• 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

Justice in the Era of COVID-19: Our Global Responsibility

Fernando Travesí
Executive Director

3/27/2020

Today, we are facing a global public health crisis of unprecedented proportions. Only time will tell the devastating toll that COVID-19 will exact on human life. The breakneck speed at which the virus is spreading does not give us reason for optimism in the near future. We at ICTJ fully grasp the gravity of the situation, and we take our responsibility for the health and safety of our staff, partners, and communities where we work seriously.

In Lebanon, Students Grapple with the Truth About Their Country's Painful Past

3/24/2020

ICTJ held a two-day workshop on transitional justice for a group of university students in Beirut on February 14 and 15 as part of its ongoing support to the Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon. The students are currently serving as volunteers on a project to create an archive of the committee’s decades-long struggle and activism.

The Trial of Dominic Ongwen: Has the Time for Accountability for Sexual Crimes in Contexts of War Finally Come?

Sarah Kihika Kasande
Head of Office, Uganda

3/13/2020

This week, the International Criminal Court heard closing arguments in the trial of Dominic Ongwen, a top commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda. Among the 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity he faces are 19 counts of sexual and gender-based crimes, including rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriage—the widest range of such crimes ever to be brought to trial before the court. The case thus marks a milestone in the jurisprudence of these international crimes.

ICTJ Convenes International Conference on Best Practices for Combatting Large-Scale Corruption in Transitional Justice Contexts

2/26/2020

Tunis—On March 2-3, 2020, ICTJ is holding a conference in Tunis, Tunisia, on the fight against corruption and the recovery of ill-gotten assets as a critical element of transitional justice processes. The conference will bring together activists, policymakers, and experts from Tunisia and other countries in the global South emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule, including Armenia, The Gambia, Kenya, the Philippines, and South Africa.

Work, Freedom, Dignity: For Young Tunisians, the Revolution Was Not Only About Accountability for Corruption

2/26/2020

Building on its work in Tunisia since 2012, ICTJ met with representatives of youth-led civil society organizations and social movements and state institutions involved in pursuing accountability for Ben Ali-era corruption. This paper focuses on the strategies and insights that members of the youth-led organizations and movements shared in these discussions. It seeks to call attention to their larger revolutionary goals and to offer ways for policymakers, advocates, and donors to support these goals in their transitional justice work.

Date published: 
Wed, 02/26/2020 - 08:50