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Reconciliation

When communities prioritise peace and coexistence

Explore the theme of "reconciliation" through Justice Info's news articles. Dive into our expert analyses, such as the examination of the controversy surrounding the Reconciliation Commission in Angola, or discover the challenges faced by the French commission of historians regarding colonial past in Cameroon. Get insights into the Yoorrook commission in Australia, scrutinizing systemic injustice against Indigenous peoples, and the progress in Colombia, where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission organizes meetings between former FARC commanders and victims of kidnappings, or former members of the Armed Forces with families of “false positives”. Justice Info provides valuable insights into these complex processes of reconciliation and justice.

Reconciliation after the genocide in Rwanda. Photo: Victims of the genocide discuss in the Rwandan hills.
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Reconciliation made in Rwanda

Rwanda is preparing to commemorate on April 7 the genocide of the Tutsis 30 years ago. At least 800,000 people were massacred in 100 days, between April and July 1994. Since then, the national justice system has tried over a million people. The time for retribution has passed. And Rwandans have had to relearn how […]
By Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro (our correspondent in Rwanda)
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In Angola, stormy reconciliation between UNITA and government - Photo of a battalion of soldiers in 1982.

Polarized reconciliation in Angola

France-Cameroon commission - Can a commission of historians help the two countries on the road to reconciliation? Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Paul Biya speak at a press conference in Cameroon.

Colonial past: can a historians’ commission help reconcile Cameroon?

Aboriginal children in Australia - Yoorrook Commission reveals alarming colonization figures

Yoorrook commission: the government admits “a shameful system”

Initiative for Reconciliation in Angola: Restitution of human remains of victims of the civil war

Mistaken identities: how Angola’s reconciliation process derailed

Indigenous peoples of Norway - Sami activists demonstrate in Oslo

Truth and reconciliation in Norway amidst a crisis of trust

The new president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, delivers a speech on a podium. In the background: the Colombian flag.

The Colombian president Gustavo Petro opens door to a new transitional justice system

Rodrigo Londoño, Julián Gallo and Pastor Alape at a hearing of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Colombia.

Colombia: the day FARC leaders faced victims of kidnappings

During an event of the Truth Commission of Colombia, three ex-Colombian officers, standing on a platform, meet a woman (she is shaking hands with one of them). In the background, a large screen shows the words

Truth in Colombia: “Your sons were innocent people we murdered”

Colonel Rubén Darío Castro speaks to victims of

Colombia: The day 10 army officials accused of false positives faced their victims

Magistrates and lawyers hold signs and banners that read

Tunisia: A “reconciliation” law that goes against transitional justice  

Canada's Indigenous people in the Vatican

Pope offers Church's 'apology' to Canada's indigenous people

Women hold a banner that reads in Spanish:

First rift between Colombia’s Peace tribunal and the victims

A woman (from behind) wearing a

Getting Back to What Matters: Victim Voices and the Making of International Law (3/3)

Two men shake hands with the help of a third, all wearing white shirts (symbol of peace in Colombia)

Negotiating amnesties, peace and justice: A new path (2/3)

Palestinian child standing in front of a gate without walls around it, in the middle of the ruins

Here is a way for international law to better help end conflicts (1/3)

Indonesian prisoners (hands on head) are escorted by Dutch soldiers

Indonesia: the Dutch no longer can see colonisation in rosy terms

Protester arrested by Scottish police

Scotland: Transitional justice to deal with economic violence

Group of nomadic Sámis

Truth commissions in the Nordic states: Who is to be reconciled with whom?