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.

Guatemalan women hold Tribunal of Conscience

08/04/2010 - The women had waited almost thirty years to speak publicly of the crimes they suffered. Even after all this time, they had to tell their stories behind a cur...
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IW Guatemala: Forum on Enforced Disappearance Cases

16/03/2010 - On 24 February 2010, Impunity Watch, together with its local partners, ICCPG, CALDH and CEDIM, and the Dutch Guatemala Platform against Impunity, held a publ...
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Full research report on impunity in Guatemala now available

07/03/2010 - Impunity Watch Guatemala has published the full research findings of Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala, on which the Su...
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Report on Impunity Watch Panel Discussion

05/03/2010 - Transitional justice: are we ticking the boxes when we should be joining the dots?

Café Dudok, The Hague, 15 December 2009

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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...
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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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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...
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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 ...
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New Impunity Watch Briefing Papers

30/09/2009 - Two new briefing papers are now available from Impunity Watch.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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