International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) records, 1918-2020, bulk 1970-2020

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Summary

Creator:
International Center for Transitional Justice
Abstract:
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a non-profit organization that assists countries in pursuing accountability for mass atrocities and human rights abuses. Its records span the years 1918 to 2020, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1970s-2020. Materials include ICTJ office and administrative files, program and conference records, annual reports, legal journals, human rights organization publications, reports and white papers, newspapers, subject files, teaching materials, trial transcripts, and posters and ephemera. There are many audiovisual and digital records. Groups and governing bodies represented in the materials include ICTJ, Amnesty International, United Nations organizations and missions, the European Union, the Washington Office on Latin America, the World Bank, Minority Rights Group International, criminal courts, truth commissions, and many others. Administrative files include the papers of former ICTJ Presidents and other staff files, including Juan E. Mendez, Priscilla Hayner, Louis Bickford, Alex Boraine, Ian Martin, Lisa Magarrell, and Marieke Wierda -- as well as institutional memory files that document the narrative of the creation and work of ICTJ. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
Extent:
221 Linear Feet (155 boxes; 3 oversize folders)
2700 Gigabytes
Language:
Material chiefly in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.
Collection ID:
RL.01304

Background

Scope and content:

The records of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) span the years 1918 to 2020, with the bulk of the materials from the late 20th and early 21st century. The materials document the activities of ICTJ in its support of peace processes and to the pursuit of legal reparations and reconciliation in areas of conflict involving human rights violations. Formats in the collection include ICTF office and administrative files, annual reports, single articles, legal journals, human rights organization publications, reports and white papers, conference proceedings, newspapers and clippings, trial transcripts, teaching materials, and photographs, as well as some posters and other ephemera such as fliers, graphics, invitations, and programs. There are many audiovisual and digital formats.

There are four main series: Geographic Files, Reference and Reports, Program and Subject Files, and Administrative Files. The Geographic series contains materials from countries directly impacted by the work of ICTJ and its partners. It is arranged by continent and then by country. These materials cover virtually every major case of human rights abuse and violation worldwide. There are also materials on affiliated armed conflicts such as the Iraq War and the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina; violent ethnic clashes; refugee movements; refugee and detention camps; women's rights; and case studies of human rights abuses.

The Reference and Reports series formed ICTJ's documentation library. The Program and Subject files contain thematically-arranged publications about ICTJ's main subject areas, such as transitional justice and reparations, as well as the programatic materials from ICTJ conferences, workshops, publications, truth commissions, and program divisions. The final series, administrative files, is largely comprised of the files of former ICTJ presidents Alex Boraine and Juan Mendez and other staff files, including Louis Bickford, director of multiple ICTJ units. The staff files and the institutional memory files come together to form the narrative of the creation and work of ICTJ since its beginnings in 2001.

Each series also lists audiovisual materials and digital files. These materials are inserted into the series they correspond with. Formats include Betamax tapes, mini-DVs, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, and cassette tapes. The audiovisual materials include trial recordings, staff interviews, conference recordings, and truth commission proceedings; some of these were digitized by ICTJ staff. The born-digital records contain similar materials and also include training materials, ICTJ administrative materials, and program specific documents.

Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.

Biographical / historical:

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), founded in 2001 and based in New York City, is a global non-profit that works with partners in post-conflict, conflict, and democratic countries to pursue accountability, truth, and reconciliation for large-scale human right abuses, through a series of measures including criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, reparations programs, and institutional reforms. It also has offices in Bogotá, Colombia; Brussels, Belgium; The Hague, The Netherlands; Kampala, Uganda; Nairobi, Kenya; and Tunis, Tunisia.

Acquisition information:
The International Center for Transitional Justice Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift between 2008 and 2021.
Processing information:

Processed by Heather McGowan and Meghan Lyon, 2017.

Web content described by Michelle Runyon, 2020.

Accession 2021-0041 processed and described by Eliscia Kinder, 2021.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into five series: Geographic Files; Reference and Reports; Program and Subject Files; Administrative Records; and Audiovisual Materials.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
African Americans -- North Carolina -- Greensboro
AIDS (Disease) -- Organizations
Apartheid -- South Africa
Children (International law)
Developing countries -- Social conditions
Developing countries -- Economic conditions
Dictatorship -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century
Genocide
Human Rights -- Periodicals
Human rights advocacy
Human rights monitoring
Human rights workers
Humanitarian assistance
Indians, Treatment of -- North America
Internally displaced persons
International courts -- History -- 20th century
International law -- Cases
Non-governmental organizations
Peace-building
Reconciliation
Transitional justice
Truth commissions -- History
Women's rights -- International cooperation
Format:
Audiocassettes
Mini-DV
Optical disks
Photographs
Videocassettes
Names:
International Center for Transitional Justice
Human Rights Archive (Duke University)
Amnesty International
Atlantic Philanthropists
Center for Democratic Development (Ghana)
Human Rights Watch
International Criminal Court
International Crisis Group
Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs
Ford Foundation
Greensboro Truth & Reconciliation Commission
International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- North Carolina
Latin American Network on Transitional Justice
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Minority Rights Group International
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Open Society Justice Initiative
Unesco
UNICEF
United Nations. General Assembly
United Nations. Department of Peace-keeping Operations
United Nations Development Programme
United States Institute of Peace
Washington Office on Latin America
World Bank
Méndez, Juan E.
Hayner, Priscilla B.
Wierda, Marieke
Boraine, Alex
Bickford, Louis
Darko, Eric
Gutierrez, Blaz
Magarrell, Lisa
Nesiah, Vasuki
Martin, Ian, 1946-
Places:
Africa -- Ethnic relations
Africa -- Foreign relations
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Caribbean Area -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Caribbean Area -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States
Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Central America -- Social conditions
Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations
Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Latin America -- Social conditions

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