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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Human rights
ISBN : UOM:39015064940201
Author : Marian Yankson-Mensah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462653795
This book situates Ghana's truth-telling process, which took place from 2002 to 2004, within the discourse on the effectiveness of the different mechanisms used by post-conflict and post-dictatorship societies to address gross human rights violations. The National Reconciliation Commission was the most comprehensive transitional justice mechanism employed during Ghana's transitional process in addition to amnesties, reparations and minimal institutional reforms. Due to a blanket amnesty that derailed all prospects of resorting to judicial mechanisms to address gross human rights violations, the commission was established as an alternative to prosecutions. Against this background, the author undertakes a holistic assessment of the National Reconciliation Commission's features, mandate, procedure and aftermath to ascertain the loopholes in Ghana's transitional process. She defines criteria for the assessment, which can be utilised with some modifications to assess the impact of other transitional justice mechanisms. Furthermore, she also reflects on the options and possible setbacks for future attempts to address the gaps in the mechanisms utilised. With a detailed account of the human rights violations perpetrated in Ghana from 1957 to 1993, this volume of the International Criminal Justice Series provides a useful insight into the factors that shape the outcomes of transitional justice processes. Given its combination of normative, comparative and empirical approaches, the book will be useful to academics, students, practitioners and policy makers by fostering their understanding of the implications of the different features of truth commissions, the methods for assessing transitional justice mechanisms, and the different factors to consider when designing mechanisms to address gross human rights violations in the aftermath of a conflict or dictatorship. Marian Yankson-Mensah is a Researcher and Project Officer at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in Nuremberg, Germany.
Author : Jasmina Brankovic,Hugo van der Merwe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319704173
This edited volume examines the role of local civil society in shaping understandings and processes of transitional justice in Africa – a nursery of transitional justice ideas for well over two decades. It brings together practitioners and scholars with intimate knowledge of these processes to evaluate the agendas and strategies of local civil society, and offers an opportunity to reflect on ‘lessons learnt’ along the way. The contributors focus on the evolution and effectiveness of transitional justice interventions, providing a glimpse into the motivations and inner workings of major civil society actors. The book presents an African perspective on transitional justice through a compilation of country-specific and thematic analyses of agenda setting and lobbying efforts. It offers insights into state–civil society relations on the continent, which shape these agendas. The chapters present case studies from Southern, Central, East, West and North Africa, and a range of moments and types of transition. In addition to historical perspective, the chapters provide fresh and up-to- date analyses of ongoing transitional justice efforts that are key to defining the future of how the field is understood globally, in theory and in practice Endorsements: "This great volume of written work – Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa: The Role of Civil Society – does what virtually no other labor of the intellect has done heretofore. Authored by movement activists and thinkers in the fields of human rights and transitional justice, the volume wrestles with the complex place and roles of transitional justice in the project of societal reconstruction in Africa. ... This volume will serve as a timely and thought-provoking guide for activists, thinkers, and policy makers – as well as students of transitional justice – interested in the tension between the universal and the particular in the arduous struggle for liberation. Often, civil society actors in Africa have been accused of consuming the ideas of others, but not producing enough, if any, of their own. This volume makes clear the spuriousness of this claim and firmly plants an African flag in the field of ideas." Makau Mutua
Author : Elin Skaar,Siri Gloppen,Astri Suhrke
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739160459
The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of democratization, in which more countries are emerging from deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the question of how societies with a grievous past face issues of accountability and reconciliation. How do societies deal with a past characterized by gross human rights violations? What kinds of processes—judicial as well as non-judicial—are most likely to generate a sense of reconciliation? Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides a systematic and comparative analysis of reconciliation processes in various societies that in recent years have made a transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, or from war to relative peace. Revisiting case studies from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia through a lens of comparative analysis, shedding new light on how societies have dealt with their violent pasts, Roads to Reconciliation is essential reading for both scholars and practitioners concerned with human rights, transitional justice, or peace building.
Author : Charles Villa-Vicencio,Erik Doxtader
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Amnesty
ISBN : 9780958479455
Reconciliation - Ubuntu - Peace processes - Reparation - Restorative justice - Amnesty - Memory - Testimony - Transitional justice - Genocide - The international criminal court - Truth commissions - Traditional and customary law - Human rights - Rights and reconciliation - Economic transformation - National truth commissions - Online resources on transitional.
Author : Linus Nnabuike Malu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1032152028
Introduction -- Comparative Analysis of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in West Africa -- Ecowas Community Court of Justice, Human Rights and Transitional Justice -- The Rise and Fall of Charles Taylor: Lessons and Impacts on Peace in Liberia -- The Special Court for Sierra Leone and Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone -- Triumph of the Victims: Trial of Hissène Habré at the Extraordinary African Chambers Within the Courts of Senegal -- Distant Justice: The International Criminal Court in West Africa -- Amnesties and Transitional Justice in Africa -- Justice on an Empty Stomach: Transitional Justice and Victims' Rights in West Africa -- Reconciliation as an Event: Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in West Africa -- Transitional Justice and Peace in West Africa -- Conclusion: Big Ideas. Shallow Justice.
Author : Paul Gready
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136902192
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Samar El-Masri,Tammy Lambert,Joanna R. Quinn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030349172
What if we could change the conditions in post-conflict/post-authoritarian countries to make transitional justice work better? This book argues that if the context in countries in need of transitional justice can be ameliorated before processes of transitional justice are established, they are more likely to meet with success. As the contributors reveal, this can be done in different ways. At the attitudinal level, changing the broader social ethos can improve the chances that societies will be more receptive to transitional justice. At the institutional level, the capacity of mechanisms and institutions can be strengthened to offer more support to transitional justice processes. Drawing on lessons learned in Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Lebanon, Palestine, and Uganda, the book explores ways to better the conditions in post-conflict/post-authoritarian countries to improve the success of transitional justice.
Author : Cheryl Lawther,Luke Moffett
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781802202519
Providing a refreshing take on transitional justice, this second edition Research Handbook brings together an expanse of scholarly expertise to reconsider how societies deal with gross human rights violations, structural injustices and mass violence. Contextualised by historical developments, it covers a diverse range of concepts, actors and mechanisms of transitional justice, while shedding light on new and emerging areas in the field.
Author : Moses Chrispus Okello
Publisher : Fahamu/Pambazuka
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780857490940
Considering the core debates about how to develop a transitional justice agenda that best responds to the African context, this book addresses the tension between justice, peace and reconciliation.
Author : Nabudere, Dani Wadada,Velthuizen, Andreas
Publisher : Africa Institute of South Africa
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780798303583
This book was inspired by the need of post-conflict societies to manage knowledge resources in such a way that it creates lasting restoration of durable peaceful relationships among people. It aims to demonstrate the challenges of the management of knowledge for restorative justice in Africa and the principles and practices by which these challenges can be met. To achieve this aim they applied what they call the 'Trans-dimensional Knowledge Management Model (TDKM-M)' to specific cases of restorative justice in South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Liberia. After an analysis of the cases studies, the author successfully demonstrated the challenges of the management of knowledge for restorative justice in Africa and the principles and practices by which these challenges can be met. The authors revealed common challenges to restorative justice such as establishing the 'truth'; the institutionalisation of recommendations by truth and reconciliation bodies; the handling of non-cooperative offenders; and replacing of 'good' values' with 'bad' values as major challenges to restorative justice. To meet these challenges, they propose certain principles of trans-dimensional restorative justice: the establishment of a 'trans-dimensional knowledge foundation' (not some version of 'the truth'); leadership in the implementation of strategies and plans; restoration or establishment of good relations among all people (not only the ruling elites); the identification of tacit and unseen factors that will determine successful restoration of these relationships; and changing these tacit and unseen factors.
Author : Hakeem O. Yusuf,Hugo van der Merwe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317642541
Transitional justice is the way societies that have experienced civil conflict or authoritarian rule and widespread violations of human rights deal with the experience. With its roots in law, transitional justice as an area of study crosses various fields in the social sciences. This book is written with this multi- and inter-disciplinary dynamic of the field in mind. The book presents the broad scope of transitional justice studies through a focus on the theory, mechanisms and debates in the area, covering such topics as: The origin, context and development of transitional justice Victims, victimology and transitional justice Prosecutions for abuses and gross violations of human rights Truth commissions Transitional justice and local justice Gender, political economy and transitional justice Apology, reconciliation and the politics of memory Offering a discussion of the impact and outcomes of transitional justice, this approach provides valuable insight for those who seek both an introduction alongside relatively advanced engagement with the subject. Transitional Justice: Theories, Mechanisms and Debates is an important text for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students who take courses in transitional justice, human rights and criminal law, as well as a systematic reference text for researchers.
Author : Elin Skaar,Camila Gianella Malca,Trine Eide
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317696919
After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy examines the effects of transitional justice on the development of peace and democracy. Anticipated contributions of transitional justice mechanisms are commonly stated in universal terms, with little regard for historically specific contexts. Yet a truth commission, for example, will not have the same function in a society torn by long-term civil war or genocide as in a society emerging from authoritarian repression. Addressing trials, reparations, truth commissions, and amnesties, the book systematically addresses the experiences of four very different contemporary transitional justice cases: post-authoritarian Uruguay and Peru and post-conflict Rwanda and Angola. Its analysis demonstrates that context is a crucial determinant of the impact of transitional justice processes, and identifies specific contextual obstacles and limitations to these processes. The book will be of much interest to scholars in the fields of transitional justice and peacebuilding, as well as students generally concerned with human rights and democratisation.
Author : African Union Panel of the Wise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1396855136
Author : Hugo Van der Merwe,Victoria Baxter,Audrey R. Chapman
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781601270368
In Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice, fourteen leading researchers study seventy countries that have suffered from autocratic rule, genocide, and protracted internal conflict.