This publication provides an overview of the essential best practices guiding the main aspects of a truth commission, answering basic questions relating to its goals, powers, operations, framework, protections for commissioners and witnesses, and reporting. Its intention is to provide...

Sept ans après son approbation, le projet ambitieux de démobilisation des groupes armés illégaux en Colombie, baptisé Justice et Paix, est en crise. Le fait qu'il n'ait abouti qu'à sept condamnations, la plupart ayant fait l'objet d'un appel et une seule confirmée en appel, est perçu ...

During a period of ethnic strife in Burundi, several hundred thousand people lost their lives or were displaced. Now political actors must address the issue of security security reform.

Treatment of historical legacies of discrimination against Aboriginal groups in Canada (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) currently focuses on settlement for abuses committed against Aboriginal children in educational institutions known as “Indian Residential Schools” (IRSs), which pursued...

The International Center for Transitional Justice expresses concern about the decision to overturn the registration of Forum des Organizations de la Societe Civile (FORSC) through the decree of the Minister of Interior on November 23, 2009.

La justice et la paix ont toujours été les aspirations les plus élevées des sociétés modernes. Les appareils législatifs ont promulgué des lois telles que la loi 975 de 2005, qui ordonnait à l'État de fournir des instruments permettant de résoudre les conflits armés sans négliger les ...