Resource Library

DDR programs are seldom analyzed to consider justice-related aims; and transitional justice mechanisms rarely articulate strategies for coordinating with DDR. Disarming the Past: Transitional Justice and Ex-combatantsexamines how these two types of initiatives have connected—or failed...

Women face a double marginalization under authoritarian regimes and during and after violent conflicts. Nonetheless, reparations programs are rarely designed to address the needs of women victims. What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations, argues f...

Given that women represent a very large proportion of the victims of conflicts and authoritarianism, it makes sense to examine whether reparation programs can be designed to redress women more fairly and efficiently and seek to subvert gender hierarchies that often antecede the confli...

Developing societies emerging from conflict and authoritarianism are frequently beset by poverty, inequality, weak institutions, broken infrastructure, poor governance, insecurity, and low levels of social capital. The same countries are also often the scene of massive human rights vi...

In many societies, histories of exclusion, racism, and nationalist violence often create divisions so deep that finding a way to deal with the atrocities of the past seems nearly impossible. These societies face difficult practical questions about how to devise new state and civil soc...

In August 2006 the Security Council created the UN Serious Crimes Investigation Team, as an extension of the previous investigation under the UN Integrated Mission Timor-Leste.

Background on the challenges in addressing legacies of past violence in sub-Saharan African countries such as Uganda, Ethiopia and Eritrea. The fact sheet gives an overview of the situation in the region and ICTJ's approaches in promoting transitional justice in individual countries. ...

Looking Back to Move Forward. An interview with Daniela Gavshon, Head of ICTJ's Honiara office, about the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Remedying Human Rights Violations. An interview with Ana Cutter Patel, deputy director, ICTJ International Policymakers Program.

Kenya’s Struggle toward Accountability and Justice. An interview with Njonjo Mue, head of ICTJ’s Nairobi office, and Comfort Ero, deputy director of ICTJ’s Africa Program.

A New ICTJ President Thinks About the Future. An interview with David Tolbert, President of ICTJ.

This is a compilation of cases from the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia.

Th e Tip of the Iceberg. An interview with Lisa Magarrell, director of ICTJ’s Reparations Program and U.S. Accountability Project.

History As It Happened. An interview with Ruben Carranza, senior associate in ICTJ’s Reparations Program.

Lessons to Be Learned. An interview with Howard Varney, director of ICTJ’s Truth-Seeking Program.

At the Forefront of the Struggle. An interview with Suliman Baldo, ICTJ Africa Program Director.

Truth Is the First Step. An interview with José Zalaquett, ICTJ Board Member.

A Tireless Push for Justice. An interview with Javier Ciurlizza, Deputy Director of ICTJ’s Americas Program.

A New Paradigm. An interview with Louis Bickford, ICTJ Memory, Museums and Monuments Program.

Building for the Future. An interview with Hanny Megally, ICTJ Middle East and North Africa Program Director.

Making Connections. An interview with Pablo de Greiff, ICTJ Research Unit Director.

More Than Just the Court. An interview with Marieke Wierda, director of ICTJ’s Prosecutions Program.

In September 1985, ninemembers of Argentina’smilitary junta, whose successive regimes covered the period in Argentine history known as the “dirty war,” walked into a courtroom in downtown Buenos Aires.

Progress Is Unmistakable. An interview with Juan E. Méndez, President of ICTJ.

A joint report released by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) examines the variety of state-sponsored initiatives to address mass violations of human rights in Indonesia since the fall of So...