16 November 2025
In 2015, the European Commission adopted the EU’s policy framework promoting a comprehensive, long-term approach to transitional justice. It is aimed at fighting impunity, providing recognition and redress to victims, fostering trust, strengthening the rule of law and contributing to reconciliation and non-recurrence. The Council stressed the importance of victim-centred and context-specific approaches to transitional justice to ensure that their design and implementation are locally and nationally-owned.
What progress has been made in the 10 years since this policy was introduced? How do we know that transitional justice indeed works for communities that need it most?
Civil Rights Defenders and Impunity Watch, members of the Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work (GIAI), are pleased to present the ‘Transitional Justice in Action’ campaign. This visual booklet highlights impact stories* from various grassroots and civil society organisations around the world, demonstrating the value of diverse transitional justice initiatives and their continued relevance in a world full of new and worsening crises. The stories highlight a prolific movement that is actively resisting impunity in every corner of the globe.
We call for solidarity with the victims and survivors who lead and inspire these stories and movements, and for continuous support for their long fight for justice.
**The impact stories are collected from the grantees of a Financial Support for Third Parties (FSTP) mechanism, implemented by Civil Rights Defenders. The FSTP programme ensures a holistic approach to justice and accountability, spanning both criminal and transitional justice mechanisms.
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