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Remedying Human Rights Violations. An interview with Ana Cutter Patel, deputy director, ICTJ International Policymakers Program.

Transitions focuses on Sudan's referendum on whether the south will be independent. Suliman Baldo, ICTJ Africa Program Director, talks about the referendum and prospects for peace in Sudan.

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

Transitions focuses on the Justice and Peace Law in Colombia. Michael Reed-Hurtado, ICTJ Senior Associate and Head of Office, discusses Colombia's Justice and Peace Law.

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

Transitions focuses on victims and the ICC review conference. David Tolbert, ICTJ President, discusses the ICC and review of the Rome Statute.

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

A New ICTJ President Thinks About the Future. An interview with David Tolbert, President of ICTJ.

Transitions focuses on truth and accountability. Galuh Wandita, Senior Associate for ICTJ in Indonesia, talks about a comprehensive study of truth and accountability in Indonesia.

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

Transitions focuses on The International Criminal Court and complementarity. ICTJ's Mirna Adjami and Michael Reed discuss legal frameworks in Colombia and the DRC.

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...

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

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

Transitions focuses on elections in Burma. Patrick Pierce, ICTJ Head of Program in Burma, discusses what is at stake.

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

Transitions focuses on engaging new generations and the children's project. Virginie Ladisch, ICTJ Program Associate for the Children's Project, discusses children and justice efforts around the world.

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

Transitions focuses on new directions and challenges for the organization. Kofi Appenteng, ICTJ Board Chair, discusses his background and his new role as Board Chair.

TUNIS, Apr. 14, 2011—The international conference on transitional justice, Addressing the Past, Building the Future, opened this morning in Tunis with more than 150 participants from Tunisia and other countries of the Middle East and North Africa. In sessions dealing with transitional justice...

On March 2 and 3, 2020, transitional justice and anti-corruption policymakers, experts, and activists from the Gambia, Kenya, South Africa, Armenia, and Tunisia met in Tunis for a two-day conference to share solutions to a common problem: How can countries emerging from dictatorship, ...

The National Accord, negotiated in February 2008 by the Panel of Eminent African Personalities led by Kofi Annan, ended the months of violence that followed Kenya’s 2007 presidential election. The transitional justice mechanisms established by the accord have created an opportunity to...

The recent re-election of Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, brings hope to a country seeking to end a half-century of conflict. But, as with so many peace processes, finding a balance between creating a stable accord and acknowledging the terrible injustices that occurred during the conflict can be difficult to achieve.

On the International Day for the Right to the Truth and 35 years after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, ICTJ Vice President Paul Seils explains why the pursuit of the truth is not a second-best option in the absence of other remedies: it is the most basic requirement of taking seriously the dignity of victims.

As the first truth commission in the region, Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission sought to address the legacy of more than 40 years of repression and human rights violations known as the “Years of Lead.” The commission was part of a gradual process of dealing with the past,...