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Achieving a Delicate Balance: Victim Participation in International and Domestic Criminal Proceedings

The role of victim participation in international criminal proceedings, whether in international, hybrid, or national courts, has long been a matter of public deliberation among criminal justice practitioners and human rights activists. In the aftermath of mass atrocities and repression, the...

08/11/22

Elena Naughton

A man and woman embrace, touching foreheads.

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In Colombia, Precedent Is Set for Acknowledging Past Atrocities

International Center for Transitional Justice The Final Peace Agreement signed in 2016 between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) guerrillas and the Colombian government created an ambitious and innovative transitional justice system called the Comprehensive System of Truth...

05/17/22

A man stands at a podium with a microphone, holding up a small white flower.

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Prevention Is the First Imperative of Justice: Transitional Justice, Prevention, and the Future—and Past—of Peacebuilding

Transitional justice can contribute to prevention of violence and abuse, particularly if it addresses common drivers such as exclusion and associated grievances. It can facilitate the inclusion of social groups that have suffered human rights violations and marginalization, and promote long-term...

03/17/22

Roger Duthie

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