The first ruling of the JEP against the former FARC leaders
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace has issued its first conviction, inspired by the principles of restorative justice: the former guerrilla members will be required to commit for eight years to projects aimed at reparation for the victims and the construction of collective memory.
Is Satisfaction with Democracy Higher After Transitional Justice Trials?
Javier Padilla’s article explores whether trials within transitional justice increase citizens’ satisfaction with democracy.
The Failed Reconciliation: The Role of the Judiciary in Post-fascist Italy and the Togliatti Amnesty
The chapter “The Failed Reconciliation: The Role of the Judiciary in Post-fascist Italy and the Togliatti Amnesty” examines the 1946 Togliatti Amnesty as a pivotal moment in Italy’s post-fascist transition.
Book Presentation: "Giustizia Universale?" by Chantal Meloni
As part of the series organized in collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation, Libreria Hoepli will host the presentation of the book Giustizia Universale? Tra gli Stati e la Corte Penale Internazionale: bilancio di una promessa by Chantal Meloni.
Migrations and border violence. Practices of remembrance and oblivion across the Mediterranean
On March 28, the international workshop "Migrations and border violence. Practices of remembrance and oblivion across the mediterranean" will take place, organized by the Department of International, Legal, and Historical-Political Studies at the University of Milan.
Indigenous judges at the special jurisdiction for peace: reimagining the role of transitional justice judges
Nina Bries Silva’s article, published in The International Journal of Human Rights, examines the role of Indigenous judges in facilitating the participation of Indigenous groups in the Colombian transitional justice process and strengthening epistemic dialogue.
Memorial Justice? Lessons from Colombia on How Memorialization Can Serve Justice in Transitional Contexts
The first issue of The International Journal of Transitional Justice in 2025 features the article “Memorial Justice? Lessons from Colombia on How Memorialization Can Serve Justice in Transitional Contexts” by Carlos Gutiérrez-Rodríguez.
Memory and Justice
Online: Prof. Cornelli’s lecture in Italian on “Memory and Justice”, delivered as part of the School of Political Culture (2024/2025) at the Casa della Cultura in Milan.
C. Chisari (2022), The Judicial Implementation of the Right to The Truth: Some Thoughts on the Argentinian Experience of the Juicios por la Verdad
This article explores the significance of safeguarding the right to truth in post-conflict contexts by examining the experience of the Juicios por la Verdad (Truth Trials), a quasi-judicial mechanism implemented in Argentina following the military dictatorship.
R. Cornelli (2019), La paura nel campo penale. Una storia del presente
Reflecting on the intertwining of fear, violence and order as a constitutive trait of modern societies and on the projection of this intertwining in the contemporary world is essential to critically read today's political orientations and choices in the field of criminal law, urban security and counter-terrorism and, at the same time, allows us not to look away from that emptiness of imagination that is linked to the difficulty of thinking differently about the role of politics, which is forced into increasingly narrow and narrow spaces of action.