Impunity Watch promotes accountability for past atrocities in countries emerging from a violent past. We work together with national civil society groups to produce research-based policy advice, monitor levels of impunity and advocate for tailored policy solutions.
El Jute case reduces impunity for forced disappearance in Guatemala
09/12/2009 - On 3 December 2009, the Guatemalan courts handed down the second landmark judgment this year on the crimes of the internal armed conflict, sentencing Colonel...Read more
Impunity Watch research presented in Guatemalan interior
08/12/2009 - During October and November 2009 Impunity Watch travelled to the six regions most affected by the internal armed conflict in Guatemala to present its report ...
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Upcoming Impunity Watch Event - The Hague, 15 December
04/12/2009 - PANEL DISCUSSION: Transitional justice - are we ticking the boxes when we should be joining the dots? Café Dudok, Hofweg 1-a, The Hague, Tuesday, Dece...Read more
Briefing: Karadzic Trial
23/11/2009 - Radovan Karadzic, the wartime president of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s ethnic Serbs, is accused by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for t...
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Conference announcement: Public Forgiveness
19/11/2009 - The Centre of Ethics of the Radboud University Nijmegen, together with the Dutch development organisation, CORDAID, is organising an international conference...Read more
Full research report on impunity in Serbia now available
02/10/2009 - Impunity Watch Serbia has published the full research findings of Dealing with Impunity in Serbia - Options and Obstacles, on which the Summary Report and Re...
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Impunity Watch Exchange Meeting 2009
01/10/2009 - Impunity Watch shall this weekend begin its second annual partner exchange meeting, a gathering of its partner organisations from Guatemala and Serbia with i...Read more
Impunity Watch Debate: Reaching the Truth
01/10/2009 - On the occasion of its annual partner Exchange Meeting, this year taking place in Belgrade from 4-9 October, Impunity Watch is hosting a two-part discussion ...Read more
New Impunity Watch Briefing Papers
30/09/2009 - Two new briefing papers are now available from Impunity Watch.Read more
IW Vacancy in Burundi
28/09/2009 - Impunity Watch is currently looking for a Project Development Consultant in Burundi. The position is open until filled.Read more
Impunity Watch initiates new Serbian network to lobby against impunity
01/09/2009 - Impunity Watch is pleased to report that on 28 August, seven Serbian NGOs formed a network to lobby their government for better progress in addressing past c...Read more
IW welcomes new Advisory Board member
08/08/2009 - Impunity Watch is pleased to announce the addition of gender justice specialist Alison Crosby to its Advisory Board.Read more
Guatemalan Court hands down groundbreaking decision on disappearances
24/07/2009 - In a long awaited decision, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court on 7 July 2009 recognised the permanent nature of the crime of enforced disappearance, paving...Read more
Report on Impunity Watch Expert Debate
02/07/2009 - 1 July 2009, Amsterdam: Remembering the Srebrenica and Rwanda genocides: Do war memorials unite or divide?
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Debate: Remembering Srebrenica and Rwanda
21/06/2009 - Do war memorials unite or divide? This is the issue a panel of leading experts in the fields of combating impunity and memorialisation will discuss at a pub...
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Impunity Watch condemns backlash against minority rights in Serbia
29/04/2009 - Impunity Watch condemns a series of verbal attacks and death threats made against Marko Karadzic, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Human and Minority R...Read more