Impunity Watch Recruiting Web Interns

Impunity Watch is looking for interns to help develop the design, functionality and content of its website.
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IW holds debate on monuments and youth

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 people to consider the relationship between monuments to victims of war crimes and grave human rights abuses, and future generations. The event was organised in partnership with the Anne Frank House, partner on this project, and Critical Mass, a Dutch youth organisation.
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Report on Impunity Watch Panel Discussion

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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Report on Impunity Watch Expert Debate

1 July 2009, Amsterdam: Remembering the Srebrenica and Rwanda genocides: Do war memorials unite or divide?
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Dealing with Impunity in Serbia - Options and Obstacles

Now available in English, this document provides a summary of a research project conducted over the past two years in Serbia, examining the root causes and nature of impunity for crimes committed by the Serbian state and citizens during the wars of Yugoslavia's dissolution during the 1990s.
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Recognising the Past: Challenges in the Combat of Impunity in Guatemala

Now available in English, this document provides a summary of a research project conducted over the past two years in Guatemala, examining the root causes and nature of impunity for crimes committed during its long civil war.
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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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Impunity Watch Research Instrument

This Impunity Watch tool offers a basic framework for researching the state of accountability in post-conflict societies.
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IW also aims to increase civil society capacity to advocate for the policy proposals stemming from their research and monitoring work. This includes conducting joint advocacy and lobbying campaigns, providing specialised trainings and strenghtening partners' national and international networks.