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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Impunity Watch welcomes offers of pro-bono assistance from young scholars and professionals with experience in fields related to our work.

Activities and responsibilities will include short-term research projects with a thematic and/or country focus. Such work may include data collection including interviewing, information management, analysis and report writing as well as policy, lobbying and communications related work.

Person Profile

Required

Applicants must have a background in one or more of the areas listed below. Suitable practical experience may substitute academic qualifications.

Social science (preferably sociology, anthropology, history, economics political science, psychology, criminology/penology)
Law (preferably national criminal, human rights and/or tort law, comparative criminal law, public international law including human rights / humanitarian law)
Public policy (state, international / regional organisation level, preferably rule or law / post conflict related)
International relations
Communications (including investigative journalism, web editing, public relations, event organisation)

Applicants must in addition

Be in a position to dedicate a minimum of eight weeks (full-time) or sixteen weeks (part-time)
Demonstrate a commitment to the goals of IW
Be fluent in English, French or Spanish
If applying for research related work, demonstrate practical field experience in conducting social research
Specify (i) if they are employed by another organisation from whom permission is required to undertake pro bono work (ii) if they are related to an employee of any governmental, state, non-governmental, private or other institution in a country in which IW is working.

Desirable

Working knowledge of another language (preferably French, Arabic, Mendi, Acholi)

Additonal information

All applications should be submitted to: probono@impunitywatch.org

Please provide along with your CV a recent unedited writing sample and the names of 2 referees.

We operate an equal opportunities policy.

Please include your current place of residence and nationality (if dual, please state both).

We do not require you to state your age, gender or marital status if you wish to omit this information.

For posts based in countries other than those in which the applicant is resident, the taking up of posts by successful applicants will be dependant on obtaining the requisite permission from the relevant authorities.