"This Handbook is part of a project called “Communicating Justice”. The project is led by the BBC World Service Trust, in partnership with the International Center for Transitional Justice. Its aim is to raise public awareness and debate around transitional justice (TJ) issues in five postconflict African countries: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Our project has three broad strands: - Population surveys of knowledge and attitudes toward TJ issues in project countries; - In-country training of 20 selected journalists, as well as activities designed to engage the support of their managers or editors; - Follow-up activities via online learning, Internet, and local mentoring. The project is designed to ensure continued commitment from local actors— especially journalists—to improve the quality and quantity of TJ coverage. The training of journalists is seen as a key factor in providing better information to the public. This Handbook is not meant to be an exhaustive guide. However, we hope that it will provide a useful, quick-reference manual on key TJ issues. It is designed principally for journalists, but we hope that it may also prove useful to civil society actors and all those concerned with moving transitional justice forward." (About the handbook, page 7)