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8 June 2022
To protect victims and witnesses of mass atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the government should urgently support both formal and informal justice processes, according to new research by Impunity Watch and ULPGL Goma (Free University of the Great Lakes Region).
25 January 2022
Guatemala’s highest court has sentenced five former paramilitaries to 30 years in prison for raping indigenous Maya Achi women during the country’s civil war in the 1980s. The case shows the incredible courage and perseverance of the women victims in the face of years of legal obstacles and racial discrimination.
14 January 2022
The guilty verdict for former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan on 13 January 2022 sends an important message that perpetrators of war crimes will not escape accountability. But as thousands in Syria remain missing and behind bars, this important conviction is just a first step on the long and arduous path toward justice
17 December 2021
As 2021 comes to an end, I want to take a moment to thank you for all your support and solidarity. This year has once again been a challenging one in our struggle for peace, justice and the rule of law. As the world continues to grapple with Covid-19 and other crises, we have seen inequalities widen, social justice undermined and hard-won rights scaled back. This is why I am so grateful for the efforts of the many grassroots activists who are working tirelessly to unearth injustices and show us how democracy should be done. They give us hope, even in the midst of crisis.
11 October 2021
Collective European action is urgently needed to help Central American countries like Guatemala tackle growing impunity, corruption and organised transnational crime, prominent Guatemalan justice activists have said.
17 December 2020
As we come close to the end of 2020, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work over the past year and for your commitment to global human rights and social justice. 2020 has been an unusually challenging year for all of us whereby we had to face and adapt to the new reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has shown us that such crises do not only affect everyone’s health and security, but also pose a direct risk of increased social injustice and inequality on a global scale; disproportionally subjecting vulnerable and marginalised groups to abuse.
17 August 2020
On the first anniversary of the Iraqi protest movement, 12 Iraqi organizations along with Impunity Watch and PAX call for accountability for violations against demonstrators and activists and for weapons to be brought under state control in order to safeguard the integrity of early elections in 2021, in a joint policy brief. The policy brief is available in Arabic and English.
