This policy brief discusses the central role of civic engagement and civil society in forging transitional justice mechanisms. Using international case studies, it outlines the general instruments of transitional justice and describes the role that civil society has played in this process. Case studies of different transitional justice programmes in Arab countries are provided, highlighting the different approaches adopted.

This publication outlines the main social and economic indicators of ESCWA’s member countries. It was jointly prepared by the Statistics Division and the Office of the Executive Secretary. The data presented by this publication have been collected from diverse United Nations and national sources and are for the most recent year available at the time of data collection.

  Under the local and global circumstances, a three-day workshop was organized on the “Management of Public Institutions in Crisis Situations”. This document is the trainer's guide, which contains the agenda and the different expected outcomes for each session. This workshop aims at identifying the emerging trends in the management of public institutions, carrying out some experiments and situations in managing public institutions in a crisis and focusing on providing services in unstable conditions.