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Various research and impact projects have the transitional justice process in Colombia as their focus. They aim to support the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to deliver on its mandate but also to consider from an academic and practice-oriented perspective many of the challenges that transitional justice faces in the country, particularly in the areas of reparation, victims鈥� participation, acknowledgement of responsibility, punishment of those responsible and accountability of third party actors.

Professor Sabine Michalowski and Professor Clara Sandoval are leading the ETJN鈥檚 working in these areas.

Key publications

Economic actors in the Colombian transitional justice process:

• Michalowski, Sabine; Sa虂nchez, Camilo; Mari虂n, Daniel; Jime虂nez, Alejandro; Marti虂nez, Hobeth; Domi虂nguez, Valentina and Arroyave, Lina. (2018). .
• Michalowski, Sabine; Mari虂n, Daniel; Jime虂nez, Alejandro and Marti虂nez, Hobeth; Domi虂nguez (2018). .
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz-Rodr铆guez, Michael; Orjuela, Astrid and G贸mez, Luisa (2019). .
  Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz-Rodr铆guez, Michael; Orjuela, Astrid and G贸mez, Luisa (2020). .

Analysis of legal concepts that are essential for the work of the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace

• Mart铆nez, Hobeth (2020) .
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz-Rodr铆guez, Michael and Mart铆nez, Hobeth (2020). .
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz-Rodr铆guez, Michael and Mart铆nez, Hobeth (2021).
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz-Rodr铆guez, Michael & Mart铆nez, Hobeth (2021)
• Zuluaga Afanador, Nicol谩s (2021)
• Michalowski, Sabine and Cruz, Michael (2021)
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz, Michael and Hobeth Mart铆nez (2021)
• Michalowski, Sabine. Cruz Rodr铆guez, Michael (2022).  
• Michalowski, Sabine, Cruz Rodriguez, Michael (2022).

Victim participation

• Sandoval, Clara; Cruz, Michael and Ruiz Segovia, Camila, (2020).

Reparations

• Sandoval Clara; Mart铆nez, Hobeth; Cruz, Michael; Zuluaga, Nicol谩s; Galindo, Juliana; Lovelle, Pilar; Vargas, Juliette; Romero, Adriana and Rodr铆guez, Andrea (2021)
• Iris Marin (2022) 

Socioeconomic dimensions of transitional justice

• Rodriguez Llach, Alejandro; Mart铆nez Carrillo, Hobeth (2022)

Amicus curiae before the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace

• Michalowski, Sabine; Parra, Jorge; Rodr铆guez, Diana; Uprimny, Rodrigo; Jim茅nez, Alejandro; Mar铆n, Daniel and Mart铆nez, Hobeth (2018) 
• Michalowski, Sabine; Uprimny, Rodrigo; S谩nchez, Camilo; Martinez, Hobeth; Junieles, Irina and Dominguez, Xajamaia (2018) 
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz, Michael; Barraga虂n, Maryluz; Albarraci虂n, Mauricio; Da虂vila, Juana; Go虂mez, Pablo; Leo虂n, Felipe and Jime虂nez, Alejandro (2020) 
• Michalowski, Sabine and Cruz Michael. (2021) Reconocimiento de nuevas calificaciones jur铆dicas sobre hechos y conductas ya reconocidas por los comparecientes durante el procedimiento dial贸gico ante Sala de Reconocimiento. Concepto de la 糖心Vlog Transitional Justice Network (ETJN) en atenci贸n a la invitaci贸n realizada mediante el Auto JLR01 334 de 2021 sobre el resuelve sexto del Auto 244 de 2021 de la SRVR.

Blogs and opinion pieces:

• 7 October 2021 - Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz, Michael and Mart铆nez, Hobeth. .
• 25 May 2021 - Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz, Michael and Mart铆nez, Hobeth. .
• 2 September 2021 - Jim茅nez, Alejandro; Mart铆nez, Hobeth and Cruz, Michael. .

A key area of work of the ETJN has been the right to reparation that victims, individual or collective, have when they suffer harm as a result of human rights violations or serious violations of humanitarian law in times of conflict or repression. The work on reparations has focused on rehabilitation for victims (including legal empowerment); reparations for victims of sexual and reproductive violence; making reparations viable during transitions; implementing of reparations; ensuring that all those responsible for violations provide reparations to victims; victims鈥� participation; and understanding the transformative potential of reparations for victims.

Key publications include:

• Sandoval-Villalba, C-L. and Moffett, L., Titling at Windmills: Reparations and the International Criminal Court. Leiden Journal of International Law. 34 (2)
• Correa, C., Furuya, S. and Sandoval, C., (2020). . Cambridge University Press. 1108480950. 9781108480956
• Sandoval-Villalba, C-L., Leach, P. and Murray, R., (2020). . Journal of Human Rights Practice. 12 (1), 71-100
  Sandoval-Villalba, C. and Murray, R., (2020). . 12 (1), 101-124
• Sánchez León, NC. and Sandoval-Villalba, C., (2020). . Second Revised Edition. Editors: Ferstman, C. and Goetz, M., . Koninklijke Brill NV. 547- 570. 978-90-04-37719-6
• Guillerot, J., Gilmore, S. and Sandoval, C., (2020).
• Waldorf, L. (2019). Between Transition and Transformation: Legal Empowerment as Collective Reparations. In: From Transitional to Transformative Justice. Editors: Gready, P. and Robins, S., Cambridge University Press.  
• Sandoval-Villalba, C-L., (2018). The Legal Standing and Significance of the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation. Heidelberg Journal of International Law. 78 (3), 565-568

Current and past grants/projects in this area include:

Reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence in Colombia: Global Survivors Fund, 2020-2021

• As part of the world report that the Global Survivors Fund is preparing on reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence, where 20 States have been chosen to consider the opportunities as well as the challenges and achievements to secure reparation for survivors, Professor Sandoval is leading the team working on the Colombian report.

Reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies: Arts and Humanities Research Council – 2017-2021

• The project looks at Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Peru, and Uganda to analyse the effectiveness of reparations in the aftermath of conflict and mass violence. The project considers the role of non-state armed groups in contributing to reparation processes, victim participation and agency in reparation programmes, gender dimensions, and the interaction of donors and developments with reparations. The project is in partnership with Redress and collaborates with the International Centre for Transitional Justice and the International Organisation for Migration.

Alternative sanctions in Catatumbo: Exploring punishment, reparation and victims’ participation: IAA (July 2020-December 2020)

Implementation and compliance with human rights law: An exploration of the interplay between the international, regional and national levels: Economic & Social Research Council (2015-2019)

• The aim of the project was to track selected decisions by UN and regional human rights treaty bodies, against nine countries in Africa, Europe and the Americas, to see the extent to which States have implemented them and why. Professor Sandoval led the Americas team of the project and they consider the conflict dimensions of reparation and their intersections with the work of the Inter-American Commission and Court, in relation to Colombia and Guatemala.

Since its beginnings, the ETJN has had a strong research focus on the linkages between business and human rights and transitional justice, resulting in a series or international seminars and an edited collection already in 2013. More recently, this work has concentrated on how to achieve the inclusion of third party actors in the Colombian transitional justice process. Together with Colombian NGO and thinktank Dejusticia, the ETJN has co-authored several policy and academic publications related to the implementation of the Colombian peace agreement on this point and has filed amicus curiae briefs before the Colombian Constitutional Court and the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace. At the international level, we have been supporting the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights in their work on businesses in conflict, post-conflict and transitional justice contexts.

Key publications

• Michalowski, Sabine; Sa虂nchez, Camilo; Mari虂n, Daniel; Jime虂nez, Alejandro; Marti虂nez, Hobeth; Domi虂nguez, Valentina and Arroyave, Lina. (2018).
• Michalowski, Sabine; Mari虂n, Daniel; Jime虂nez, Alejandro and Marti虂nez, Hobeth; Domi虂nguez (2018). .
• Michalowski, Sabine; Uprimny, Rodrigo; Sánchez, Camilo; Martinez, Hobeth; Junieles, Irina and Dominguez, Xajamaia (2018) ).
• Michalowski, Sabine; Parra, Jorge; Rodríguez, Diana; Uprimny, Rodrigo; Jiménez, Alejandro; Marín, Daniel and Martínez, Hobeth (2018) 8.
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz-Rodríguez, Michael; Orjuela, Astrid and Gómez, Luisa (2020).
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz-Rodríguez, Michael; Orjuela, Astrid and Gómez, Luisa (2019).
• Cruz, Michael.
• Michalowski, Sabine; Cruz, Michael and Martínez, Hobeth. (2021). 
  
   

Recent grants

• Road map on how the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for peace should deal with third-party actors  (GCRF, 糖心Vlog 2019)
• Including third party actors into the Colombian transitional justice process 糖心Vlog (IAA, 2017)

The ETJN continues to explore how the arts can promote accountability and memorialisation for past atrocities. Earlier theoretical explorations are now complemented by studies of specific art forms (comics, dance, music, and theatre) dealing with atrocities in Former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka.

Key publications

• Bahun, S., (2020). Beyond Good and Evil? Popular Songs, Mathemes, and Bus Rides (Art and Transition in the Region of Former Yugoslavia). Media, War, and Conflict. 12 (Special Issue: The Political Aesthetics of Democratization Conflicts,), 70-87
• Pegorier, C. and Howe, S., (2020). Law, Narrative and Critique in Contemporary Verbatim Theatre. Pólemos. 14 (2), 385-405
• Pegorier, C., (2019). Law, Literature and Genocide: Rupert Bazambanza’s Smile Through the Tears. Pólemos. 13 (1), 167-189
• Bahun, S., (2015). Transitional justice and the arts: Reflections on the field. In: Theorizing Transitional Justice. Editors: Corradetti, C., Eisikovits, N. and Rotondi, J., . Ashgate. 153- 166. 9781472418296

Recent grants

• Performing Inclusion: Researching How Mixed-Abled, Community Dance Performances Impact Perceptions towards Disability in Post-War Sri Lanka (British Council in Sri Lanka 2019)
• Performing Empowerment: Disability, Dance and Inclusive Development in Post-War Sri Lanka (AHRC/ESRC/GCRF, 2016-2018)
  
   

Syria in Transition is a research collaboration between the 糖心Vlog Transitional Justice Network of the Human Rights Centre at the 糖心Vlog, the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University, and the Syrian Academics and Researchers Network in the UK (SARN-UK).

The project will examine pathways to transitional justice in Syria through a focused, interdisciplinary approach. It brings together academic expertise, local knowledge, and policy innovation to contribute to Syria's transition towards justice and sustainable reform.