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Announcing JRP's New Website Greetings! We are pleased to share with you the Justice and Reconciliation Project's (JRP) new website: www.justiceandreconciliation.com.
Loaded with new features and content, the new site boasts easy search capabilities and is compatible with Internet browsers of all speeds. Below we have highlighted some of the many features of the site. Enjoy! |
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 About JRP The Justice and Reconciliation Project (JRP) empowers conflict-affected communities to participate in processes of justice, healing and reconciliation. We aim to promote sustainable peace through actively involving war-affected communities in research and advocacy. Since 2005, JRP has played a key role in transitional justice (TJ) in Uganda through seeking to understand and explain the interests, needs, concerns and views of communities affected by conflict.
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Blog
JRP's new blog aims to share frequent updates with our friends at home and abroad. It contains posts that range from our current activities in the field, to analysis on current events, to invitations to our report launches and other events. We welcome guest bloggers, too. To begin a conversation on how you can contribute to our blog, email info@justiceandreconciliation.com with 'Guest Blogger' in the subject line.
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Publications
Since 2005, JRP has earned a reputation for timely and accurate publications that get at the heart of the issues facing northern Ugandan societies in transition. From our flagship report, Roco Wat i Acholi, to our latest field note, The Lukodi Massacre: 19th May 2004, all of our publications are now available on the new site in easy-to-access PDF formats. We have divided the publications according to type: field notes, newsletters, reports, special campaigns and statements and briefs.
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Photos
At last, JRP's photos are available online in our media section. Integrated with our Flickr account, the photos page of the new site features more than 30 albums. Once clicked, each album shows a gallery of photos that can be enlarged and played like a slideshow. Many of our events over the last year are captured in the photo section.
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Videos
While in the field, we often capture discussions and events on video. Through this new feature on the website, the video section, we hope to upload even more short clips to give you an a better understanding of the atmosphere in the communities and at some of the meetings we organize and attend. All of our videos are integrated with the JRP YouTube account.
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Newsroom
In the newsroom section on the website, we have divided up our content into In the News and Press Releases. In In the News, we highlight any media articles where JRP and our work have appeared. In Press Releases, we post any of our media advisories or press releases, usually related to events we are holding or special campaigns.
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We regard community-led transitional justice processes as critical elements in post-conflict justice and reconciliation. To aid these processes, our work focuses on the following four initiatives (and our new site highlights them in-depth!): |
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Community Documentation
In Community Documentation, we document conflict-related experiences and memories of individuals, communities and victims' groups to preserve memory, acknowledge loss and promote healing and reconciliation. We also support community-led documentation efforts.
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Community Mobilization
In Community Mobilization, we engage communities in the identification of what needs to be done to promote justice and reconciliation, provide information and updates on transitional justice processes and build the capacity and opportunity for victims' involvement in such processes.
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Gender Justice
In Gender Justice, we empower formerly-abducted and conflict-affected women and contribute to bridging the gender gap through an advocacy platform where unique gender concerns in transitional justice can be deliberated and discussed, and through storytelling and legal counseling support.
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Transitional Justice Policy
In TJ Policy, through in-depth research and advocacy on emerging transitional justice (TJ) issues, we inform national and international-level policy debates through proactive engagement of policy-makers and other stakeholders to ensure that policy outcomes are locally sensitive and appropriate to the TJ needs and aspirations of victims.
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We couldn't re-develop our website without paying special attention to the role that social media plays in staying in touch and sharing our work. So, in addition to our YouTube and Flickr accounts mentioned above, JRP also has active Twitter (@JRP_Uganda) and Facebook accounts. "Follow" and "like" us today! Our new website also integrates all of these platforms for easy updating.
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Thank you for taking the time to explore our new website and for your continued support of our work for victims and survivors of conflict in Uganda. We look forward to sharing our activities with you in the future. Lastly, we would like to take this opportunity to recognize Jornt van Dijk of Jornt for his work in crafting our new site. We encourage you to contact him for any print, web or concept needs.
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Sincerely,
Your friends at the Justice and Reconciliation Project (JRP)
www.justiceandreconciliation.com +256 471433008 |
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