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ICTJ Paper Highlights Progress and Challenges So Far in Tunisia’s TransitionICTJ Paper Highlights Progress and Challenges So Far in Tunisia’s TransitionTunisia continues to take steps to fulfill its commitments under its ground-breaking Transitional Justice Law and realize the goals of the 2011 revolution. But a rocky start to the country’s new truth commission and proposed reconciliation-cum-amnesty legislation could undermine these efforts, according to a new paper by ICTJ.Read More…

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Following Colombia’s Agreement on Criminal Accountability, ICTJ Pledges Continued Support for the Hard Work AheadFollowing Colombia’s Agreement on Criminal Accountability, ICTJ Pledges Continued Support for the Hard Work AheadThe International Center for Transitional Justice welcomes the recent agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to create a special criminal jurisdiction as part of an integrated system of truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence.Read More…

State Repression and Polarized Politics Thwart Hopes for Justice in EgyptState Repression and Polarized Politics Thwart Hopes for Justice in EgyptAfter toppling Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship in February 2011, Egyptians were eager for a reckoning with past injustices. But after years of political turmoil, the possibility of a genuine transitional justice process in Egypt is uncertain. We turned to three leading Egyptian activists to examine if there really is a chance for justice and reform in Egypt in the near future.Read More…

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Tunisia in Transition: One Year After the Creation of the Truth and Dignity CommissionThis briefing paper details and analyzes the progress made so far in Tunisia to implement its historic Transitional Justice Law, with a particular focus on the Truth and Dignity Commission, created one year ago.

Squaring Colombia’s Circle: The Objectives of Punishment and the Pursuit of PeaceThis paper weighs the possible modes and competing policy objectives of punishing FARC members for serious crimes in the context of Colombia’s ongoing peace negotiations. It argues that punishment has to occur in a way that does not damage one of the underlying objectives of the peace process, transforming the FARC from an insurgent group into a political actor.

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