Within these 2 decades, transitional justice has become a key pillar on transforming politics, societies and scope of international intervention.  As a transitional mechanism, this international norm has covered post-conflict countries, deeply divided societies, post-authoritarian regimes and post-communist countries.  Due to the importance in dealing with the past in order to seek truth and justice, transitional justice comes in front of us as an emerging tool to build trusting institutions, embrace the rule of law and approach towards higher levels of democratization. This conference aims to bring together scholars, graduate students and practitioners to provide different perspectives and methodologies on theoretical and empirical models, as well as to enrich the public discourse on transitional justice in international and local levels.