CIVIL SOCIETY PROJECT
| 2015

Candid Foundation initiated an interdisciplinary project in Egypt and Tunisia called Muwajahat al-Madi (Confronted Past). With a group of lawyers, investigative journalists, media and human rights activists, we worked in collecting documents on human rights violations, studying the current state of transitional justice and exploring international options in dealing with the past. The initiative was implemented in 2012 under the auspices of the NGO forum zenith e.V., and was continued by Candid Foundation in early 2015.

With the support of Robert Bosch Stiftung, Candid Foundation organised a trilateral workshop entitled Transitional Justice in Egypt and Tunisia – How to talk about the past. In March 2015, more than twenty activists, bloggers, youth leaders and lawyers from Tunisia and Egypt gathered in Tunis and discussed their countries’ progress in the field of transitional justice and the current challenges they were facing in their work. Under the guidance of trainers Kora Andrieu, Baraa Zidi and Asiem El Difraoui, the participants explored alternative strategies and unofficial truth processes of different post-conflict countries, practised planning advocacy strategies and developed ideas for creative ways of influencing public opinion despite mainstream media not reporting on transitional justice.

Given the feedback of participants and guests of the public panel discussion on the day of the workshop, interest in and need for international exchange with experts and other activists is still great. Candid Foundation is looking forward to continue their work on transitional justice in Egypt and Tunisia in the future.

For more information on Muwajahat al-Madi, please visit: confronted-past.org