Strengthening Accountability through Timely Investigation of Atrocities

This project supports investigations into alleged human rights abuses war crimes and crimes against humanity including sexual and gender-based violence and conflict-related violations involving children. The project works to deploy specialized experts including forensics investigators children's rights specialists gender experts specially trained translators and criminal investigators. The investigative work carried out by these experts increases the international community’s capacity to ensure justice and accountability by enhancing justice and accountability mechanisms around the world to more effectively investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of grave international crimes and human rights violations.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved effectiveness of the international community to ensure credible and timely accountability for international crimes and serious human rights violations including sexual and gender-based violence; (2) increased capacity of experts to investigate document and prosecute; and (3) increased availability of qualified experts to rapidly deploy to emergency and conflict situations.