• 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

In Colombia, an Unlikely Soccer Match Brings Together Victims and Former Combatants

11/15/2019

In 1998, Colombian filmmaker Sergio Cabrera released “Time Out,” a fictional comedy in which guerrilla members and soldiers — usually mortal enemies — call a momentary truce to watch the national soccer team play in the qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup. Twenty years later, former combatants of both sides, members of the security forces, and victims of the conflict came together at Llano Grande in the region of Dabeiba to watch Cabrera’s film and play a game of soccer.

Fears Swept Away by the Wind

11/6/2019

There is no way to calm the pain left by war, much less erase the traces or water down the responsibilities into oblivion.  What does exist are the experiences of people who are making or made that transition in search of reconciliation.  These are some of their voices.

In a Region of Côte d’Ivoire Ravaged by Violence, Traditional Chiefs and Youth Come Together to Build Peace

10/30/2019

Youth activists and traditional leaders from the city of Duékoué, in western Côte d’Ivoire, gathered on October 15 to discuss how best to strengthen social cohesion and prevent future conflict. The city and surrounding region were among the areas most affected by the violence that broke out across the country following the 2010 presidential elections and that left thousands dead and many more injured, beaten, or raped.

‘The Bird Will Not Return to the Cage:’ An Analysis of Tunisia’s 2019 Elections

Salwa El Gantri
Head of Office, Tunisia

10/25/2019

Recently, Tunisia held its third parliamentary elections since the revolution and the second presidential elections since late President Béji Caid Essebssi passed away on July 25, 2019. It remains to be seen if the election’s results will usher in a new era of dignity, for which Tunisians took the streets in 2010 and 2011.

Fears Swept Away by the Wind: Film Launch

24/10/2019 - 24/10/2019

Fears Swept Away by the Wind brings together ex-combatants and those most affected by the violence they inflicted to explore these questions. On Thursday, October 31, the film will premiere live on Facebook in both Spanish and English, at 7pm Bogotá time (8pm ET). 

Our Nation Our Voice and ICTJ Release Documentary Film on Young Artist-Activists in The Gambia 

10/21/2019

Banjul, The Gambia – On October 26, 2019, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) in partnership with an artist collective in The Gambia will premiere a short documentary film about a group of young musicians and activists taking part in the country’s unfolding transitional justice process.