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Stakeholders in Ethiopia Call for a Transitional Justice Process That Centers Victims, Women, and Healing

Over 100 representatives of civil society organizations, victims’ associations, government institutions, and diplomatic missions recently gathered in Addis Ababa to discuss what an inclusive transitional justice process in Ethiopia should look like. Participants explored best practices, local approaches, as well as persistent challenges to ensuring that those most affected by injustice play a central role in any process designed to address it.

10/14/26
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In Focus

Artists and Justice Leaders Explore Creative Avenues for Truth, Justice, and Societal Transformation

At an ICTJ-organized symposium in Istanbul, artists, civil society leaders, journalists, academics, and transitional justice practitioners from around the world discussed the ways art can serve as a catalyst for change in societies emerging from conflict or repression as well as explored local non-state-led approaches to truth seeking and truth telling.

09/23/26
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In Focus

Sudanese Victims and Civil Society Leaders Set Out Justice Priorities for Durable Peace

As Sudan’s devastating conflict enters its fourth year, the priorities of victims and Sudanese civilians must be central to efforts to end the violence and build sustainable peace. Against this backdrop, ICTJ and the Government of the Netherlands convened a policy roundtable in The Hague on advancing victim-centered justice for durable peace in Sudan.

09/16/26
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Press Release

From Searching Alone to a National Institution for the Missing in Syria

On August 30, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, I sat beside the president of Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons at its headquarters in Damascus for a historic moment: the launch of a platform through which families will be able to report their missing loved ones. For Syrian families, August 30 has long been a day to remember those they lost to the unknown and renew their demand for truth. This year, marking it inside a Syrian institution created to search for them had a very different significance.

09/02/26

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Nousha Kabawat

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Opinion

SDG16+ and Transitional Justice in Uganda: A Review of the Gains and Obstacles

This report assesses Uganda’s progress toward achieving the SDG16+ targets through a transitional justice lens. It highlights registered progress, existing gaps and challenges, and the contributions of civil society organizations to the realization of the SDG16+ targets.

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Jackson Odong

Abstract cover of the report SDG16+ and Transitional Justice in Uganda: A Review of the Gains and Obstacles
Report

The Gambia’s Justice Process Must Now Deliver for Victims

The establishment of the Reparations Commission in April 2025 and the recent appointment of British barrister Martin Hackett in April 2026 as The Gambia’s first special prosecutor represent crucial and long-awaited steps in the country’s transitional justice process. But to succeed, both require sustained public, political, and financial support.

08/04/26

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Didier Gbery

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Opinion

Overseas: Young Migrant Voices from Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia

This book features testimonies of young migrants originally from or currently residing in Lebanon, Libya, or Tunisia who left their home countries for political or socioeconomic reasons. The authors all took part in ICTJ’s 2023 writing contest titled “Overseas.” The contest aimed to e...

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Book

In a New Book, Young Migrants from Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia Share Their Stories

Even though young people were driving forces behind the revolutions in Tunisia, Libya, and Lebanon, their lives have not significantly improved since then. Many have been pushed to leave their home countries for socioeconomic or political reasons. A new ICTJ book features the testimonies of 18 young migrants who made this difficult choice.

07/27/26
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Press Release

Complying with JEP Rulings Is an Obligation of the Colombian State, Not the Current Government

In an interview first published in "El Espectador," ICTJ’s María Camila Moreno discusses the first rulings of Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, the state’s obligations to implement them, and why restorative justice is vital to lasting peace.

07/23/26

by Gustavo Montes Arias

Magistrates of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and members of the last Secretariat of the FARC guerrilla listen to a victim's intervention as part of the first Acknowledgment Hearing of Macrocase 01
In Focus

Toward a Reparative Approach: Reflections for Municipal Reparations Efforts in the United States

In the United States, reparations efforts at the municipal level have demonstrated momentum, innovation, and progress in recent years. However, for many of these initiatives, how to make them sustainable and impactful remains a challenge. Drawing on domestic and international experien...

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Emma Merritt-Cuneo, Virginie Ladisch, Linda Mann, Alize Asberry Payne, Jessica Cruz, and Sydney Tunstall

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Report