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Support for Judicial and Non-Judicial Transitional Justice Mechanisms

Support for Judicial and Non-Judicial Transitional Justice Mechanisms . Andrew Solomon United States Agency for International Development . Mass Atrocity Crimes & Human Rights Violations Violations of Personal Security Destruction & Theft of HLP Discrimination & Exclusion

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Support for Judicial and Non-Judicial Transitional Justice Mechanisms

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  1. Support for Judicial and Non-Judicial Transitional Justice Mechanisms Andrew Solomon United States Agency for International Development

  2. Mass Atrocity Crimes & Human Rights Violations • Violations of Personal Security • Destruction & Theft of HLP • Discrimination & Exclusion • Breakdown in Law and Order Post-Conflict & Authoritarian Challenges and Injustices

  3. Transitional Justice: The full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice, and achieve reconciliation. • Critical component of rule of law inextricably linked to democracy, human rights, and governance. • Important element in related efforts to promote peace, reconciliation, and social cohesion. • Contributes to advancement of the National Security Strategy, PSD-10, QDDR, and NAP on Women, Peace, and Security. • Holistic approach to addressing injustice (retributive and restorative). What is Transitional Justice?

  4. International and National Prosecutions (ICC, ICTY and ICTR, Sierra Leone and Cambodia Tribunals, Bosnia, Guatemala, Uganda, Kenya, Gaccaca) Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, Commissions of Inquiry, National Dialogues(South Africa, Peru, Timor, Liberia, Kenya, Burundi, Yemen) Financial, Material, Symbolic; Access to Services (Compensation, land restitution, hospital and schools, psycho-social services, public apologies) Transitional Justices Measures and Mechanisms…

  5. Security and Justice Sector Reform; Vetting and Lustration; DDR (Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Liberia, Nepal, Sierra Leone) Monuments, Museums and Archives, Days of Remembrance, Art/Theatre (Cambodia Killing Fields; Armenian Genocide; Uganda LRA Victims Monument) Victim and Survivor Programs (Women, Children, Minorities, IDPs and Vulnerable Populations) Transitional Justices Measures and Mechanisms

  6. Ensure compliance of TJ measures with international norms. • Design TJ measures based on assessment of country context, needs, and capacities. • Support inclusive, participatory processes • in design and implementation of TJ measures. • Promote comprehensive and coherent approaches • that integrate various TJ measures. • Integrate TJ assistance into broader rule of law initiatives. • National ownership Principles & Practices for the International Advisor

  7. Technical Assistance: Competencies & Specializations

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