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Relief & Reparations in Nepal: Addressing Root Causes of Conflict
Ruben Carranza, in a latest report by ICTJ, writes on transitional justice in Nepal discussing ways of addressing the root causes of the armed conflict in the country. Reparations programs… Read more
Decision in Mau Mau Case Strengthens the Right to Reparations of All Victims of Torture
10/5/2012 London UK High Court ordering the British government to pay damages to a group of Kenyans who were imprisoned and tortured by colonial authorities following the Mau Mau Rebellion… Read more
In Nepal, Victims’ Silence Cannot Be Bought
Six years after a peace agreement formally ended the conflict in Nepal, the slow, painstaking process of building the country’s new democracy has yet to provide comprehensive reparation to victims…. Read more
Honduras truth commission seeks post-coup justice, reparations
October 04, 2012 Honduras TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A truth commission formed by human rights organizations called on President Porfirio Lobo’s government on Wednesday to annul a 2010 amnesty law and… Read more
UAE statement before the General Debate of the 67th session of the United Nations
[Following is the full Statement by H.H Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates before the General Debate of the 67th session... Read more
Court orders compensation for former ISRO scientist
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the State government to pay the former ISRO scientist, S. Nambinarayanan, an interim compensation of Rs.10 lakh, as ordered… Read more
Italy court upholds “rendition” convictions on ex-CIA agents
Italy’s highest court on Wednesday upheld guilty verdicts on 23 Americans for the kidnapping of an Egyptian Muslim cleric, in the first criminal convictions for CIA “rendition” flights during the… Read more
UN Calls on Libya to Move Forward with Transitional Justice Processes
Tripoli– “A transitional justice strategy can contribute to defining how Libyan society will go forward, and lay the foundations for a new democratic society” the United Nations Support Mission in… Read more
Bahrain charges police officers with torture
18 Sep 2012 Manama Seven lieutenants are charged with torturing Shia medics to obtain confessions during height of last year’s uprising. Bahrain’s public prosecution has charged seven police officers over… Read more
“Transitional justice is not a ‘soft’ form of justice,” UN Special Rapporteur
11 September, 2012 Geneva “Transitional justice is not a ‘soft’ form of justice,” says new UN Special Rapporteur Pablo de Greiff United Nations independent expert on transitional justice Pablo de… Read more
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