In 2023 the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) officially launched the Initiative for Transitional Justice in Africa (ITJA), a three-year project to support AU member states as they incorporate the African Union Transitiona Justice Policy and undertake transitional justice processes at the national level. The project is implemented by a consortium of three organizations led by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
including the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the African Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF). This policy brief is produced by the Advocacy Center for Democracy and Development (ACDD) of Ethiopia, one of the CSOs supported by the AJTLF grantmaking under the ITJA. This brief is part of the ACDD’s project entitled “Promoting Awareness and Implementation of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) in Ethiopia”.

As both policies aspire to address the challenges of reconciliation, social cohesion and nation-building more effectively, all of which are central to peacebuilding and sustainable human development, this policy brief is a comparative analysis of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) and the Ethiopian National Transitional Justice Policy (ENTJP) it will further identify alignments and deviations of principles while recommending potentials of complementarity in ensuring an inclusive and meaningful transitional justice implementation process.