ABSTRACT
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the field of conflict transformation often emerge as actors and intermediators when governments and local authorities are unable or unwilling to provide effective and reliable protection and promotion of human rights. In the field of transitional justice, after a conflict, war, violence or dictatorship has ended, it is often international NGOs that support victims and governmental efforts to seek justice, truth, reparations or simply acknowledgement of past injustice. During the transformative process, international human rights principles and standards, usually those under UN provisions, serve as benchmarks, references and guidelines to which all actors and groups involved in a track-two diplomacy mediation can be held accountable. One the two core claims of human rights NGOs during conflict transformation is to help to build sustainable state infrastructure by leveraging transparency and accountability in conflict-affected societies in transition.
