Publications

Phillips prepared a report, Global Truth Telling, which was presented to the National Peace Council (NPC) on February 20, 2012. NPC translated the booklet into Tamil and Sinhala and distributed it policy-makers, opinion leaders and representatives of the international community across Sri Lanka. Through NPC, the Program sponsored Patrick Burgess, an expert in truth and reconciliation commissions, to visit Sri Lanka for seminars with local civil society leaders on comparative experiences with truth and reconciliation commissions. In cooperation with the Government of Japan, the Program is organizing a delegation of 10 UN ambassadors to visit Sri Lanka and study reconciliation opportunities.

The international community still supports unity for Iraq. But reality on the ground is dramatically different: Iraq is unified in name only. Its potential fragmentation presents a major policy challenge. This report addresses one aspect of that challenge—the move by Iraqi Kurds toward independence. The international community does not yet support Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence, but it should not stand in the way of a sizeable and coherent national community expressing its right to self-determination. This report recommends measures to manage Iraqi Kurdistan’s current challenges and potential independence. Recommendations are offered to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the Government of Iraq (GOI), and other members of the international community. 

 
The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) surveyed its alumni to take stock of the benefits they feel they have derived from the program. The survey represents the first concentrated effort by HRAP to provide alumni with an opportunity to share their impressions of the program’s impact not only on them and their organizations but broadly speaking as well.