Resource Library

Lessons to Be Learned. An interview with Howard Varney, director of ICTJ’s Truth-Seeking Program.

At the Forefront of the Struggle. An interview with Suliman Baldo, ICTJ Africa Program Director.

Truth Is the First Step. An interview with José Zalaquett, ICTJ Board Member.

A Tireless Push for Justice. An interview with Javier Ciurlizza, Deputy Director of ICTJ’s Americas Program.

A New Paradigm. An interview with Louis Bickford, ICTJ Memory, Museums and Monuments Program.

Building for the Future. An interview with Hanny Megally, ICTJ Middle East and North Africa Program Director.

Making Connections. An interview with Pablo de Greiff, ICTJ Research Unit Director.

More Than Just the Court. An interview with Marieke Wierda, director of ICTJ’s Prosecutions Program.

In September 1985, ninemembers of Argentina’smilitary junta, whose successive regimes covered the period in Argentine history known as the “dirty war,” walked into a courtroom in downtown Buenos Aires.

Progress Is Unmistakable. An interview with Juan E. Méndez, President of ICTJ.

A joint report released by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) examines the variety of state-sponsored initiatives to address mass violations of human rights in Indonesia since the fall of So...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A joint report released by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and KontraS (the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) examines the variety of state-sponsored initiatives to address mass violations of human rights in Indonesia s...

The report documents that practices that included slamming detainees into walls, extended sleep deprivation, suspending them by the arms, forced nudity, threats, prolonged shackling in uncomfortable positions and disrespect of the Qur'an, were the result of officially sanctioned polic...

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 h...

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 ...

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...

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 i...

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 C...