Activity Report
Online Course on Human Rights and Transitional Justice for Youth change-makers in Bangladesh
On May 7 2020, AJAR facilitated an online course on transitional justice and conflict transformation with participants in Bangladesh, as part of AJAR’s efforts to facilitate South-South learning and establish a base of human right leaders in the region. The online course, which ran for 6 weeks, was... Read more
Workshop on Two Decades of Transitional Justice in Asia (Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 24-26 March 2018)
Over the past two decades, the field of transitional justice (TJ) has developed into a worldwide movement, providing important, but partial and imperfect answers to the question of what should be done about mass violations in order to achieve justice, sustainable peace, and prosperity. Impunity and... Read more
Nurturing Memory through the Rumoh Geudong Monument in Aceh, Indonesia
“Don’t Bury the Truth; Speak Even if not with Words!” The Rumoh Geudong monument was officially dedicated on 12 July 2018 with about a thousand people—including survivors and people from Pidie and Pidie Jaya Districts in attendance. From 1989–1998, when Aceh was declared a Military Operation Area, R... Read more
Public Seminar Activity Report: “The Role of Truth in Strengthening Peace in Asia”
On October 12, 2017, the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Aceh TRC), together with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), KontraS Aceh, International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies (ICAIOS), Katahati Institute, LBH Banda Aceh (Legal Aid Banda Aceh), and the Transitional Justice Asia Netw... Read more
Transitional Justice Asia Network Activity Report: Finding a Way Forward for Transitional Justice in Asia
A history of mass crimes accompanied by impunity are features of many Asian states, providing a base for ongoing instability, failure of the rule of law and continuing cycles of violence. Transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms are widely misunderstood and resisted in the region, where perpetrators oft... Read more
Truth-Telling and a Joint Call to Action: AJAR Myanmar and Partners’ Commemoration of the International Day in Support of Torture Survivors
On June 26 2017, AJAR held a joint event to commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Yangon, Myanmar. Along with the Vimutti Women’s Organization (VWO), the Network of Human Rights Documentation (ND-Burma), the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) and the Assistance Association... Read more
Exchange Visit to Aceh & Workshop on Natural Resources in Transition
Myanmar and Indonesia are both in transition from military dictatorship and armed conflict to democratic governance. Both countries have significant regions of distinct ethnic groups living within vast areas of forests (and other natural resources) that have valuable economic value as well as being... Read more
Transitional Justice and the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission
From 20 September 2016 AJAR facilitated a four day workshop with the seven commissioners-elect of the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The commissioners-elect bring to this important role a wealth of collective experience and skills from their past and present work in a range of field... Read more
