{{Short description|American non-profit human rights organization}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Organizations|date=March 2017}} {{primary sources|date=March 2017}} }} {{Infobox organization | name = International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) | image = Ictj-ten-yrs-orange_use.jpg | type = Non-profit NGO | founded = 2001 | tax_id = | registration_id = | founder = | location = New York City, United States | origins = | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|David Tolbert <small>(President)</small>|}} | region_served = Worldwide | product = | mission = | focus = Transitional justice, human rights | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | former_name = | website = [http://www.ictj.org ICTJ.org] | dissolved = | footnotes = }}The '''International Center for Transitional Justice''' ('''ICTJ''') was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization dedicated to pursuing accountability for mass atrocity and human rights abuse through transitional justice mechanisms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ictj.org/about |title=About |publisher=ICTJ}}</ref>
ICTJ officially opened its doors in New York City on March 1, 2001, and within six months was operating in more than a dozen countries, as requests for assistance poured in.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
A collection of materials assembled by the ICTJ covering the years 1981–2008 is housed at the Duke University library.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/transitionaljustice/ |title=Guide to the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) Records, 1981-2008 |publisher=Duke University Libraries |access-date=2017-03-07 |archive-date=2017-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401102755/http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/transitionaljustice/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Notable staff== *Alex Boraine, Co-Founder and First president of ICTJ *Priscilla Hayner, Co-Founder of ICTJ and former director of its Sierra Leone, Peru, and Ghana Programs *Paul van Zyl, Co-Founder of ICTJ and CEO of PeaceVentures *Juan E. Mendez, President Emeritus of ICTJ *Fernando Travesí, Executive Director of ICTJ *Pablo de Greiff, Honorary Council member (Director of Research, 2001–14, 2015-18, and from 2012 to 2018 a United Nations special rapporteur)
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==External links== * [http://www.ictj.org ICTJ Homepage] * https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/truthjusticereparation/pages/index.aspx
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{{DEFAULTSORT:International Center For Transitional Justice}} Category:International law organizations Category:Human rights organizations based in the United States Category:Transitional justice