Reparations and Displacement in Peru

Abstract

Transitional Justice and Displacement Project From 2010-2012, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement collaborated on a research project to examine the relationship between transitional justice and displacement. The project examined the capacity of transitional justice measures to respond to the issue of displacement, to engage the justice claims of displaced persons, and to contribute to durable solutions. It also analyzed the links between transitional justice and other policy interventions, including those of humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding actors. Please see: www.ictj.org/our-work/research/transitional-justice-and-displacement and www.brookings.edu/idp. About the Author Rafael Barrantes Segura is an anthropologist with a degree from the National University of San Marcos in Lima, and a Master's degree in human rights from the Catholic University of Peru. He was a researcher at the Democracy and Human Rights Institute of the Catholic University, where he explored challenges in post-conflict Peru, specifically relating to issues of memory and transitional justice. Acknowledgements ICTJ and the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement wish to thank the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), which provided the funding that made this project possible. About ICTJ ICTJ assists societies confronting massive human rights abuses to promote accountability, pursue truth, provide reparations, and build trustworthy institutions. Committed to the vindication of victims' rights and the promotion of gender justice, we provide expert technical advice, policy analysis, and comparative research on transitional justice measures, including criminal prosecutions, reparations initiatives, truth seeking, memorialization efforts, and institutional reform. For more information, visit www.ictj.org. About the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement The Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement was created to promote a more effective response to the global problem of internal displacement and supports the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons. It conducts research, promotes the dissemination and application of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, and works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for IDPs. For more information, visit: www.brookings.edu/idp.