Connecting Survivors with Formal Truth Processes In Colombia, where it has worked since 2017, GIJTR supports a range of truth-telling mechanisms, which offer survivors intimate opportunities to share their individual stories in ways that foster personal and communal healing. To cite one initiative, GIJTR supported 19 Colombian CSOs working with local Indigenous, rural and Afro-Colombian communities through trainings in truth-telling processes as well as provided financial and technical support to develop three-month awareness- raising projects. These projects, which were brought to communities across the country, helped to break taboos around speaking about the war—a significant problem in Colombia (as in many post- conflict settings) due to its potential to lead to a recurrence of violence. GIJTR published a toolkit detailing the methodologies behind these projects that was used by the country’s Truth Commission to promote community-based truth-telling. Finally, it worked to amplify the experiences of these communities and to connect them with the Colombian Truth Commission, which formally began on November 29, 2018, and closed in 2022, and continues to equip civil society organizations with the skills to implement the Truth Commission’s recommendations.
In addition to directly supporting communities, GIJTR advised the Truth Commission in Colombia on the best tools for collecting, documenting and sharing the stories of the conflict’s survivors—an integral step to ensuring lasting peace in the country.
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Transforming Transitional Justice: A Decade of Change, Growth & Sustained Impact—A Summary Report
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