This panel was organized by ASIL’s “Transitional Justice and Rule of Law” Interest Group. In an Annual Meeting focused upon “the promise of international law,” the Interest Group proposed for discussion the topic of “Transitional Justice in a Hostile Climate.” To be completely frank, transitional justice always faces a hostile climate. The calls for justice for innocent people injured by war, lawless governmental authorities, and political and legal structures supporting gender, racial, ethnic, and economic discrimination must be addressed. And the climate is, if anything, increasingly hostile.