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[Identification of item], International Center for Transitional Justice Printed Materials, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The International Center for Transitional Justice Printed Materials were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2008-2009.
Processed by Robert Carson, February 2009
Encoded by Robert Carson, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, April 2009; updated by Meghan Lyon, November 2009 and July 2010
Accessions 2008-0251, 2009-0193, 2010-0111, and 2010-0140 are described in this finding aid.
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This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
The printed material files of the International Center for Transitional Justice span the years 1981 to 2008. Gathered by staff at the ICTJ as a resource file, the files house publications from the United States, Canada, and countries all over the world relating to peace processes and to the pursuit of legal reparations and reconciliation in areas of conflict involving human rights violations. Formats include annual reports, legal journals, human rights organization publications, many types of reports and white papers, conference proceedings, and newspapers, as well as some posters and other ephemera.
The files are arranged in two main series: General Files, which are subdivided into Annual Reports, Conference Files, Journal Issues, Other Printed Material, and Subject Files; and the Geographic Series, arranged into subdivisions for Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America, then by individual countries in alphabetical order. There are also separately housed oversize Geographic Series materials, arranged in alphabetical order by country and described at the end of the main collection. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
Accession (2009-0193) (76 lin. ft) has not been processed but makes up the majority of the collection's materials. Large components of this accession are African, Asian, European, and South American country files, as well as individual staff files for employees in a variety of ICTJ departments. Also included are audiovisual materials, a Mena survey, ICTJ and miscellaneous publications, institutional materials, CPU materials, Documentation Center materials, Historical Memory Project and Policymakers Retreat files, and other miscellaneous materials. This accession has not been processed, but materials have been described using a folder list below.
Accession (2010-0111) (2.0 lin. ft.) has not been processed. It includes electronic files and drives as well as audiovisual material from the ICTJ Iraq Tribunal. Materials have been described below.
Accession (2010-0140) (2.0 lin. ft.) has not been processed. It includes audiovisual material and electronic drives and discs, along with some handbooks and notes. Materials have been described below.
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
Subdivided into the following subseries further described below:
Contains reports published chiefly by U.S. non-profit organizations. Broadly speaking, topics concern human rights, economic development, and international law. In addition to the U.S. publications, there are some items originating from countries such as South Africa, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Arranged chronologically by year.
Contains files from conferences concerning security, human rights, democratic development, reconciliation, and the International Criminal Court. Chronologically ordered by year.
Contains alphabetically organized publications primarily from U.S. sources, including university law reviews. Most include information and opinions on restoring judicial systems and practices in the U.S. and internationally following periods of political and armed conflict.
Subdivided into Handbooks and Guides, and Collected Papers, Essays, and Lectures.
Consists of handbooks, guides, field manuals, and sourcebooks related to human rights, including torture and the death penalty. Also includes materials that serves as guides for procedures and management.
Contains files of multiple topics on human rights and international justice, including genocide, children's and women's rights, refugees, democratic process and elections, truth commissions, international prosecutions, and the International Criminal Court. Arranged in alphabetical order by topic.
Includes reports from UNIFEM, the Open Society Institute and others. Work focuses on women's rights, women in conflict situations, AIDS, and women's opportunities
Contains information packets, assemblies of state parties documents in 2003, and information on coalition members.
Includes opinions on the challenges facing the ICC, progress reports on the implementation of the Rome Statute as well as information related to the Victims and Witnesses Unit.
The section includes publications on a wide range of issues; a considerable portion come from organizations such as the International Peace Academy, the United Nations, and FRIDE.
Contains articles that discuss the development of international criminal trials and the evidence used in those trials. Also contains a report on a working visit of the special court of Sierra Leone as well as a report on torture and state accountability.
Contains documents that discuss rule of law, the legitimacy of terrorism, the "ticking bomb" scenario, and a report by the United Nations on new challenges and threats to peace.
Packets containing pamphlets relating to Peru and South Africa Truth Commissions.
Divided into subdivisions for Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America. Each geographic area contains newspapers, journal articles and other publications related to governance, rule of law, and political stability. Organized within major divisions with a multi-regional/country section first, followed by country files in alphabetical order. A few publications are in the French language.
Contains work on West Africa and also issues related to security, poverty, and war crimes. Materials include journals, workshop reports, and NGO publications.
[All removed to Oversize Material.]
Contains four issues
Consists of articles on civil society and the domestic policy environment, civil-military relations, national reconciliation, and human rights.
Includes a draft bill, news articles, the constitution of the commission, a report on the review, submissions to the National Constitutional Conference, and a summary of proposals.
Includes reports from the Kenya Human Rights Commission.
Consists of two issues.
Includes reports on security challenges, national reconciliation, community cohesion, and inheritance rights.
[Removed to Oversize Material.]
Consists of reports by the Commission to the United Nations and a report on conditions for the children of Sierra Leone.
Includes two annual reports by the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
(Removed to Oversize Material)
Contains the first
Contains an annual report by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, work on the protection of social rights, and one on the government's reparation policy.
Consists of two issues.
Includes reports on the Lord's Resistance Army and the ICC, peace negotiations in the West Nile Region, IDPs, Acholi youth in Uganda, and child soldiers.
Includes two issues produced by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.
Topics cover community service, agriculture, the post-presidential election period of March to May 2002, youth militia training; includes a working draft constitution.
One issue of the publication produced by the Fund for Reconciliation and Development to foster cooperation between Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Cuba.
Consists of many reports on rule of law, human rights, transitional government, and government reform. Noteworthy authors of the documents are the U.N., the International Crisis Group, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Center for American Progress.
Contains productions from two sources: the Center for Social Development and
Contains works discussing corruption, National Assembly sessions, establishing tribunals against Khmer Rouge leaders, and the role of women in post-conflict Cambodia.
Work from two sources, the Comissão de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliação de Timor Leste (CAVR) and
Includes documents published by the U.N., CAVR, FRIDE, and others about human rights, accountability and justice, and about the establishment of a commission for truth and reconciliation.
Consists of Centro de Investigacion para la Paz (CIP) reports, a European Union presidential report, work on Europe and Islam as well as work on women's empowerment in Europe.
Contains Healing Through Remembering work and a section of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Contains work on the Healing Through Remembering Project, socio-economic rights, loyalist paramilitary murders, truth recovery and the war on terror
Contains work on security options pre-invasion, civilian casualties, how religious and ethnic relations shape the constitution, and how to establish a stable democratic state. Work primarily produced by the United States Institute of Peace and Minority Rights Group International
Contains one issue from the
Consists primarily of work by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation on residential schools, survivors of the Canadian residential school system, aboriginal sex offending, and a report on the Aboriginal Healing Foundation itself.
Four issues from
Includes works on human rights, education, the war on terror, the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot and the ensuing Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Issues from the Latin American Studies Association, LASA Forum, and Kawsaq
Contains information on China's presence in Latin America, the issues of integration and fragmentation, MERCOSUR, security, judicial reform, social reform, and new populist and leftist movements.
Includes productions from the Washington Office on Latin America, the Columbia University Institute of Latin American Studies, and the Centro de Derechos Humanos about human rights, conflict situations, enhancing judicial independence, and U.S. military programs in Latin America.
One copy, December 2007
Includes works primarily about human rights violations, produced within Brazil.
Contains monthly reports, comments on international conferences, coordination of institutions working on exile-return, and information on special investigations
Consists of reports on several laws relating to programs for Chilean exiles and returnees, including the establishment of a self-employment program, provisional benefits, exemptions for taxes, the modification of the customs tariff, and amnesty.
Includes information on the health care system and the care of persons affected by political state repression
Information primarily relates to reparations and reconciliation, but also on torture and the Ministry of Justice. Newspaper clippings included.
Consists of work from the Colombian government, the UN, and NGOs. The focus is on establishing peace, reintegrating demobilized combatants, freedom of expression, and human rights in general.
Three issues, dating from April to August, 2002
Contains reports on sexual violence, the penal code, sovereignty five years after peace accords and Ordenes Generales documents
Chiefly centers on anthropological forensic investigations in particular areas of Guatemala.
Contains issues from six different journals, predominantly
Includes work on education, justice, peacebuilding, and bulletins from the Comisión
Consists of publications addressing human rights abuses, including displacement and violence directed at women. Several documents derive information by testimonials.
Contains work primarily on human rights and democracy, predominantly produced within Perú. Notable international organizations include Oxfam, the Organization of American States, and the Washington Office on Latin America
Contains major newspapers from multiple countries, political posters, and journals. Material is arranged alphabetically be country and is arranged further chronologically.
Accession (2009-0193) (76 lin. ft) includes country files, staff files, audiovisual materials, the Mena survey, ICTJ publications, miscellaneous publications, institutional materials, CPU materials, Documentation Center materials, Historical Memory Project and Policymakers Retreat files, and other miscellaneous materials.
This accession has not been processed or reboxed, but a folder list is available below. Materials may exist in multiple copies. Please contact Research Services to request help in accessing these materials.
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Director, Policy Makers and Civil Society Unit (PCSU), New York. Employed 2001-present (2009).
Staff Assistant, Americas Program. New York office, 2004-2008.
Vice President, New York office, 2002-2005.
President Emeritus, New York office, 2004-2009.
Senior Associate in the Gender Program, New York office, 2001-2008.
Program associate at the New York office, 2006-present.
Prosecutions Unit, New York office.
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Includes electronic files and drives as well as audiovisual material from the ICTJ Iraq Tribunal. Hard drive has been removed and transferred to Duke's Moving Image Archivist. This addition requires processing before use.
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