International Center for Transitional Justice (ICJT)

The ICTJ works for the acknowl­edge­ment of human rights vio­la­tions and the restora­tion of dig­ni­ty, which lays the foun­da­tions for peace in the long term and helps pre­vent the recur­rence of renewed cycles of con­flict, abuse and mar­gin­al­i­sa­tion. Luxembourg’s Devel­op­ment Coop­er­a­tion is also sup­port­ing the ICTJ to pro­vide its com­par­a­tive expe­ri­ence and knowl­edge to dis­cus­sions on tran­si­tion­al jus­tice in Ukraine. Draw­ing on lessons learned from var­i­ous tran­si­tion­al jus­tice con­texts, the ICTJ advo­cates for vic­tim-cen­tred jus­tice mea­sures and a broad­er under­stand­ing of account­abil­i­ty, going beyond crim­i­nal justice.

Since the ICTJ con­clud­ed its research on psy­choso­cial sup­port in men­tal health in autumn 2023, Lux­em­bourg is sup­port­ing the organ­i­sa­tion in fur­ther research work. The ICTJ has pro­posed a com­par­a­tive research study of the pos­i­tive and neg­a­tive impact of social media on tran­si­tion­al jus­tice in Colom­bia, Gam­bia, Myan­mar, the Philip­pines and Syr­ia. The aim is to exam­ine the oppor­tu­ni­ties offered by social media, in dif­fer­ent con­texts, to build shared nar­ra­tives, to com­bat dis­in­for­ma­tion and to pur­sue jus­tice and social cohesion.