We work side by side with victims to obtain acknowledgment and redress for massive human rights violations, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or repression.
The Ghosts of Racial Violence in Maryland
December 4, 1931, is a night that lives on in the minds of Black residents in Salisbury, Maryland, a small town along the state’s Eastern Shore. That cold winter night, a mob of more than...
In Ukraine, Justice for Victims Is More Than Criminal Accountability
Since Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine in late February 2022, the horrific nature of violence endured by Ukrainian civilians at the hands of Russian soldiers has shocked the world. At...
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Special Jurisdiction for Peace
In Colombia, Precedent Is Set for Acknowledging Past Atrocities
International Center for Transitional Justice
The Final Peace Agreement signed in 2016 between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) guerrillas and the Colombian governmen...
Civil Society-Led Truth-Seeking Initiatives: Expanding Opportunities for Acknowledgment and Redress
At a time when truth-seeking and reparations initiatives are taking hold across the United States, this report offers reflections from various civil society-led truth-seeking processes.
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A Historic Black Community in the United States Resists Erasure
By Sean Yoes
On a chilly Saturday night in February, several members of the Brown Grove Preservation Group, gathered at Around the Table, a Black-owned soul food restaurant in nearby Ash...
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