Mark Freeman

Biography

Mark Freeman is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), a think tank that recently celebrated its tenth anniversary as a global peacebuilding innovator.

A leading expert in political transitions and high-level peace negotiations with more than 30 years of experience, Mr Freeman is regularly consulted for advice on crisis management and conflict resolution and has worked in over 25 countries across five continents.

Mr. Freeman is the co-author of Negotiating Transitional Justice (Cambridge 2020), which draws upon his years as an adviser inside the Colombian peace talks in Havana. He is also the author of Necessary Evils: Amnesties and the Search for Justice (Cambridge 2010) and Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness (Cambridge 2006). A Canadian and Belgian citizen, he is a fellow of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study.