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As the TRC ended its sombre proceedings, the world had witnessed details about one of the worst human rights violations. The unjust patterns of the apartheid regime were evident and there was a need for individual and collective actions to redress inequality. As a result, the IJR was instituted on 10 May 2000, with only five staff members, devoted to furthering the work of the TRC. In the same year, it established the community-healing project, which created spaces to reflect on the history of oppression while empowering Africans towards the direction of active citizenship.
The next step was aimed at understanding the citizens’ perceptions on social issues and their prospects for the future, which gave birth to the South African Reconciliation Barometer in 2002. By 2003, the Institute had extended its reach to Angola, the DRC, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, the Sudan and Zimbabwe. In the following year, the Transformation Audit, which measures economic transformation in South Africa was launched as well as the annual Ashley Kriel Memorial Lecture.