23, 2020.

ICTJ Head of Office for Colombia, María Camila Moreno, Honored for Untiring Efforts for Peace

12/18/2019

On December 12, ICTJ’s head of office for Colombia María Camila Moreno received the Alfonso López Michelsen Award for her dedicated work to advance peace and uphold international human rights and humanitarian law.

Will the ‘October Revolution’ Finally Bring Lebanon to a Reckoning with Its Past?

Nour El Bejjani Noureddine
Program Expert, Lebanon

12/16/2019

Lebanon’s ongoing “October Revolution” represents the largest decentralized, anti-government protest the country has seen at least since the end of the civil war in 1990. The demonstrations have brought thousands of Lebanese to the streets to condemn widespread corruption among the political class, paralyzing the country for weeks.

Decisions to Prosecute Without Fear, Favor, or Prejudice: Experts Grapple with Challenges in Pursuing Justice for International Crimes

12/13/2019

In countries emerging from violent conflict and repression around the world, prosecutors are facing significant challenges and pressures when seeking to investigate and prosecute serious crimes, such as torture, extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearance. To reflect on these challenges, ICTJ together with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, and with support from the governments of Australia and Sweden, convened a side event on December 6, 2019, during the 18th Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court.