• Reforming the JPL: A Forum for Debate

    ICTJ and the OAS are holding an event on "Challenges and Opportunities of the Justice and Peace Law Reform."

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    Reforming the JPL: A Forum for Debate

  • Exploring Progress and Challenges

    What progress has been made and what are the shortcomings of how Colombia's Justice and Peace law has been implemented?

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    Exploring Progress and Challenges
  • Podcast:

    Pursuing the Most Responsible

    Reform of the Justice and Peace Law must address criteria for selection and prioritization of cases, ICTJ vice president Paul Seils discusses.

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    Pursuing the Most Responsible

  • Colombia’s Justice and Peace Process

    As Colombia looks to reform its Justice and Peace Law, ICTJ presents a series of features providing background and analysis.

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    Colombia’s Justice and Peace Process

In Focus

May 15, 2012

Breaking the Ground on Peace and Stability: Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law

Transitional justice, at the core of its mission, strives to “break the ground on a future of peace and stability.” For countries with a violent or repressive past—and this can be said of most—implementing truth-seeking, criminal justice, reparations, and institutional reform measures forms the basis for establishing a culture of justice and respect for the rule of law.

May 11, 2012

Brazilian Truth Commission Has Historic Responsibility

ICTJ welcomes the appointment of seven distinguished experts as members of the Brazilian National Truth Commission. The government has taken a historic step to honor victims and ensure the people of Brazil know the full truth about the human rights abuses committed in their country; the pursuit of justice can only make Brazilian democracy stronger.

May 07, 2012

Indigenous Rights and Transitional Justice: Two Side Events to the UN Permanent Forum

In seeking to establish accountability for past atrocity, many transitional justice mandates have also sought to redress crimes against indigenous populations. To further explore this relationship, ICTJ and our partners in Canada and Colombia are holding two side events to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

April 23, 2012

Shadow of London “Orbit” in Bosnia: Steel, Blood, and the Suppression of Memory

As ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company, invests 19.2 million pounds of steel to construct a monument marking London’s Olympic Games, a disturbing story is emerging about the refusal to memorialize a former concentration camp in Bosnia it owns today. Not only is ArcelorMittal unwilling to provide even a fraction of the cost of the London “Orbit” to commemorate the suffering of Bosnians in the notorious Omarska camp, but it has recently started denying victims access to the site.