In the last #CommunityVoices, we began the story of mama Lwiji, whose grandson was abducted by the LRA and inadvertently led the rebels to his family’s home when he escaped. The community’s story continues below… As mama Lwiji was being beaten, other rebels gathered members in the village, (mainly the adults as they believed that … Continue reading #CommunityVoices: I Need Social Security for my Grand Children (Part 2)
A case of courting survivors of conflict or accountability at last? The Government of Uganda through the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) has reached a milestone by pulling a draft National TJ Policy, a first of its kind in Africa and the world at large. This policy is in response to Uganda’s legacy of … Continue reading TJ Monitor: The Ugandan draft Transitional Justice Policy 2013
Oryem Nyeko FOLLOWING A LAUNCH in Kampala, the Justice and Reconciliation Project and the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) held the Gulu launch of their most recent report “Unredressed Legacy: Possible Policy Options and Approaches to Fulfilling Reparations in Uganda” on Thursday, 21 February 2013. The event was attended by representatives of northern Uganda … Continue reading JRP and ICTJ launch reparations report
Kasiva Mulli and Olive Ederu The conflict in northern Uganda was a bitter pill to women who became victims of various forms of sexual and gender based violations. Those who were abducted were forced to marriage at a very young age, subjected to rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancies and infection of sexually transmitted diseases. Those … Continue reading Secondary Victims: How prosecution failed women victims in northern Uganda
Nancy Apiyo In our work at the Justice and Reconciliation Project, we have found that survivors of the conflict tend to have different views on prosecution – while some think there is need for prosecution others think that it is better to forgive and move on. Some of the views of the victims change over … Continue reading Two Sides of a Coin: Women survivors views on accountability
Evelyn Akullo Otwili IN THE COURSE of the conflict in northern Uganda serious crimes of concern to Ugandans as a whole – particularly regular use of torture, murder, abductions and forceful displacement – were perpetuated against civilian populations in places like Palabek, Burcoro, Lukome, Awach, Alero, Acholi Bur, Purongo, and Namukora in the 1990’s not … Continue reading The Road Less Traveled: State actors’ accountability in northern Uganda
Lino Owor Ogora AS NORTHERN UGANDA continues on its road to recovery, complex questions remain unanswered regarding how perpetrators who committed crimes during the conflict can be held accountable. One of these complicated questions is how to hold accountable individuals who bear dual victim-perpetrator identities. Another key question is whether or not amnesty should be … Continue reading The complexities of pursuing justice in northern Uganda
Voices Issue 4 (pdf) Editorial What accountability and prosecution mean for justice and reconciliation in northern Uganda Oryem Nyeko WELCOME to the fourth issue of the Justice and Reconciliation Project’s magazine Voices. This magazine aims to share individual victim, victims group, civil society and stakeholder views on justice and reconciliation in northern Uganda and Africa’s great … Continue reading VOICES MAGAZINE ISSUE 4
TJ MONITOR After decades of suffering and hoping for vindication, the people of Guatemala were relieved on 10th of May 2013 when the Supreme Court convicted the former dictator Louis Raois Montt (1982-1983) for orchestrating crimes of genocide against ethnic Maya Ixil. The ruling was the state’s official acknowledgement that genocide occurred in the 36 … Continue reading Louis Montt’s conviction is a light at the end of the “justice” tunnel
http://grassrootsgroup.org/2013/02/let-the-show-begin-training-community-theater-leaders/ By Nicole Söller Slowly making their way across the crowded room, a dozen of cars try to carefully avoid bumping into one of the others. Not real cars of course; each car is made up of two people, one person being the driver, the other being the car. With their eyes closed, the cars … Continue reading Let the show begin! Training community theater leaders