NEWS ARCHIVE
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...Read more
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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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
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
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
Two positions available with Impunity Watch
14/09/2009 - Impunity Watch announces the opening of two positions, one for a Junior Project Officer based at its headquarters in the Netherlands and the other for a Proj...Read more
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 ...Read more
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...Read more
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 ...Read more
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...Read more
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 ...Read more
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...Read more
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...Read more
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.Read more
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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Vacancy: Country Programmes Manager
25/11/2008 - Impunity Watch is seeking to recruit a key new member of staff, reflecting its planned expansion to work in new areas.Read more
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...Read more
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
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...Read more
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...Read more
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...Read more
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 ...Read more
IW welcomes new Advisory Board members
16/06/2008 - We are extremely pleased to welcome Douglass Cassel and Roberto Garreton to our Advisory Board.Read more
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 ...Read more
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...Read more
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...Read more