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Building A Foundation to Support Transitional Justice Mechanisms in Sri Lanka

AJAR President Patrick Burgess delivered a series of trainings on transitional justice and its relevance to the Sri Lanka context...

Regional: Workshop on Thematic Human Rights Topic Around the Asia Region

Asia Justice and Rights, Bridges Across Borders South East Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEACLE) and the Office of the UN High...

Remembering Marabia in Timor-Leste & Indonesia

On June 10 2015, survivors and community members of Marabia marked 35 years since the violence, mass arrests and disappearances...

Press Release: Justice, Truth and Reparations for Victims of the Aceh Conflict, Ten Years On

On 15 August 2015, the people of Aceh will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2005 Helsinki Peace Agreement which...

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Yangon

AJAR organized a joint event to mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26th June 2015 in...

PRESS RELEASE Accountability for Acts of Torture is the Key to Preventing Repetition

PRESS RELEASE On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June 2015 Accountability for Acts of Torture...

South-South Exchanges: Pakistan-Indonesia

In June 2015 AJAR hosted a group of senior Pakistani government officials and civil society representatives on a week-long learning...

Reuniting Timor-Leste’s “Stolen Children”

In May 2015, AJAR reunited fourteen of an estimated 4,000 ‘stolen children’ with their families, after up to 35 years...

Combating Torture: Past and Present

A major EU-funded anti torture program is nearing completion, following a two-year series of activities in four countries: Indonesia, Sri...