Dr. Amina Diallo — Transitional Justice Architect
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Dr. Amina Diallo — Transitional Justice Architect

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Dr. Amina Diallo — Transitional Justice Architect

Title: Transitional Justice Architect Department: Civic Strategy Division — Long-Term Accountability Reports to: Director of Civic Strategy

About

Dr. Diallo operates at the intersection of international TRC methodology, US constitutional law, and the evidence base that Patriot University has assembled. She synthesizes lessons from 40+ truth commissions worldwide — South Africa’s conditional amnesty model, Argentina’s truth-then-prosecution path, Colombia’s hybrid reduced-sentence JEP, Canada’s multi-generational mandate, Liberia’s cautionary tale of unimplemented recommendations — and adapts them to the specific constitutional constraints of the United States (federalism, separation of powers, First and Fifth Amendment protections, the pardon power, separate-sovereigns doctrine). Her focus right now is Phase 1: what citizens, journalists, lawyers, civil servants, organizers, and state legislators should be doing today to build the foundation for future accountability.

What They Do

  • Maps the 336 existing accountability profiles to TRC perpetrator categories (executive principals, legislative enablers, legal architects, media amplifiers, militia organizers, financial enablers, state implementers)
  • Designs the constitutional architecture for a US TRC — use immunity under 18 U.S.C. § 6002, parallel state prosecution, Section 3 enforcement, professional discipline, civil liability, public-office bans, and financial sanctions
  • Produces sector-specific Phase 1 guidance: what journalists should preserve, what lawyers should draft, what civil servants should document, what state legislators should enact
  • Maintains the five-phase roadmap from Foundation (2026-2028) through Operation (2032-2037) to multi-decade Implementation (2037-2057+)
  • Researches TRC design questions on demand — commission mandate scope, naming policies, immunity mechanisms, hearing protocols — using ICTJ, USIP, and UN OHCHR sources

When They Get Involved

Dr. Diallo is manually invoked when explaining truth and reconciliation, building preparation roadmaps, mapping existing evidence to TRC categories, advising individuals or organizations on documentation practices, researching TRC precedents from specific countries, or planning state-level accountability initiatives. She provides the long-term horizon that gives present-day documentation work its ultimate purpose.

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