IW concerned about annulment of Genocide case in Guatemala

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 deployment of impunity strategies in Guatemala
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AJR Statement to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The Association for Justice and Reconciliation in Guatemala issued a Statement to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,12th Session
New York, NY, May 22, 2013.
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Rios Montt convicted for Genocide

The Platform against Impunity in Guatemala welcomed the conviction of Ríos Montt for Genocide on May 10, 2013. During a historic trial, Ríos Montt was sentenced to 80 years in prison - 50 years for genocide and 30 years for crimes against humanity.
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FONGI Statement about annulment Trial Rios Montt

The Forum of International NGOs in Guatemala issued a statement on the Genocide Case against Rios Montt.
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IW quoted in article La Hora

Impunity Watch's statement on the annulment of the trial against Rios Montt was quoted in an article of the Guatemalan newspaper La Hora.
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IW rechaza anulación Caso de Genocidio Guatemala

Impunity Watch rechaza la anulación del proceso penal seguido por el Caso de Genocidio en Guatemala en un comunicado de prensa.
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IW rejects annulment of Genocide Trial in Guatemala

Impunity Watch (IW) rejects the annulment of the criminal proceedings of the Genocide Trial in Guatemala in a Press Statement
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Comunicado de Prensa SNU sobre juicio Rios Montt

El Sistema de Naciones Unidas publicó un comunicado de prensa sobre el juicio en contra del ex jefe del Estado guatemalteco General Efraín Ríos Montt y del ex jefe de inteligencia General José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, por los delitos de genocidio y delitos de lesa humanidad en contra de la población Ixil ocurridos durante el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala.
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Statement of SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, issued a Statement: "Guatemala: Prosecuting crimes from the past provides hope for survivors of sexual violence".

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FONGI statement about detention of Rubén Herrera

The Forum of International NGOs in Guatemala issued a statement on the detention of community leader Rubén Herrera.
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IW speaks at Brown Bag Lunch Event EPLO

Karlijn Leentvaar,program manager Gender sensitive Transitional Justice at IW, will present a discussion paper on a comparison of three country studies (Guatemala, Burundi and Bosnia-Herzegovina)on the gender sensitivity of TJRNR processes at a Brown Bag Lunch Event of EPLO on 26 April 2013 in Brussels.
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Boletín Informativo de IW Guatemala

IW Guatemala presenta su boletín informativo sobre el acompañamiento a las mujeres ixiles en sus declaraciones para el juicio por Genocidio y delitos contra los deberes de humanidad.
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Policy Brief on Ixil Genocide Case by IW Guatemala

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 reto histórico".
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RNW interviews IW's director on Rios Montt case

Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Latin America interviewed Marlies Stappers, director of Impunity Watch, on the Rios Montt case.
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Civil Society Statement on Ríos Montt trial

A group of national and international civil society organisations, one of them Impunity Watch, published a joint statement calling for an adecuate process with due guarantees of the trial against Ríos Montt and Rodríguez Sánchez.
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FONGI condemns murders of indigenous community leaders in Guatemala

The Forum on International NGOs in Guatemala, FONGI, issued a statement in which it condemns the murders of five indigenous community leaders and the kidnapping of three leaders.
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Guatemala: Genocide Trial an Important Step Towards Ending Impunity

The opening of trial proceedings on 19 March 2013 against former de facto head of Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, represents an important step towards ending impunity and delivering justice in Guatemala.
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IW participates in HRC session on the Adoption of the UPR for Guatemala

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. The Dutch Platform against Impunity in Guatemala, of which IW is a member, joined Lutheran World Services and Diakonia in a separate statement.
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IW Guatemala launches report "Giving a voice to victims".

More information about the launch of the report can be found in the Newsletter.
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Boletín Informativo de IW Guatemala

El 19 de febrero IW Guatemala participó en la Lección Inaugural de la Maestría de Estudios de Género y Feminismo y publicó un Boletín Informativo sobre este evento.
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Newsletter "Victimes a la Une", Issue 2

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 proposed TRC.
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Policy Brief 'Guiding Principles of Memorialisation'

Impunity Watch is pleased to present a Policy Brief on ‘Guiding Principles of Memorialisation’ after violence.
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Boletín Informativo de IW Guatemala

Impunity Watch participa en el programa de radio Voces de Mujeres.
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Press release from IW Guatemala

Impunity Watch lauds the indictment of Efraín Ríos Montt and Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez on charges of genocide and "crimes against humanitarian duties" in Guatemala.
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Research Report on Sri Lanka

Impunity Watch is pleased to publish a new Research Report titled, “A Study of Impunity in Postcolonial Sri Lanka”.
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Policy Brief: Burundi’s Draft Law on the Proposed TRC

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 for the proposed TRC according to three basic principles: Independence, Participation, and Accountability through criminal justice.
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Video and Report of International Memory Initiatives Exchange Forum

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.
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Vacancy: Research Coordinator Gender in Burundi

Impunity Watch is looking for a dynamic, highly organised and proactive research coordinator, committed to stronger democratic participation in human rights research and policy with special expertise on gender issues.
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Newsletter "Victimes a la Une"

The Impunity Watch office in Burundi is pleased to share the first issue of the newsletter 'Victimes à la Une'.
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Giving a voice to victims: Towards gender sensitive processes of TJRNR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi and Guatemala.

For the latest Impunity Watch Research reports, providing an overview of research conducted into the gender sensitivity of truth, justice, reparations and non-recurrence (TJRNR) processes in Guatemala, Burundi and Bosnia- Herzegovina, check the links below.
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Impunity Watch on Drugs Violence in Guatemala

Dutch television programme "EenVandaag" interviewed IW director Marlies Stappers on the problems related to drugs violence in Guatemala.
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News from Guatemala

Please click the links below (all in Spanish) for news from the office of IW in Guatemala.
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Press release of IW Guatemala office

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:
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El camino de la busqueda

El equipo de IW en Guatemala presenta su informe sobre experiencias y mecanismos para buscar a personas desaparecidas en América Latina.
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Side Event Geneva

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 first report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations and the non-recurrence of violence.
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Guatemala - Verdad Histórica

El equipo de IW en Guatemala presenta su informe sobre la Verdad Histórica en Guatemala.
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Annual Report 2011

Impunity Watch's Annual Report 2011 is now available. For more information about our programmes and accomplishments over the last year please download the document on this website.
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Memorialisation Research Reports

Impunity Watch publishes five Research Reports on Memorialisation in Burundi, Guatemala, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia and South Africa.
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Gender-sensitivity of TJRNR in BiH

BalkanInsight published an article about the Impunity Watch report on Gender-sensitivity of processes of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Non-Recurrence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Impunity Watch Research Brief: Memorialisation in Burundi

Research Brief: Lieux de mémoire, commemorative initiatives and memorials to Burundi’s conflicts: Invisible and permanent memories
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Call for Applications: International Memory Initiatives Exchange Forum (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 25-29 Sep.)

Impunity Watch and the Peace Institute of Cambodia invite applications for participation in the upcoming International Memory Initiatives Exchange Forum, ‘Breaking the Silence’.
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Burundian Civil Society Analysis of the Proposed TRC

Impunity Watch has been involved in the production of a number of key documents by Burundian civil society on the proposed TRC.
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Santa Lucía book presentation in Guatemala City

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. This book, that was presented last year in Haarlem, the Netherlands, is thus shared with a large public in Guatemala that includes actors from the international community and civil society.
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Enforced Disappearance

Enforced disappearance is one of the most heinous crimes according to Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights during her address to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
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Ratification of Rome Statute by Guatemalan Congress

Impunity Watch welcomes the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Guatemalan Congress and additionally welcomes the recent progress achieved in the Ixil Genocide case.
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Santa Lucía book presentation

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 Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala who disappeared or were killed during the 36-year internal conflict.
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Understanding The Role Of Memory Initiatives In Communities Struggling With Impunity

Debating in the Netherlands
with youth, experts and policy-makers
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The Persistence of Truth

This report looks at progress in truth-seeking and the combat of impunity in Guatemala ten years after its UN-backed truth comission, the Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH), published its findings on the events of the internal armed confrontation of 1960-96.
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NEWS ARCHIVE

Breaking the wave: critical steps in the fight against crime in Guatemala

16/01/2012 - New report points to critical steps that must be taken for Guatemala to overcome its plague of criminal violence.
Impunity Watch and the Conflict Res...
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Vacancy Notice: Burundi Research Coordinator

10/05/2011 - Impunity Watch is looking for a Research Coordinator/ Lead Researcher for its Burundi Programme.

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Mini Conference report Memorialisation of Grave International Crimes

15/02/2011 - On 30 November 2010 Impunity Watch, Anne Frank House and Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies hosted a mini conference, focussing on the Role and Repres...
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RECOM Initiative Wins Support of Croatian and Serbian Presidents

09/09/2010 - The campaign for a truth commission to examine abuses committed during the wars of Yugoslavia’s dissolution has in recent weeks won important political...
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New report on CICIG to be launched in Guatemala City

08/09/2010 - Impunity Watch's director, Marlies Stappers, will appear at an event to be held on 10 September in Guatemala City to launch a new report on the International...
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Impunity Watch Recruiting Web Interns

01/09/2010 - Impunity Watch is looking for interns to help develop the design, functionality and content of its website.
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Impunity Watch urges approval of law on search for the missing and disappeared

25/06/2010 - On 24 June 2010, Impunity Watch, together with its local partners, ICCPG, CALDH and CEDIM, and the Working Group against Enforced Disappearance in Guatemala,...
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IW Vacancy in Serbia

26/05/2010 - Impunity Watch is looking for a Policy and Strategy Coordinator for its Serbia Programme, to be based in its Belgrade office. The deadline for applications i...
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IW holds debate on monuments and youth

23/04/2010 - On 22 April 2010, as part of a series of debates on the role of memorialisation in the combat of impunity, Impunity Watch brought together experts and young ...
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Upcoming Event: Debate on Monuments - Utrecht, 22 April

13/04/2010 - Impunity Watch, Anne Frank House and Critical Mass organize an interactive debate on memorialisation of war crimes and its relation to future generations: Wh...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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Landmark judgment in Guatemalan forced disappearance case

11/09/2009 - On the 7 September, a criminal court in the Chimaltenango region handed down its judgment in the first case of enforced disappearance to be brought before a ...
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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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Guatemalan Constitutional Court decision paves the way for El Jute trial

03/04/2009 - Familes of victims and Guatemalan human rights groups are pushing for an early trial date to be set in the case of former Guatemalan army officer Marco Anto...
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Wife of Guatemalan Ombudsman kidnapped and tortured

03/04/2009 - On 25 March Gladys Monterroso, the wife of the Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman, Sergio Morales, was kidnapped and tortured. She was snatched from outside ...
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Impunity Watch opens Guatemala justice forum

13/03/2009 - Progress was made towards increased cooperation between justice systems, civil society actors, victims groups and governments to achieve justice for past cri...
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Press release: Impunity Watch condemns withdrawal of draft Anti-discrimination Law in Serbia

05/03/2009 - Concerns have arisen in recent days over the influence of Serbia’s Orthodox Church on efforts to ban discrimination against minority religious beliefs ...
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New report: The Persistence of Truth

04/03/2009 - Impunity Watch has launched a new report, "The Persistence of Truth", looking at progress in truth-seeking and the combat of impunity in Guatemala ten years ...
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Guatemala: IW applauds president’s genocide apology but warns of continued obstruction of transitional justice

26/02/2009 - On 25 February 2009, in a brave and historic gesture, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologised to the victims of the genocide perpetrated against the cou...
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New Impunity Watch report launched at seminar to commemorate Guatemalan truth commission

24/02/2009 - Impunity Watch is this week marking the tenth anniversary of the publication of "Memory of Silence", the seminal report on Guatemala’s internal armed c...
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Serbia called on to echo EU resolution on Bosnian genocide

20/02/2009 - On 15 January 2009, the European Parliament took an important step in the combat of impunity for grave human rights abuses by calling on the European Union&r...
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Impunity Watch launches new report in Belgrade

17/12/2008 - On December 16, 2008 Impunity Watch (IW) held the Belgrade launch of its new research report, ‘Dealing with Impunity in Serbia - Options and Obstacles&...
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Dealing with Impunity in Serbia - Options and Obstacles

10/12/2008 - Impunity Watch has published the summary report of a research project conducted over the past two years in Serbia, examining the root causes and nature of im...
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Impunity Watch launches new report in Guatemala City

03/12/2008 - On December 2, Impunity Watch launched its major new research report, 'Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala,' providing a ...
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IW Serbia Impunity Research Report to be launched

01/12/2008 - Impunity Watch is set to launch new findings and policy recommendations on impunity for grave crimes against international law in Serbia.
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IW’s Report on impunity in Guatemala to be launched

29/11/2008 - Impunity Watch is to launch ‘Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala’, its comprehensive report on impunity for c...
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Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala

29/11/2008 - Impunity Watch has published the summary report of a research project conducted over the past two years in Guatemala, examining the root causes and nature of...
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IW Serbia Joins Regional Youth Conference

20/11/2008 - In light of the key role young people can have in challenging the norms, values and beliefs that allow grave violations of international law to occur with im...
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IW Serbia Launches Study of Justice Operators

04/11/2008 - Impunity Watch, the OSCE Mission in Serbia and the Fund for an Open Society in Serbia presented a new study on November 4, examining the perceptions of indiv...
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IW Serbia Completes Impunity Policy Consultation Round

IW and partners participate in policy consultations

03/11/2008 - Impunity Watch and its partners in Serbia have tabled a series of policy proposals for combating impunity there, following a round of consultations held in O...
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Impunity Watch supports Srebrenica victims' initiative for European memorial day

15/10/2008 - Impunity Watch supports the initiative of relatives of the victims of the Srebenica genocide and the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to have the Europ...
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Impunity Watch condemns attack on the headquarters of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia

03/10/2008 - On 30th September 2008, members of the nationalist organisations “Obraz” and “1389”, which have been protesting over the last 70 days...
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Regional Initiative for the establishment of the Regional Commission for Truth-seeking and Truth-telling about War Crimes committed in former Yugoslavia (RECOM)

30/09/2008 - Since May 2006 three nongovernmental organisations from the Balkans region – Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) from Serbia, Research and Documentation Cent...
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IW welcomes Karadzic arrest

22/07/2008 - The arrest of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is a welcome move by the Serbian government, and an important step in fulfilling the right of ...
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IW welcomes new Advisory Board members

16/06/2008 - We are extremely pleased to welcome Douglass Cassel and Roberto Garreton to our Advisory Board.
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Research

08/05/2008 - Impunity Watch is approaching the end of its research phase in both countries where it runs national programmes. In the course of the past year, researchers ...
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Protect Human Rights Defenders

20/02/2008 - In a letter addressed to Serbian President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, IW requested today that the Serbian authorities ensure protecti...
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Letting Go of the Past, Losing a Hold on the Future?

11/02/2008 - On February 11, 2008 Impunity Watch hosted a panel discussion in The Hague, where it explored the uneasy relationship between accountability and political st...
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Impunity Watch applauds historic step in fight against impunity in Guatemala

03/08/2007 - Impunity Watch applauds the unprecedented decision of the Guatemalan Congress on August 2nd to approve the creation of the International Commission against I...
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