• Report:

    On Solid Ground

    This report of the Working Group on Transitional Justice and SDG16+ articulates the contributions of transitional justice to the SDGs, particularly SDG 16 on peace, justice, and inclusion, but also related goals on gender and inequality. 

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    On Solid Ground
  • Guide:

    Our Future, Our Justice: Young People Taking Action

    This guide is designed to engage young people who are interested in or are working on transitional justice issues in their communities.

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    Our Future, Our Justice: Young People Taking Action
  • Report:

    Guiding and Protecting Prosecutors

    This report presents a comparative overview of prosecution guidelines from around the world in "ordinary" times and in the context of post-conflict transitions.

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    Guiding and Protecting Prosecutors
  • Video:

    A Conversation with Former President Juan Manuel Santos

    This February, ICTJ and CHRGJ welcomed former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Juan Manuel Santos for a conversation on the role of transitional justice in peace negotiations.

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    A Conversation with Former President Juan Manuel Santos

  • 2019 Year in Review

    Our accomplishments last year reflect our fundamental commitment to victims and civil society and demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach and its potential to advance justice, accountability, and reform.

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    2019 Year in Review

  • 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

In Focus

Syria’s Untold Darkness: The Realities of Syria’s Disappeared, Arbitrarily Detained and their Families

23/11/2021 - 23/11/2021

The International Center for Transitional Justice presents a discussion around Bridges of Truth's most recent publication, A Guide to the Untold Darkness: The Realities of Syria's Disappeared, Arbitrarily Detained, and their Families.

Online Course: Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice

7/02/2022 - 11/02/2022

Call for applications is open for our online course, "Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice." Find more information about the course and how to apply. 

As Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis Worsens, a Scarcity of Accountability Leaves Little Hope for Justice

11/17/2021

Six years of unrelenting war in Yemen has created what the United Nations has called the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. Rubbing salt in the wound, members of the UN Human Rights Council rejected a resolution to renew the mandate of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, a body investigating serious human rights violations. The council’s decision is a serious blow to accountability in the country. 

From Truth to Justice: The Implementation of the TRRC's Recommendations on Prosecutions

17/11/2021 - 17/11/2021

The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, International Commission of Jurists, Gambia Bar Association, and International Center for Transitional Justice present the international conference, "From Truth to Justice: The Implementation of the TRRC's Recommendations on Prosecutions." Open to the public, speakers will include international experts, civil society, and victims.

Opening Space for Healing and Change: Maryland Commission on Lynching Holds First Public Hearing

Virginie Ladisch
Senior Expert, Programs

10/22/2021

The Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission held its first public hearing in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, on October 2, 2021. The event, broadcast live from Emmanuel Episcopal Church, brought together commissioners, panelists, and guests to acknowledge and memorialize the tragic lynching of 18-year-old Robert Hughes (aka William Burns) in Cumberland in 1907. In the coming months, the commission will convene several more of these public hearings in counties across the state of Maryland.