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This paper examines the impact of gender-focused transitional justice measures adopted in Morocco. In a one of the first transitional justice programs implemented by an Arab country, Morocco’s Equity Reconciliation Council (IER) has included stipulations on including women in transitional justice process and highlighted human rights abuses pertaining specifically to women such as sexual assault, rape, and torture. This paper examines the effectiveness of the IER’s current gender focus and offers recommendations to further ensure female participation in the transitional justice program.

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 comme la preuve de son échec après tant d'années. Le gouvernement estime qu'au rythme actuel, le processus prendrait près d'un siècle.

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 practical guidelines for practitioners, commission staff, and political leaders on a wide spectrum of experiences that can be adapted to suit the unique social, political, and legal context of the state. (French)

Le Centre international pour la justice transitionnelle publie une sélection d'extraits des arrêts et jugements de la Cour suprême concernant le processus Justice et Paix.

This briefing paper focuses on establishing a credible approach to accountability and human rights in a post-conflict Syria. Looking ahead to an eventual resolution to the war, it recognizes that Syrian authorities and civil society, as well as the international community, will have to consider how to deal with crimes committed during the current conflict—and in preceding decades of repression under the Assad regime.