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...Read more
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...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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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
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