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Transitional Justice


Mission statement

One of the main objectives of Irídia is to promote the right to memory by applying the principles of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition of the victims and reprisals of the civil war, Francoism and the transition to democracy.


Goals

The objectives of the Transitional Justice line are:

  • Work for the generation of access to justice for the victims and reprisals of the civil war, Francoism and the transition to democracy, as well as for their families.
  • Getting the Via Laietana Superior Police Headquarters to stop being a police station of the National Police and become a space of memory and reparation for the repression and torture of the Franco dictatorship.
  • Influence public memory policies at Catalan and state level. Specifically in the following points:
    • Promote the creation of a Victim Assistance Office.
    • Urge that a judicial investigation be initiated ex officio in the framework of the mine opening processes.
    • Promote the development of a psychosocial support protocol in the framework of the processes of access to the truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition.
    • Observe the application of international standards on impunity in public memory policies.
  • Contribute to the social processes of reparation and guarantees of non-repetition promoted by civil society.
  • Strengthen strategic litigation as a reporting tool for crimes committed during the civil war, the Franco regime and the transition.
  • Participate in international networks linked to truth, memory, justice and reparation.
  • Obtain the necessary resources for this line to be self-financing and sustainable