Through carefully selected engagements and interventions, the IJR seeks to shape national approaches to transitional justice and reconciliation in Africa by drawing on community intelligence as well as macro-trend research and comparative analysis.

The South African Reconciliation Barometer[1] and the Transformation Audit[2] are two of the annual publications that are based on the IJR's in-house research and analysis.

Its Board of Directors includes Professor Brian O'Connel, Justice Richard Goldstone, Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, Louise Asmal and Dr Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.

It seeks to achieve a creative balance between justice and reconciliation, development and human security, as well as contributing to the reconstruction of countries ravaged by war and oppression.

The programme facilitates this through three complementary and mutually supportive levels: engaged research and analysis, capacity building and collaborative political intervention.

The programme takes on its own content and designs projects to communicate messages of Reconciliation and Justice to assist in ensuring sustainability of the IJR.