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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Developments in Transitional Justice

This paper provides an overview of the major issues and recent developments in transitional justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). It examines the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), local trials, the proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Sr...

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ICTJ

Briefing Paper

Neglected Duty: Providing Comprehensive Reparations to the Indonesian "1965 Victims" of State Persecution

This report outlines Indonesia's international law obligations to provide remedies to the "1965 victims" of General Soeharto's persecution and stigmatization of those affiliated with the Indonesia Communist Party. It traces the history of this persecution, provides an overview of curr...

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ICTJ; Teresa Birks

Report

ICTJ Written Submission: Legality of Truth and Reconciliation Commission

In this amicus brief to the Indonesian Constitutional Court, ICTJ submits that the legislation establishing the Indonesian Truth and Reconciliation Commission ("TRC law") contravenes international law. ICTJ contests the provisions of the TRC law that allow for the granting of amnesty ...

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ICTJ

Croatia: Selected Developments in Transitional Justice

This case study offers an overview of some of the major issues and recent developments in transitional justice in Croatia. While the main focus is on war crimes prosecutions before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Croatian courts, it also examines trut...

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ICTJ; Thierry Cruvellier and Marta Valiñas

Briefing Paper

Lessons from the Deployment of International Judges and Prosecutors in Kosovo

This case study reviews and analyzes the deployment of international judges and prosecutors in Kosovo. It is part of a series providing information on hybrid courts' policy and practical issues. Although the Kosovo system of international judges and prosecutors has made significant st...

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ICTJ; Tom Perriello, Marieke Wierda

Report

Against the Current: War Crimes Prosecutions in Serbia

This report examines the effectiveness of war crimes prosecutions in Serbia. While the War Crimes Chamber (WCC) and the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP) have had some success, significant concerns exist - such as opposition from ethnic nationalists. Despite shortcomings, the...

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ICTJ; Bogdan Ivanišević

Report

On Sequences and Linkages: the Relationship between Justice, Security and Development

Some habits die hard. This is especially true of ways of thinking. Despite significant changes in national and international law and practice in the last thirty years—the period that corresponds with the emergence of transitional justice as a field—the recent upheaval in the Middle East and Northern Africa region has provoked proposals that hearken back to a period that we may have thought long gone.

04/29/11
In Focus

Derailed:Transitional Justice in Indonesia Since the Fall of Soeharto (Executive Summary and Recommendations)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 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 s...

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ICTJ, KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence)

Briefing Paper

Derailed: Transitional Justice in Indonesia since the fall of Soeharto (Report)

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...

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ICTJ, KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence)

Report

Impunity in East Timor: Will the Team to Investigate Serious Crimes make a difference? (Tetum)

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.

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ICTJ

Report