European Support for Transitional Justice in Africa Transitional justice (TJ) is a relatively new discipline that relates to judicial and non-judicial processes and mechanisms by which societies deal with mass human rights violations and abuses. As national governments and regional organisations adopt related policy frameworks, TJ becomes more institutional and is being mainstreamed in larger human rights, conflict and forced and arbitrary displacement prevention, peacebuilding and democratisation policies. Several African countries have already initiated some forms of TJ after episodes of violence (such as Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, or Zimbabwe) but need further support to implement those policies or operate TJ mechanisms in order to stabilize. Others are still entrenched in conflicts or try to emerge out of them (Libya, Sudan, Somali etc.) and have yet to design reconciliation and reparation policies as well as transitional mechanisms. As for the current turbulences in Mali, Ethiopia, Chad and Guinea, they further underscore the urgency to invest more in this area of work. The purpose of this action is to support the domestication and implementation of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP), whose development took place over eight years by means of extensive consultations with a wide number of policy and human rights professionals as well as representatives from academia, CSOs, youth and women groups. It was adopted by the African Union (AU) General Assembly in February 2019. The subsequently developed Roadmap for the implementation of the AUTJP was then adopted in May 2020. &nbsp;The EU was the first regional organisation to adopt a dedicated policy framework on TJ &nbsp;in November 2015.&nbsp;The EU¿s and AU¿s policies on TJ have sufficient common ground to deepen their partnership in this field. The topic was discussed during the recent rounds of the EU ¿ AU Human Rights Dialogue (2019, 2020, 2021), and one of its outcomes was precisely to hold a joint expert workshop on promoting the AUTJP in Africa, which ultimately took place in early October 2021.This action will support the operationalisation of key elements of the AUTJP and its Roadmap, adequately addressing gender-based violence and providing technical assistance to key AU organs, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and some AU Member States to design and operate tailored gender sensitive TJ mechanisms in specific post-conflict contexts. It shall also support research and knowledge production and management efforts related to TJ in Africa and contribute to the popularisation of the AUTJP and its monitoring by involving civil society actors.This action will be implemented via a direct grant to a consortium of European-based and African organisations with specialised expertise in TJ and existing operational collaboration on TJ with the AU, some RECs and AU member states. The envisaged consortium could include the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), the African Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF), and the Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), as well as additional research centres and specialised agencies notably among African francophone NGOs.