This publication provides an overview of the essential best practices guiding the main aspects of a truth commission, answering basic questions relating to its goals, powers, operations, framework, protections for commissioners and witnesses, and reporting. Its intention is to provide...

Sept ans après son approbation, le projet ambitieux de démobilisation des groupes armés illégaux en Colombie, baptisé Justice et Paix, est en crise. Le fait qu'il n'ait abouti qu'à sept condamnations, la plupart ayant fait l'objet d'un appel et une seule confirmée en appel, est perçu ...

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is an internationalized court that will sit in the Netherlands and seek accountability for a specific set of crimes in Lebanon. Based on negotiations between Lebanon and the United Nations but ultimately decided by the UN Security Council, the Tribunal...

Seven years have passed since the Democratic Republic of Congo has ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court without satisfying the obligation imposed on States parties to take necessary legal provisions to integrate the Rome Statute in their domestic legislation t...