GIJTR’s Impact on Policy
A wide range of organizations working globally on transitional justice have adopted learnings from GIJTR’s programming, incorporating lessons into their own working practices and guidelines, and affecting policy as a result.
Policy makers, government officials and civil society actors gather in Brazil at GIJTR’s 2023 roundtable on global racism.
• GIJTR’s documentation project in Ukraine hosted a side event at OSCE’s Human Dimension Implementation meeting in Warsaw, Europe’s largest annual human rights conference; and • The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non- Recurrence attended a GIJTR convening, where the issue of state financing of reparations was raised by participants. As a result, the Special Rapporteur is now developing a report on this issue. Further, a recent report 6 by the Special Rapporteur cites a resource highlighting a finding on prosecutions of senior officials in the Ford company over corporate participation in crimes against humanity in Argentina. 3 “Guidance Note of the Secretary-General: Transitional Justice A Strategic Tool for People, Prevention and Peace,” (UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, October 11, 2023), https://www.ohchr.org/en/ documents/tools-and-resources/guidance-note-secretary-general-transitional-justice-strategic-tool. 4 Brandon Hamber, “Transitional Justice, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Renewing the United Nations Approach to Transitional Justice,” (UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, September 28, 2021), https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/transitionaljustice/sg-guidance-note/ SG-GuidanceNote-TJ-Mental-Health-digital.pdf. 5 “Women’s Meaningful Participation in Transitional Justice: Advancing Gender Equality and Building Sustainable Peace,” (United Nations Development Programme, March 2022), https://www.unwomen.org/ sites/default/files/2022-03/Research-paper-Womens-meaningful-participation-in-transitional-justice-en.pdf. 6 Fabián Salvioli, “A/HRC/51/34: Role and Responsibilities of Non-State Actors in Transitional Justice Processes - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence,” UN General Assembly, 51 Session, July 12, 2022, https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/ thematic-reports/ahrc5134-role-and-responsibilities-non-state-actors-transitional-justice.
The innovative practice of integrating MHPSS into transitional justice, led by GIJTR Consortium partner CSVR, has had particular impact, most notably in the African Union’s integration of MHPSS into its transitional justice policy. Further, the United Nations Secretary General’s guidance note on transitional justice 3 of 2023 makes a pointed reference to the importance of MHPSS in transitional justice, drawing on a 2021 report 4 on transitional justice, mental health and psychosocial support referencing GIJTR’s work in The Gambia. Other recent references to GIJTR in global practice include: • United Nations Development Programme and UN Women’s 2022 guidance on “Women’s Meaningful Participation in Transitional Justice”, 5 to which ICSC staff contributed through interviews on the work of GIJTR and transitional justice broadly, references several GIJTR publications; • The Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe (OSCE) have used material concerning Syria produced by GIJTR’s “Transitional Justice and Migration” project;
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Transforming Transitional Justice: A Decade of Change, Growth & Sustained Impact—A Summary Report
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