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This report is based on data obtained from extensive interviews and focus group discussions conducted in July and August 2003 with representatives from a broad cross-section of the Iraqi population. The report’s conclusions and recommendations are divided into seven main areas: past human rights abuses, justice and accountability, truth-seeking and remembrance, amnesty, vetting, reparations, and social reconstruction and reconciliation.

In Afghanistan, community theater has begun to be used as a method of transitional justice to give victims a voice and create positive impulses for peacebuilding. According to a new briefing paper released by ICTJ, through theater, victims are able to create a “safe space” to discuss experiences of conflict and explore accountability. The main theatrical focus is on dialogue, with the explicit aim of allowing participants to propose solutions, discuss plans for change and train themselves for social action.

In the aftermath of massive or systematic violations or more generalized conflict,providing reparation in a meaningful way poses a daunting challenge. This 15 page paper covers the nature and objectives of reparations, forms of reparations, policy design of reparations, and financing and implementation.

Demobilization was first initiated in Cambodia in 1992, but there have been few attempts to link disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes to transitional justice measures. The government's overriding consideration has been the preservation of stability, narrowly interpreted by the CPP elite in terms of their own security.

ICTJ's monthly newsletter, providing transitional justice news and updates from around the world. South Africa’s Constitutional Court recently made a landmark ruling on the right to speak the truth about crimes amnestied by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. ICTJ Truth-Seeking Consultant Howard Varney speaks about the ruling and its significance for South Africa and other countries.

The Kenya Transitional Justice Brief, a quarterly bulletin by ICTJ highlighting current developments in the field of transitional justice in Kenya. This first edition provides a summary and analysis of developments surrounding the International Criminal Court's (ICC's) involvement in Kenya, and concludes that while discussions of establishing domestic accountability measures or engaging with the ICC may be politically motivated, they may prove to be the start of legitimate progress towards addressing the current impunity gap.

ICTJ’s Middle East and North Africa Program, in partnership with the Arab Institute for Human Rights, the Tunisian League for Human Rights, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, convened an international conference entitled “Addressing the Past, Building the Future: Justice in Times of Transition” in Tunis, Tunisia on April 14-15, 2011. This report summarizes the five sessions focusing on criminal accountability, security sector reform and vetting, truth-seeking, gender justice, and reparations, as well as the concluding observations of the conference.

ICTJ, with the sponsorship of the United Natinos Rule of law Unit and the support of the Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the International Criminal Court (ICC), hosted a retreate entitlted "Complementarity After Kampala: The Way Forward" on October 28-29, 2010, at the Greentree Estate in Manhasset, New York. This report provides a summary of the principal discussions without attributing views to the individual participants.

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), in partnership with the Barcelona International Peace Resource Center (BIPRC), is pleased to announce its third Intensive Course on Truth-Seeking. Our 2011 course will focus on the relationship between peacebuilding and transitional justice by examining the role of truth-seeking initiatives in ongoing conflict resolution and post-conflict contexts.

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), in partnership with the Barcelona International Peace Resource Center (BIPRC), is pleased to announce its third Intensive Course on Truth-Seeking. Our 2011 course will focus on the relationship between peacebuilding and transitional justice by examining the role of truth-seeking initiatives in ongoing conflict resolution and post-conflict contexts.