ICTJ at 15: Highlights of our Work
We are proud to present highlights of our contributions – illustrative pieces of a much greater mosaic that is ICTJ’s body of work. Click a topic to explore our unique impact.
Reform
One of the key challenges of transitional justice is that it is both backward- and forward- looking. The aim is to deal with massive atrocities of the recent past to ensure that they do not happen again. Reforming abusive institutions is one of the most important, but also most difficult, interventions.
To enhance the understanding of the connections between institutional reform and other transitional justice interventions, in 2010 ICTJ produced guidelines for practitioners on post-conflict security sector reform, and earlier helped establish policy frameworks for the United Nations. We developed guidelines for vetting security sector institutions published by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and by the United Nations Development Programme. We have led the way in research on the issue of vetting through publications including Justice as Prevention (2007) – which included nine case studies and operational guidelines for effective vetting of public employees.
Representative examples of the in-country work on institutional reform include Kenya, where ICTJ has provided direct advice including on the vetting of judges, the vetting of its police force, and has helped develop a communication strategy around the police reform process. We have also worked on the preparation of vetting procedures in Tunisia, and in Iraq ICTJ experts produced A Bitter Legacy: Lessons of De-Baathification in Iraq, possibly the most substantive and detailed analysis of De-Baathification initiatives.
Acknowledgment • Participation • Redress
Criminal Accountability • The Forcibly Disappeared • Reform
Peace Processes and Conflict Resolution • Gender • Children and youth
Principles • Forums • Reconciliation
Education • Development • Rule of Law
Over the past 15 years, ICTJ has stood alongside victims and activists in dozens of countries, seeking the most comprehensive justice possible in the most challenging of circumstances. From Nepal to Canada, from Lebanon to Colombia and beyond, we invest the expertise of our staff from across the world in finding effective responses to demands for justice.
Our work often begins when the cameras leave, and we stay in the struggle for the long haul. We are proud to present highlights of our contributions over these 15 years – illustrative pieces of a much greater mosaic that is ICTJ’s body of work. Click a topic to explore our unique impact.