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This study analyzes how transitional justice in Sierra Leone has contributed to prevention by responding to the grievances of those harmed by violations, reducing exclusion, addressing through institutional reforms the causes of past violence, and catalyzing long-term change. While transitional justice has helped Sierra Leone avoid the recurrence of the worst of its recent past, a more comprehensive approach to sustainable peace is needed to address the historical legacies of the conflict.

This report examines the contribution of transitional justice to prevention in the Philippines, as well as the limits of this contribution due to the failure to comprehensively address and learn from the past and undertake structural changes. While reparations, truth telling, and institutional reform have played a role in preventing the recurrence of the most serious human rights violations, the Philippines remain a deeply divided society with high levels of discontent.