The Center’s research team focuses on investigating the root causes of violations through detailed data collection, analysis, and policy development. The Center then shares its findings with governments, civil society organizations, academics, donor governments, and UN agencies to help address human rights problems more effectively.
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In January 2000, the Human Rights Center launched the Communities in Crisis Project, an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research initiative to examine the relationship between the pursuit of international justice and local approaches to social reconstruction in the aftermath of war and genocide. Working in collaboration with scholars and activists in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, the project is establishing research networks across a variety of fields (development, finance, human rights) and academic disciplines (law, public health, education, psychology, anthropology) to examine how the work of the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda effects the local processes of social reconstruction and how survivors of mass violence perceive, interpret, and relate to the work of the ad hoc tribunals. |
The recent news of the Pentagon blocking the Biden administration from sharing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court in
Recently, the Pentagon decided to block the transfer of evidence to Russian authorities regarding a case involving Russian military contractors. This decision has garnered significant
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a global organization created to prosecute individuals who have committed the most heinous crimes, such as war crimes, genocide,
Justice, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Societies The field of justice, reconciliation, and reconstruction in post-conflict societies is a vital and dynamic one, with significant
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