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For many, seeking asylum requires repeatedly recounting your story. Conflating persecution with trauma, will have a lasting impact on the mental health and recovery of entire generations who were forced to leave home and rebuild their lives.
The 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and FARC fighters guaranteed the group access to public healthcare. Thousands of wounded fighters, however, are losing faith in the agreement as they struggle to access Colombia’s strained public health system.
Australia must protect witnesses and remain transparent while it investigates members of its elite special forces for allegedly committing crimes against civilians in Afghanistan, writes Human Rights Watch senior researcher Patricia Gossman.
In Rwanda, a country still reeling from genocide, Paul Kagame is a study in the long-term nature of post-conflict resolution, as well as a gradual slide into dictatorship, writes journalist Anne Bouleanu.
A deal ending nearly three decades of hostilities between Greece and Macedonia will not only resolve the contentious issue, but could also set a precedent for a more stable region embedded in Euro-Atlantic institutions, writes Sarah Bedenbaugh of the Atlantic Council.
Alessandria Masi Managing Editor, Syria Deeply
At the Oslo Freedom Forum, we spoke with experts, practitioners and activists about how to build peace in their corner of the world. Blair Glencorse, founder and executive director of the AccountabilityLab, discusses the creative ways his team is working to build integrity in communities.
Alberto Matamoros Intern in the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
Juan Felipe Celia Assistant Director in the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
To prevent an escalation of violence and achieve lasting stability in Nicaragua, a democratic consensus must be reached, write Juan Felipe Celia and Alberto Matamoros of the Atlantic Council.
After decades of silence, an archive of witness testimonies from the 1947 Partition of India is helping survivors and their families across both sides of the border confront a legacy of violence.
Hannah Dunphy Communications and External Relations Officer, Justice Rapid Response
With the help of a transitional justice expert dispatched by Justice Rapid Response, Mali’s truth commission now has the tools it needs to bring together victims and gather truth, writes Hannah Dunphy of JRR.
Documentation efforts in Syria initially aimed to collect evidence for future prosecutions. Seven years later, however, these innovative strategies have created new avenues for justice, writes Fernando Travesí, of the International Center for Transitional Justice.
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