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.
IW concerned about annulment of Genocide case in Guatemala
22/05/2013 - Impunity Watch is concerned about the decision of Guatemala's top court to overturn the genocide conviction of former leader Rios Montt and rejects the deplo...Read more
AJR Statement to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
21/05/2013 - The Association for Justice and Reconciliation in Guatemala issued a Statement to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,12th Session...
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Rios Montt convicted for Genocide
11/05/2013 - The Platform against Impunity in Guatemala welcomed the conviction of Ríos Montt for Genocide on May 10, 2013. During a historic trial, Ríos Mo...Read more
FONGI Statement about annulment Trial Rios Montt
22/04/2013 - The Forum of International NGOs in Guatemala issued a statement on the Genocide Case against Rios Montt.Read more
IW quoted in article La Hora
22/04/2013 - Impunity Watch's statement on the annulment of the trial against Rios Montt was quoted in an article of the Guatemalan newspaper La Hora.Read more
IW rechaza anulación Caso de Genocidio Guatemala
19/04/2013 - Impunity Watch rechaza la anulación del proceso penal seguido por el Caso de Genocidio en Guatemala en un comunicado de prensa.Read more
IW rejects annulment of Genocide Trial in Guatemala
19/04/2013 - Impunity Watch (IW) rejects the annulment of the criminal proceedings of the Genocide Trial in Guatemala in a Press StatementRead more
Comunicado de Prensa SNU sobre juicio Rios Montt
18/04/2013 - El Sistema de Naciones Unidas publicó un comunicado de prensa sobre el juicio en contra del ex jefe del Estado guatemalteco General Efraín R&ia...Read more
Statement of SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict
16/04/2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, issued a Statement: "Guatemala: Prosecuting crimes f...Read more
FONGI statement about detention of Rubén Herrera
08/04/2013 - The Forum of International NGOs in Guatemala issued a statement on the detention of community leader Rubén Herrera.Read more
IW speaks at Brown Bag Lunch Event EPLO
08/04/2013 - Karlijn Leentvaar,program manager Gender sensitive Transitional Justice at IW, will present a discussion paper on a comparison of three country studies (Guat...Read more
Boletín Informativo de IW Guatemala
04/04/2013 - IW Guatemala presenta su boletín informativo sobre el acompañamiento a las mujeres ixiles en sus declaraciones para el juicio por Genocidio y d...Read more
Policy Brief on Ixil Genocide Case by IW Guatemala
02/04/2013 - The office of Impunity Watch in Guatemala presents a Policy Brief on the Ixil Genocide Case: "Juicio por el Genocidio Ixil. El sistema de justicia ante un re...Read more
RNW interviews IW's director on Rios Montt case
25/03/2013 - Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Latin America interviewed Marlies Stappers, director of Impunity Watch, on the Rios Montt case.Read more
Civil Society Statement on Ríos Montt trial
22/03/2013 - A group of national and international civil society organisations, one of them Impunity Watch, published a joint statement calling for an adecuate process wi...Read more
FONGI condemns murders of indigenous community leaders in Guatemala
22/03/2013 - The Forum on International NGOs in Guatemala, FONGI, issued a statement in which it condemns the murders of five indigenous community leaders and the kidnapp...Read more
Policy Brief: Regulatory and Practical Obstacles to Justice in Guatemala
20/03/2013 - Impunity Watch's Guatemala office presents our latest Policy Brief on 'Regulatory and Practical Obstacles to Justice in Guatemala'.Read more
Guatemala: Genocide Trial an Important Step Towards Ending Impunity
19/03/2013 - The opening of trial proceedings on 19 March 2013 against former de facto head of Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt, on charges of genocide and crim...Read more
IW participates in HRC session on the Adoption of the UPR for Guatemala
14/03/2013 - IW joined Hivos and Diakonia in a statement during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council on the Adoption of the Universal Periodic Review of Guatemala...Read more
IW Guatemala launches report "Giving a voice to victims".
11/03/2013 - More information about the launch of the report can be found in the Newsletter.Read more
Boletín Informativo de IW Guatemala
28/02/2013 - El 19 de febrero IW Guatemala participó en la Lección Inaugural de la Maestría de Estudios de Género y Feminismo y publicó...Read more
Newsletter "Victimes a la Une", Issue 2
25/02/2013 - Impunity Watch (Burundi) is pleased to share the 2nd Issue of our newsletter, "Victimes a la Une" containing victim perspectives on the Independence of the p...Read more
Policy Brief 'Guiding Principles of Memorialisation'
07/02/2013 - Impunity Watch is pleased to present a Policy Brief on ‘Guiding Principles of Memorialisation’ after violence.Read more
Boletín Informativo de IW Guatemala
06/02/2013 - Impunity Watch participa en el programa de radio Voces de Mujeres.Read more
Press release from IW Guatemala
29/01/2013 - Impunity Watch lauds the indictment of Efraín Ríos Montt and Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez on charges of genocide and "crimes agains...Read more
Research Report on Sri Lanka
17/01/2013 - Impunity Watch is pleased to publish a new Research Report titled, “A Study of Impunity in Postcolonial Sri Lanka”.Read more
Policy Brief: Burundi’s Draft Law on the Proposed TRC
14/01/2013 - A Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) looks set to be established this year in Burundi. In this Policy Brief we analyse the various drafts of the law f...Read more
Video and Report of International Memory Initiatives Exchange Forum
07/01/2013 - A video on the International Memory Initiatives Exchange Forum that took place in September 2012 in Cambodia is now online as well as the Forum report.Read more
Vacancy: Research Coordinator Gender in Burundi
28/12/2012 - Impunity Watch is looking for a dynamic, highly organised and proactive research coordinator, committed to stronger democratic participation in human rights ...Read more
Newsletter "Victimes a la Une"
21/12/2012 - The Impunity Watch office in Burundi is pleased to share the first issue of the newsletter 'Victimes à la Une'.Read more
Giving a voice to victims: Towards gender sensitive processes of TJRNR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi and Guatemala.
18/12/2012 - For the latest Impunity Watch Research reports, providing an overview of research conducted into the gender sensitivity of truth, justice, reparations and no...Read more
Impunity Watch on Drugs Violence in Guatemala
13/12/2012 - Dutch television programme "EenVandaag" interviewed IW director Marlies Stappers on the problems related to drugs violence in Guatemala.Read more
News from Guatemala
07/12/2012 - Please click the links below (all in Spanish) for news from the office of IW in Guatemala.Read more
Press release of IW Guatemala office
08/11/2012 - The office of IW in Guatemala released the following statement on the presentation of UN Speical Rapporteur, Mr. Pablo de Greiff to the UN General Assembly:Read more
Side Event Geneva
06/09/2012 - On 12 September 2012 during the 21st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, a Side Event takes place on the occasion of the presentation of the firs...Read more
Gender-sensitivity of TJRNR in BiH
15/06/2012 - BalkanInsight published an article about the Impunity Watch report on Gender-sensitivity of processes of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Non-Recurrence in B...Read more
Call for Applications: International Memory Initiatives Exchange Forum (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 25-29 Sep.)
07/06/2012 - Impunity Watch and the Peace Institute of Cambodia invite applications for participation in the upcoming International Memory Initiatives Exchange Forum, &ls...Read more
Santa Lucía book presentation in Guatemala City
24/04/2012 - On Wednesday the 25th of April a book with testimonies from survivors of the 36-year internal conflict (1960 – 1996) is presented in Guatemala City. Th...Read more
Enforced Disappearance
03/04/2012 - Enforced disappearance is one of the most heinous crimes according to Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights during her address t...Read more
Ratification of Rome Statute by Guatemalan Congress
27/01/2012 - Impunity Watch welcomes the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Guatemalan Congress and additionally welcomes the recent progress achieved in the Ixil Ge...Read more
Adjournment of hearing on Genocide Case in Guatemala
07/10/2011 - Impunity Watch laments the adjournment of the hearing on the Genocide Case, scheduled for Wednesday 21 September, and highlights the importance of ensuring t...Read more
Santa Lucía book presentation
13/09/2011 - On 25 September 2011 IW and Solidaridad presented a remembrance book in the "Doopsgezinde kerk" in Haarlem. The book tells the story of 30 men and women from...Read more
Impunity Watch Applauds Mladic Arrest
26/05/2011 - Impunity Watch applauds the efforts of the Serbian government and intelligence services that resulted in today’s arrest of ICTY fugitive Ratko Mladic. ...Read more
IW Viewpoint: Time for Truth in Former Yugoslavia
06/04/2011 - Civil society has proposed an excellent model for dealing comprehensively with the atrocities of the 1990s’ wars – now it’s time for the re...Read more
Impunity Watch Urges Region’s Parliaments to Move on RECOM Statute
29/03/2011 - Following the recent adoption of the RECOM Draft Statute, Impunity Watch urges the parliaments of all Yugoslav successor states to take the necessary steps t...Read more
Impunity Watch Discusses Guatemala on Radio VPRO 1
28/02/2011 - Impunity Watch Director Marlies Stappers appeared as a guest on the Dutch Radio 1 VPRO show, 'Bureau Buitenland' (Foreign Affairs Bureau) on February 27. Inv...Read more
Expert Meeting report Memory, Truth and Justice
24/01/2011 - On 15 September 2010, Impunity Watch, the Anne Frank House and the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies hosted an expert meeting on ‘Memory, Trut...Read more
Impunity Watch salutes appointment of Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey as Guatemalan Attorney General
20/12/2010 - On 9 December 2010, Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey was appointed by President Alvaro Colom as the new Guatemalan Attorney General, ending a polemic year-long selec...Read more