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This report offers reflection, clarity, and guidance on the application of a restorative justice framework in contexts of massive human rights violations, including the advantages, risks, opportunities, and challenges of such an approach. The analysis is based on the experiences of Colombia, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, and the Bangsamoro region of the Philippines, which represent a range of different processes that all either integrated or reflected the practices or principles of restorative justice. These principles include stakeholder participation and repair of harm, and the practices include the use of direct or indirect dialogue or engagement between victims and perpetrators to resolve crimes. The study's findings address the role of dialogue between victims and perpetrators; the importance of engagement with communities and society in establishing a link between the micro and macro levels; the contribution of alternative or restorative sanctions in facilitating participation and repair; the need for integrity, legitimacy, and efficacy of process; and the coherence of restorative justice with other justice, peacebuilding, and transitional processes.

This report is the product of the work of multiple contributors. Anna Myriam Roccatello and Roberto Cornelli wrote the introduction and developed the study’s conceptual framework. Maria Camila Moreno Múnera, Lina Rondon, and Veronika Hoelker contributed the content on Colombia. Mohamed Suma contributed the content on Sierra Leone. Mohammad Al-Amin Julkipli and Fadil Aliriza conducted interviews and research on The Philippines and Tunisia, respectively. Roger Duthie contributed to the coordination of the research and writing of the report, 

English and Spanish versions of the report are available for download on the ICTJ website (click here).