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Justice Rapid Response (JRR) is an international cooperative mechanism for the supply of expertise and assistance responding to a request of a State or international institution, where the identification, collection and preservation of information would assist a wide range of international and transitional justice options. The JRR fills some of the serious gaps in the international community’s ability to assist in the provision of accountability processes for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity and to ensure that international justice plays an integral role in post-conflict peace building. Learn more..

Pursuant to the first meeting of the JRR Coordinating Group (Eng/Fr), an information kit consisting of the basic background documents will be prepared in a number of languages, initially in English, Spanish, French and Arabic. These documents will be posted on this website as and when they become available.

This website is designed to provide information on the Justice Rapid Response mechanism and allow participants in the mechanism to share documents and comments. In order to facilitate cooperation of partners in the JRR mechanism, Non c’è pace senza giustizia “No Peace Without Justice” is acting as the Interim JRR Secretariat until modalities for coordination are further developed among the JRR participants or an international organization may be in a position to take over the coordination and implementation of the JRR mechanism.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any assistance or provide you with further information concerning the Justice Rapid Response mechanism.

Latest Updates

November 2007: JRR Meetings in New York

A meeting on the Justice Rapid Response was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 28 November 2007, with support from the Governments of Canada, Finland, Sierra Leone, Sweden and the European Union. The first meeting of the JRR Coordinating Group was held the following day, on 29 November 2007.

Report from the New York JRR Meeting,
28 November 2007 (Eng/Fr)
Report from the JRR Coordinating Group Meeting, 29 November 2007 (Eng/Fr)

JRR Steering Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the Outcome Document adopted at the Meeting on JRR held in New York on 12-13 March 2007 (Eng/Fr), a Steering Committee was formed with a view to producing an Integrated Draft Strategy for Justice Rapid Response, incorporating the Reports of all Focal Points and taking into account the observations received from all JRR participants. The Recommendations of the Steering Committee (Eng/Fr), including the revised Guidelines for Co-operation and Deployment (Eng/Fr) serving as the initial JRR coordinating mechanism, were adopted at the November meeting in New York.