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Impunity in Timor-Leste: Can the Serious Crimes Investigation Team Make a Difference?

In August 2006 the United Nations Security Council mandated the establishment of the Serious Crimes Investigation Team (SCIT) as an extension of the previous “serious crimes” process, under the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). Early in 2008, the team began assisting the c...

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ICTJ

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Indigenous Peoples and Claims for Reparation: Tentative Steps in Peru and Guatemala

In situations of large scale violence and repression, reparations are best conceptualized as rights-based political projects aimed at giving victims due recognition and at enhancing civic trust both among citizens and between citizens and state institutions. This paper explores, in th...

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Ruth Rubio-Marín, Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey and Julie Guillerot

Research Brief

We Can’t Be Sure Who Killed Us: Memory and Memorialization in Post-conflict Northern Uganda

This reports examine the role of memorials in transitional justice processes, based on research conducted in the Acholi and Lango subregions of northern Uganda. It offers recommendations to those planning memorial activities on how to achieve the highest impact.

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ICTJ; Julian Hopwood

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