This report seeks to contribute to a more strategic approach to integrating transitional justice and sustainable development. It aims to inform policy discussions at the 2023 SDG Summit and beyond,...
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International and regional organizations support the Yemen Declaration for Justice and Reconciliation [EN/AR]
International and regional NGOs call on the international community and warring parties to address the demands in Yemen Declaration. On July 26, 2023, over 40 civil society organizations and victims...
Civil Society Organizations Urge UN Member States to Vote in Favor of Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria [EN/AR]
UN: Create Body on Missing Syrians Groups Urge UN General Assembly to Establish New Unit (New York) – United Nations member countries should vote to establish a humanitarian body that will seek to...
Venezuela: UN Human Rights Council Should Renew Experts’ Mandate
Due to lack of judicial independence, international accountability, monitoring are key The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding...
Open appeal to UN Member States to ensure the adoption of a resolution creating an investigative mechanism on Afghanistan at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council
We, the undersigned organisations, write to urge UN Member States to ensure the adoption of a robust resolution to establish a Fact-Finding Mission or similar independent investigative mechanism on...
CAR + 2 more
“I Am 100% Central African”: Identity and Inclusion in the Experience of Central African Muslim Refugees in Chad and Cameroon
Enrica Picco Being recognized as Central African and taking part in a new social contract based on inclusion were ultimately the two most prominent demands expressed by Muslim and Peuhl refugees...
"We Cannot Forget”: Truth and Memory in Post-Conflict Nepal [EN/NE]
Victims’ Views on Truth Seeking and Memorials in Nepal Take Center Stage in New Report from ICTJ and Martin Chautari Institute KATHMANDU, May 24, 2017—As Nepal’s two truth commissions face mounting...
World + 3 more
Educating for peace: helping victims overcome human rights violations
This fall, ICTJ will publish “Transitional Justice and Education: Learning Peace,” a new edited volume which explores the ways in which societies can harness education to address the legacies of past...
Education and Transitional Justice: Opportunities and Challenges for Peacebuilding
CTJ-UNICEF Panel: Education as Crucial Tool for Peace On January 21, ICTJ and UNICEF held a special event to launch an important new report on the links between education and transitional justice...
Navigating Paths to Justice in Myanmar’s Transition
Introduction Since President Thein Sein and his government took office in 2011, Myanmar’s transition has unfolded at a pace that has surprised many and earned the acclaim of western governments,...
Failing to Deal with the Past: What Cost to Lebanon? [EN/AR]
For decades, Lebanese governments have made only partial and ineffective attempts to hold powerful individuals, groups, and foreign states accountable for violations committed on Lebanese soil,...
Colombia + 3 more
Through a New Lens: A Child-Sensitive Approach to Transitional Justice
Executive Summary This report examines how and to what extent transitional justice approaches have engaged children and considered their needs and perspectives, analyzing the experience of...
Kenya: Uphold Commitment to International Court
NAIROBI/NEW YORK, March 10, 2011-As a signatory to the Rome Statute, Kenya should continue to meet all of its obligations to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International...
Institutional Reform in the New Constitution of Kenya
Kenya: Beware of 'Constitution without Constitutionalism' NAIROBI/NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2010-Kenya's new constitution holds great promise, but further steps need to be taken to ensure its success,...
Assessing a Transitional Justice Approach for Kyrgyzstan
KYRGYZSTAN MISSION REPORT MAY 30-JUNE 6, 2010 Marcie Mersky, Bogdan Ivaniševi?, Eugene Huskey Executive Summary During the last five years, Kyrgyzstan has experienced two popular uprisings-in March...
Beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Transitional Justice Options in Liberia
MONROVIA/NEW YORK, May 11, 2010-Despite serious weaknesses in the Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, accountability and victims' rights are critical to Liberia's recovery...
Guinée: les enquêtes sur les massacres de Conakry doivent inclure une participation internationale
Le Cap (Afrique du Sud), 9 Octobre 2009 - La Commission d'enquête sur le massacre d'environ 150 personnes par des éléments de l'armée guinéenne, le 28 septembre 2009, doit être indépendant,...
Impunity prolonged: Burma and its 2008 constitution
Executive Summary Burma (also known as Myanmar) has been under military rule since 1962 when General Ne Win took power from the democratically elected government. Following nationwide protests in...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council, Seventh Session - Feb 2010
Summary 1. Although there have been some important achievements in Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of transitional justice, a number of substantive concerns remain. Most efforts by authorities have...
Negotiating peace in Nepal: Implications for justice
Warisha Farasat and Priscilla Hayner Executive Summary In April 2008 historic elections to Nepal's Constituent Assembly led to a political watershed: former Maoist guerrillas surprised everyone by...