The International Center for Transitional Justice

Mission

The ICTJ assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. The Center works in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict, as well as in established democracies where historical injustices or systemic abuse remain unresolved. The ICTJ promotes and implements effective transitional justice mechanisms such as prosecuting offenders, reforming abusive institutions, documenting violations, promoting reconciliation, and negotiating reparations.

Programs

The ICTJ's programs are designed to enable our partners in the field, through consultation and training, to implement transitional justice programs. This work is based on the five pillars of transitional justice: preventing human rights violations, investigating violations where they occur and establishing the truth, imposing suitable sanctions on those responsible for the violations, ensuring reparations for victims, and reforming abusive institutions.

Personnel Overview

Dr. Louis Bickford - Director, Policymakers and Civil Society Unit
Louis Bickford, a political scientist, has consulted with governments, NGOs, human rights activists, and movements on strategies for confronting the legacies of past abuse in more than a dozen countries. He was the associate director of the Global Studies Program and a lecturer in International Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Ana Cutter Patel - Dep. Director, Policymakers and Civil Society Unit
Ana has 15 years of experience in international development work. She is adjunct professor at the Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She is also the ICTJ's liaison to the UN Peacebuilding Commission, and the project manager for the Center's two-year research initiative on Transitional Justice.

Patricia Karam - Dep. Director Policymakers and Civil Society Unit
Patricia has worked at the US Institute of Peace's (USIP) Grant and Fellowship program where she created and managed a portfolio of grants and contracts promoting conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Iraq and Colombia. She has coordinated several educational programs relating to conflict resolution and social justice.

Personnel Statistics

Juan E. Méndez,
President
Founded in 2001
Employees: 100
Volunteers: 75

Financial Statistics

Budget (2007): $ 17,224,415
Budget (2007): $ 13,954,420
Overhead: 24 %
Other funding sources: Governments, Foundations, Corporate/Individual support
Religious Affiliation: N/A