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The Atrocity Response Coalition for Justice is a global consortium of multidisciplinary organizations and survivor networks working together for healing and transformative justice for survivors & communities affected by atrocities
Victims and survivors of atrocities are the most powerful—and yet underserved—agents of change for justice, peace, and healing.
Genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity affect ordinary people on a massive scale, inflicting immense and unspeakable harm. Yet, justice efforts rarely meet survivors’ needs for healing, redress, rehabilitation, uncovering the truth, searching for missing persons, and measures to ensure the past does not repeat. This leaves wounds that fester, fueling future conflicts. The gap lies not only in delivering justice, but in delivering justice that is timely and rooted in survivors’ experiences. Justice is often too little, too late, and too distant to address the harms that so many have suffered.
Around the world, survivors and survivor-led coalitions work tirelessly to prevent future violence, build lasting justice, and protect and serve other survivors. They initiate legal actions to hold perpetrators accountable, restore lives and livelihoods in affected communities, foster healing and reconciliation, advocate for reparations, memorialization, and truth, support legal reforms, and empower and protect survivors. Yet, much of this work is carried out with minimal support, inadequate resources, and little formal training or experience in navigating complex legal, political, and advocacy processes.
Despite a deep, personal commitment and firsthand understanding of the issues, many survivor-led initiatives face bureaucratic hurdles, political resistance, security threats, and societal indifference. The lack of institutional support, technical expertise, and structured guidance can hinder their ability to translate powerful testimonies and grassroots mobilization into concrete policy shifts, legal victories, and long-term institutional reforms.
The Atrocity Response Coalition for Justice (ARC) is designed to bridge this gap. We provide the tools, training, networks, and strategic guidance that survivor leaders and survivor-led coalitions need to amplify their work, strengthen their advocacy, and achieve sustainable impact. By building with them the skills and resources to navigate legal systems, engage policymakers, and build effective movements, survivors can transform their lived experiences into lasting solutions that advance justice, accountability, and peace. Through our work, we seek to ensure that those most affected by violence are not just heard, but are empowered to lead the change they envision.
WHAT WE DO
Support Holistic Healing
We respond to the trauma and deep effects of atrocities on individuals, groups, systems, and societies by increasing survivors’ access to holistic care (psychosocial, medical, legal, and socioeconomic) and telehealth services.
Equip Survivor Leaders
We provide leadership development and accompaniment support for survivor leaders, training and resources to strengthen their knowledge, skills, and capacity as effective justice advocates, and networks and access to policymakers as they cultivate effective survivor groups who can develop and participate in transformative justice pathways.
Gather Meaningful Data
We conduct consultations and exchanges, undertake participatory research, and gather innovative data to link justice to the priorities, views, and experiences of people directly affected and to determine which interventions are most effective at achieving victim-centered justice.
Increase Policy Impact
We ensure survivor coalitions more effectively influence justice policies at the international, national, and regional levels, provide technical and legal advisory support for victim-centered justice design, and ensure that policy-makers have and utilize meaningful data on what communities want and which justice mechanisms are most effective.WHO WE ARE
We are an interdisciplinary consortium advancing victim-centered, evidence-based, trauma-informed justice for conflict and atrocities.
