Transitional Justice Grants (2007)

• Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation

  To create and maintain a comprehensive, online bilingual (Farsi/English) database of victims of political violence dating from Iran’s Islamic revolution (1979) with a view to preserving the historical narrative of gross violations for an eventual accountability mechanism; and secondly, promoting an informed human rights consciousness within Iran and the Iranian diaspora, as well as across political and religious lines. (Over two years)

• Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF)

  To expand EAAF’s investigations in Argentina and elsewhere, presenting evidence at ongoing trials against those responsible for human rights violations, to help victims’ relatives recover the remains of their loved ones, to train young professionals, to promote the application of scientific standards, and to disseminate the results of their investigations. (Over three years)

• Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales

  To carry out trials prosecuting crimes against humanity perpetrated during the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983) and to strengthen the judicial institutions to promote democracy and respect for human rights. (Over two years)

• El Museo Del Barrio

  To raise public awareness through a high-calibre art exhibition in New York on human rights abuses in Latin America dating from 1950-80; and to extend its public outreach to discuss the legacy of those abuses and their implications for the conduct of the war on terrorism and the protection of fundamental guarantees.

• Global Justice Centre

  To promote a greater gender dimension in transitional justice initiatives including through the prosecution of sexual violence as an instrument of war or repression; securing redress for victims; the inclusion of women’s experiences in truth and reconciliation processes; and public acknowledgement of past sexual crimes. The New York-based organisation will campaign for greater contemporary protection of women’s rights, and increased participation of women in new democratic structures. (Over two years)

• International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience

  To activate sites of conscience around the world as means of interpreting the history of gross human rights violations and to draw a nexus between such sites and pressing, contemporary challenges to human rights protection in order to encourage dialogue, education and civic participation. Sites of conscience play a role beyond that of a conventional museum to draw explicit connections between the history of a site and its contemporary implications. (Over two years)

• Redress Trust

  To investigate and campaign for the removal of safe havens in Europe for Rwandan genocide suspects; to strengthen the legal framework for the prosecution of such crimes both within the EU and in Rwanda; and to empower Rwandan victims to seek redress.

• Special Court for Sierra Leone

  To create durable institutions on the premises of the Special Court for Sierra Leone that will continue to promote the rule of law, peace and security within Sierra Leone, the West African region, and potentially the African continent after the physical closure of the Court in December 2009. To create a residual mechanism within the domestic system to handle matters pertaining to witness protection and support after the closure of the Special Court.

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