PILPG Work Product on Transitional Justice
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Oversight Mechanisms: Comparative State Practice
The purpose of this memorandum is to identify oversight mechanisms for truth and reconciliation commissions. States have taken differing approaches with respect to truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs).
Comparative State Practice: Transitional Justice Implementation Challenges
This memorandum compares the foundational texts that establish transitional justice frameworks the post-conflict states of Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Reparations in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: State Practices
The purpose of this memorandum is to compare and contrast how different states have linked reparations to their truth and reconciliation commissions.
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: CORE ELEMENTS
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an overview of transitional justice mechanisms.The abuses of former regimes in Latin America and EasternEurope led to the development of transitional justice in the 1980s and 1990s as away to address past systematic abuses. Transitional justice is the process of responding to past human rights violations through a variety of mechanisms to ensure accountability, achieve reconciliation, re-establish the rule of law, and prevent repetition of human rights abuse
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Amnesty Laws: Core Elements
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an overview of the core elements of amnesty laws.
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Core Elements of Punishment
The purpose of this memorandum is to identify the mechanisms states use to address serious crimes committed during conflict, to examine the punishments imposed in those situations, including the punishment of children, and to identify applicable international legal norms regarding punishment.
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Core elements of Vetting Commissions
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an overview of the core elements of vetting commissions. Vetting and lustration serve important roles in screening and excluding individuals associated with past crimes and human rights abuses so that states in transition can prevent a reoccurrence of human rights violations and ensure that public institutions are reliable and legitimate.
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Speakers Notes
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE SPEAKER NOTES
The purpose of this discussion is to provide an overview of the concept of transitional justice, including the core pillars of transitional justice and the most common mechanisms that can be used to pursue transitional justice at multiple levels, including local, national, and international TJ.
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Decision Tree
JUSTICE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RECONCILIATION
This decision tree provides an example of the decisions parties must make regarding the design of transitional justice mechanisms.
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