The Location, Identification and Respectful Burial of the Anonymous Victims of Mass Atrocities Erin Jessee In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which an estimated 800,000 civilians – most of whom were members of the nation’s minority Tutsi population – were killed, a number of initiatives have been pursued in an effort to … Continue reading Lessons from Post-Genocide Rwanda
By Kasiva Mulli With a proposed truth-telling process being considered at national level, Gender Justice Team Leader Kasiva Mulli examines the factors that need to be taken into consideration if such a process is put in place from a gender perspective. Whichever form of truth-telling process that a community affected by conflict or repressive rule … Continue reading Achieving Gender Justice through Truth Telling
In the last few months, the ‘Right to Know’ campaign has formed a central part of JRP’s work. Voices Magazine sat down with JRP Programme Coordinator, Boniface Ojok, to get his insight on the campaign, its purpose and the hopes for the upcoming months. Voices Magazine: Could you briefly tell us the history of JRP? … Continue reading Interview with Boniface Ojok
On 3 October 2012, JRP’s documentation department made one of its many field visits to Burcoro village, one of the many villages in Acholi sub-region that was affected by the conflict. Our aim was to start a documentation process with the people of Burcoro about their conflict experiences during the civil war that ravaged northern … Continue reading A Successful Referral
By Nancy Apiyo JRP’s Gender Justice department uses the unique mechanism of storytelling to help women talk about the crimes violated against them during and after war. Storytelling is a culturally familiar tool which gives women the space to talk and to express themselves freely. Nancy Apiyo relates the special perspective women have on reparations … Continue reading Ododo Wa: Our Stories
Dear Readers, Welcome to the second edition of Voices Magazine. The aim of this magazine is to serve as an avenue for the victims we at the Justice and Reconciliation Project often engage with to narrate the diverse forms of experiences they underwent during the conflict. It is also an opportunity to communicate to those … Continue reading Letter from the PC
Archbishop John Baptist Odama is the metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese in northern Uganda, a region which is emerging from over two decades of conflict waged between the Government of Uganda and the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The civil war, which started in 1986, has had disastrous impacts upon the population. Among … Continue reading Congratulating Bishop Odama
Is the Government setting a good legacy for a reparations process in Uganda? By Sylvia Opinia On 11th July 1989, the National Resistance Army (NRA) allegedly rounded up men who were suspected of being rebel collaborators against the then newly formed government and closed them in a train wagon where 69 suffocated to death while … Continue reading Reparations, Not Handouts
In July 2012, the Gender Justice Department at JRP organised the Greater North Grassroots Women’s Conference for women survivors of armed conflict. The aim of the conference was to identify concrete advocacy issues that affect women in order to formulate solutions and make policy recommendations. The discussions at the conference were largely geared towards reparations … Continue reading When Killers Are Rewarded
“Where to With Transitional Justice in Uganda? The Situation After the Extension of the Amnesty Act,” Justice in Conflict blog, 22 April 2012 http://justiceinconflict.org/2012/04/22/where-to-with-transitional-justice-in-uganda-the-situation-after-the-extension-of-the-amnesty-act/ By Patrick Wegner Regular readers of this blog are aware that Uganda has both an amnesty law in force since 2000 as well as an International Crimes Division (ICD) at the High … Continue reading “Where to With Transitional Justice in Uganda?” Justice in Conflict blog, 22 April 2012