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Published in: openSecurityThe International Criminal Court must fix its anti-African imageThe International Criminal Court is often presented as "racist" in Africa because of its focus on indictees from the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe body of Colombian women is a battlegroundA catalogue of sexual violence has accompanied the armed conflict in Colombia. The peace talks must not brush it...
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Published in: openSecurityFamine crimes in South Sudan
The fighting factional leaders in South Sudan have not just been engaging each other’s forces: they have dragooned...
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Published in: openSecurityUncovering Colombia's systems of macro-criminalityWhile transitional justice initiatives have traditionally shied away from dismantling the system, Colombia's Justice...
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Published in: openSecurityHow Qatar's hand casts Syrian shadowsAs Qatar assumes an increasing role in the political diplomacy of the Middle East, its subtler interventions in...
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Published in: openSecurityNepal's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: revised, but revitalized?Nepali citizens have long been denied justice, but continued civil society pressure on the new, long-delayed...
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Published in: openSecurityAfghan media face an uncertain future
The presidential election has shown Afghanistan’s increasingly mature media scene at its best – hopefully not for...
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Published in: openSecurityCounting the cost of conflict
Casualty recording has redefined efforts to protect civilians in conflict, and provide aid and accountability to...
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Published in: openSecurityCommunity policing or counter-terrorism: What was Britain doing in Sri Lanka?
Why were the British delivering a 'community policing' program during and after Sri Lanka's 2009 civil war? And why...
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Published in: openSecurityStill searching for justice: victims in Sri LankaFive years on from the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, the international community’s patience with the government...
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Published in: openSecurityTruth is the legacy we want
An op-ed from six youth activists in countries where official truth seeking initiatives are underway or being...
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Published in: openSecurityFish rot from the head
Torture is routine practice in South Africa's police stations and prisons. A lineage of impunity, traced from...
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Published in: openSecurityExtending a hand or raising a fist to the state?From mobile phones to crowdsourced election monitoring, an in-depth look at how communication technologies are...
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Published in: openSecurity"There is Marikana everyday in South Africa" - an interview with Abahlali baseMjondolo
Film: Struggling for the right to decent housing and against the criminalisation of poverty, South African shack...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Tunisian revolution three years on
Tunisia has moved from a romantic story to a testing ground for transnational political Islam, the global strength...
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Published in: openSecurityPeru's painful mirror10 years after Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report following two decades of armed...
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Published in: openSecurityHijacked justice? Truth and reconciliation in Sri Lanka
After decades of civil war, Sri Lanka is looking to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to provide a...
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Published in: openSecuritySri Lanka’s twin challenges
The Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Colombo was the occasion for renewed demands that the state account...
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Published in: openSecurityWar crimes and international borders
After war, justice may come late or not at all: the decision to try defendants without them being present suggests...
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Published in: openSecurityProfessor Ghulam Azam: a flawed conviction and miscarriage of justice
On the basis of a flawed trial bereft of substantial evidence, my father has now been sentenced to 90 years in...
