Grassroots Activism and the Evolution of Transitional Justice: The Families of the Disappeared. By Iosif Kovras. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. By Eleni Christodoulou The mobilization of the relatives of the disappeared to uncover the truth about their family members is at the core of this fascinating book. Iosif Kovras …
AHDA alumna Asena Günal (Anadolu Kültür) and longtime friend of the program, Meltem Aslan (Co-Director of Truth Justice Memory Center) were among a group of activists who were arrested in Turkey. Please see Amnesty International’s full article, which appeared on Nov.16, 2018, can be found here (and is copied below): …
Activists staged a protest in Belgrade over the conviction of eight Youth Initiative for Human Rights members who disrupted a speech by …
In Maine, for much of the 20th century, child-welfare workers routinely removed Wabanaki children from their homes and placed them in foster …
At the end of the Cold War and with the collapse of the Soviet empire in Central and Eastern Europe, it was …
Read Elisabeth Zerofsky’s article, which appears in the New Yorker, in which she explores how the debate about Poland’s past has revealed …
Hatidza Mehmedovic, 65, Dies; Spoke Out for Bosnia Massacre Victims By Barbara Surk (NEW YORK TIMES) Hatidza Mehmedovic, a fearless campaigner for …
Greetings to all of our colleagues in the Historical Justice and Memory Network! We are happy to present the newest issue of our series of …
Check out the essay by Network board member Katharine McGregor and Vera Mackie. Source: History and Memory, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring/Summer …
An article in the New York Times reports on a historic apology.