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 a lack of accountability for crimes committed by the […] Read more

“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, Rumoh Geudong was used as an Indonesian military […] Read more

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 Network (TJAN) hosted a regional seminar in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on […] Read more

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 often remain in powerful positions in post-transition landscapes. In these […] Read more

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 for Political Prisoners (AAPP), AJAR hosted a panel […] Read more