In May 2014, AJAR conducted a workshop and panel discussion in Yangon on ‘Working with Torture Survivors: Sharing Experiences from Indonesia and Timor-Leste’. The event aimed at training local civil society groups on transitional justice, prevention of torture and strategies to empower survivors. AJAR staff talked about challenges for transitional justice in Asia, introducing the […]
AJAR is conducting a two-year action research project, with support from IDRC, to understand how women victims in conflict/post-conflict settings experience impunity, develop strategies for survival, and find ways to empower themselves AJAR aims to uphold the rights of women victims by empowering survivors to articulate their issues through participatory action research, and develop and […]
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In August 2013, a Committee from the Aceh parliament responsible for drafting a law establishing a truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in Aceh requested AJAR to organize a three-day training and workshop at the AJAR Learning Centre. During the workshop, international experts provided details of their experience working directly in TRC’s in Africa, Latin America […]
AJAR, KontraS (Indonesia) and National Peace Council (Sri Lanka) held a workshop to learn about strategies to strengthen survivors of torture and ill-treatment, as part of a longer-term effort to prevent recurrence and pursue accountability. Thirty practitioners from civil society groups and torture survivors gathered together from Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar/Burma to share […]