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ICTJ Presents Two Film Premieres at Human Rights Watch Festival

ICTJ is pleased to announce two films premiering at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (HRWIFF) in June. IMPUNITY (New York premiere) + Q&A with filmmakers What is the cost of truth for families immobilized by Colombia’s violent past? In 2005, Colombia started gathering evidence...

05/24/11
In Focus

U.S. Counter-Narcotics Interests Killing Colombian Victims’ Hope

As the United States and Colombia near the signing of a free-trade agreement and resolve differences over labor rights and other issues, the problematic extraditions of paramilitaries accused of savage crimes committed during the years of counter-insurgency remain far from the spotlight.

05/13/11
In Focus

Colombia: Recognition of Armed Conflict a Positive Step

BOGOTÁ, May 12, 2011—The decision by President Juan Manuel Santos to recognize the existence of an internal armed conflict in Colombia is a positive step toward transparency and truth-telling in that country, ICTJ said today. The Colombian government has denied for years the existence of an internal armed conflict there, although it was never in doubt from an international law perspective.

05/12/11
Press Release

The Criminal Procedure for Justice and Peace (Spanish)

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

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ICTJ, ASDI

Book

The Criminal Justice and Peace Process from the Perspective of the Public Prosecutor's Office

Justice and peace have been the highest aspirations of modern societies. Legislative bodies have enacted laws such as Law 975 of 2005, which ordered the State to provide instruments to resolve armed conflicts without neglecting fundamental social interests of truth, justice, and repar...

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Office of the Attorney General for Criminal Matters

Book

Nepali Voices: Perceptions of Truth, Justice, Reconciliation, Reparations and the Transition in Nepal

The survey sought to ascertain the opinions and expectations of the victims and their families in Nepal on a range of transitional justice issues, such as human rights violations, truth-seeking, justice, accountability, reparations, and reconciliation.

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ICTJ; Advocacy Forum

Report

Disappearances in Nepal

This report arises out of a perceived opening or window of opportunity for transitional justice intervention around the specific gross human rights violation of enforced disappearances and abductions in Nepal. This issue connects powerfully to several dominant concerns within the tran...

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ICTJ; Madeleine Fullard

Report

Building Peace and Upholding Justice: Lessons from Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Nepal

ICTJ hosted a meeting, “Peace and Justice in Asia,” with a particular focus on Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Nepal, on December 2-3, 2008. The two-day conference brought together senior experts, officials, and community leaders from three distinct areas that have suffered conflict in In...

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ICTJ

Transitional Justice in Colombia

In Colombia, the shifting boundaries between drug trafficking and political crime and the tension between security and human rights pose particular challenges for those seeking accountability for past abuses and respect for human rights.

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ICTJ

Fact Sheet

A Transition in Nepal from Insurgency to Governing

In 1996, six years after Nepal replaced its absolute monarchy with multi-party democracy, Maoist rebels launched an armed struggle that led to an estimated 13,000 deaths over the next decade. In November 2006 the rebels and government made peace, paving the way for the abolition of th...

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ICTJ

Briefing Paper