Transitional Justice In South Asia

Author : Tazreena Sajjad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135982089

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Transitional Justice in South Asia by Tazreena Sajjad Pdf

Offering a comparative case study of transitional justice processes in Afghanistan and Nepal, this book critically evaluates the way the "local" is consulted in post-conflict efforts toward peace and reconciliation. It argues that there is a tendency in transitional justice efforts to contain the discussion of the "local" within religious and cultural parameters, thus engaging only with a "static local," as interpreted by certain local stakeholders. Based on data collected through interviews and participant observation carried out in the civil societies of the respective countries, this book brings attention to a "dynamic local," where societal norms evolve, and realities on the ground are shaped by shifting power dynamics, local hierarchies, and inequalities between actors. It suggests that the "local" must be understood as an inter-subjective concept, the meaning of which is not only an evolving and moving target, but also dependent on who is consulted to interpret it to external actors. This timely book engages with the divergent range of civil society voices and offers ways to move forward by including their concerns in the efforts to help impoverished war-torn societies transition from a state of war to the conditions of peace.

Author : Deepak Mehta,Rahul Roy
Publisher : SAGE Publishing India
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789352805259

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Contesting Justice in South Asia by Deepak Mehta,Rahul Roy Pdf

A first of its kind, Contesting Justice in South Asia provides a series of case studies from South Asia that detail the quest for justice, the links that can be drawn from different countries in the region and the points of contact and divergences in the enunciation and practice of law. A second theme that runs through the book discusses the corrosive and affective power of violence in its ability to forge new solidary groups and communities. This is the first serious attempt by activists and scholars to think of South Asia as a region bound together through war and collective violence. It will be an invaluable read for postgraduate students and scholars of law and society, political philosophy, sociology and anthropology of violence, history and memory as well as political activists and government departments.

Author : Renee Jeffery,Hun Joon Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107040373

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Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific by Renee Jeffery,Hun Joon Kim Pdf

This is the first book to provide an overview of the processes and practices of transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : J.L. Kaul,Anupam Jha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788132237242

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Shifting Horizons of Public International Law by J.L. Kaul,Anupam Jha Pdf

This book offers a South Asian perspective on international law, maintaining a suitable distance from the ‘Western’ approach. The themes discussed reflect the region’s particular contribution to the development of international law. Each South Asian country has its own important role to play in promoting regional trade, regulating maritime affairs, ensuring access to water, debating State responsibility, engaging with International Criminal Court, questioning diplomatic and consular immunities, and, most importantly, upholding human rights. These issues are addressed by local contributors from Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, who have come together to represent the whole South Asian region on a single academic platform.

Author : Claire Cronin,Lia Kent,JoAnne Wallis
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 9781760463298

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Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Asia and the Pacific by Claire Cronin,Lia Kent,JoAnne Wallis Pdf

Over the last two decades, civil society has helped catalyse responses to the legacies of violent conflicts and oppressive political regimes in Asia and the Pacific. Civil society has advocated for the establishment of criminal trials and truth commissions, monitored their operations and pushed for take-up of their recommendations. It has also initiated community-based transitional justice responses. Yet, there has been little in-depth examination of the breadth and diversity of these roles. This book addresses this gap by analysing the heterogeneity of civil society transitional justice activity in Asia and the Pacific. Based upon empirically grounded case studies of Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bougainville, Solomon Islands and Fiji, this book illustrates that civil society actors can have different - and sometimes competing - priorities, resources and approaches to transitional justice. Their work is also underpinned by diverse understandings of 'justice'. By reflecting on the richness of this activity, this book advances contemporary debates about transitional justice and civil society. It will also be a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners working on Asia and the Pacific.

Author : Deepak Mehta,Rahul Roy
Publisher : SAGE Publishing India
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789352806553

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Violence and the Quest for Justice in South Asia by Deepak Mehta,Rahul Roy Pdf

A volume of essays on how justice has been denied in various parts of South Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal.

Author : Renée Jeffery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political crimes and offenses
ISBN : 1461953383

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Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific by Renée Jeffery Pdf

Author : Joanne Wallis,Lia Kent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Transitional justice
ISBN : 036746974X

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Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice by Joanne Wallis,Lia Kent Pdf

Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice examines the role of civil society in transitional justice, exploring the forms of civil society that are enabled or disabled by transitional justice processes and the forms of transitional justice activity that are enabled and disabled by civil society actors. Although civil society organisations play an integral role in the pursuit of transitional justice in conflict-affected societies, the literature lacks a comprehensive conceptualisation of the diversity and complexity of these roles. This reflects the degree to which dominant approaches to transitional justice focus on liberal-legal justice strategies and international human rights norms. In this context, civil society organisations are perceived as intermediaries who are thought to advocate for and support formal, liberal transitional justice processes. The contributions to this volume demonstrate that the reality is more complicated; civil society can - and does - play important roles in enabling formal transitional justice processes, but it can also disrupt them. Informed by detailed fieldwork across Asia and the Pacific Islands, the contributions demonstrate that neither transitional justice or civil society should be treated as taken-for-granted concepts. Demonstrating that neither transitional justice or civil society should be treated as taken-for-granted concepts, Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice will be of great interest to scholars of Security Studies, Asian Studies, Peacebuilding, Asia Pacific, Human Rights, Reconciliation and the Politics of Memory. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Global Change, Peace & Security.

Author : Natalia Szablewska,Sascha-Dominik Bachmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319093901

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Current Issues in Transitional Justice by Natalia Szablewska,Sascha-Dominik Bachmann Pdf

This volume is an inter-disciplinary scholarly resource bringing together contributions from writers, experienced academics and practitioners working in fields such as human rights, humanitarian law, public policy, psychology, cultural and peace studies, and earth jurisprudence. This collection of essays presents the most up to date knowledge and status of the field of transitional justice, and also highlights the emerging debates in this area, which are often overseen and underdeveloped in the literature. The volume provides a wide coverage of the arguments relating to controversial issues emanating from different regions of the world. The book is divided into four parts which groups different aspects of the problems and issues facing transitional justice as a field, and its processes and mechanisms more specifically. Part I concentrates on the traditional means and methods of dealing with past gross abuses of power and political violence. In this section, the authors also expand and often challenge the ways that these processes and mechanisms are conceptualised and introduced. Part II provides a forum for the contributors to share their first hand experiences of how traditional and customary mechanisms of achieving justice can be effectively utilised. Part III includes a collection of essays which challenges existing transitional justice models and provides new lenses to examine the formal and traditional processes and mechanisms. It aims to expose insufficiencies and some of the inherent practical and jurisprudential problems facing the field. Finally, Part IV, looks to the future by examining what remedies can be available today for abuses of rights of the future generations and those who have no standing to claim their rights, such as the environment.

Author : Yvette Selim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351692199

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Transitional Justice in Nepal by Yvette Selim Pdf

The conflict in Nepal (1996 – 2006) resulted in an estimated 15,000 deaths, 1,300 disappearances, along with other serious human rights and humanitarian law violations. Demands for peace, democracy, accountability and development, have abounded in the post-conflict context. Although the conflict catalysed major changes in the social and political landscape in Nepal, the transitional justice (TJ) process has remained deeply contentious and fragmented. This book provides an in-depth analysis of transitional justice process in Nepal. Drawing on interviews with a diverse range of stakeholders, including victims, ex-combatants, community members, human rights advocates, journalists and representatives from diplomatic missions, international organisations and the donor community, it reveals the differing viewpoints, knowledge, attitudes and preferences about TJ and other post-conflict issues in Nepal. The author develops an actor typology and an action spectrum, which can be used in Nepal and other post-conflict contexts. The actor typology identifies four main groups of TJ actors—experts, brokers, implementers and victims—and highlights who is making claims and on behalf of whom. The action spectrum, based on contentious politics literature and resistance literature, demonstrates the strategies actors use to shape the TJ process. This book argues that the potential of TJ lies in these dynamics of contention. It is by letting these dynamics play out that different conceptualisations of TJ can arise. While doing so may lead to practical challenges and produce situations that are normatively undesirable for some actors, particularly when certain political parties and national actors seem to ‘hijack’ TJ, remaining steadfast to the dominant TJ paradigm is also undesirable. As the first book to provide a single case study on TJ in Nepal, it makes theoretical and empirical contributions to: TJ research in Nepal and the Asia-Pacific more broadly, the politics versus justice binary and the concept of victimhood, among others. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in the study of transitional justice, peace and conflict studies, human rights, sociology, political science, criminology, law, anthropology and South Asian Studies, as well as policy-makers and NGOs.

Author : Kalim Bahadur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014503125

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South Asia in Transition by Kalim Bahadur Pdf

Papers presented at a seminar organized by the Indian Centre for Regional Affairs, 1985.

Author : Emma Palmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108483971

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Adapting International Criminal Justice in Southeast Asia by Emma Palmer Pdf

An analysis of debates and mechanisms of international criminal law in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Myanmar.

Author : Renée Jeffery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political crimes and offenses
ISBN : 1107691842

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Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific by Renée Jeffery Pdf

This is the first book to provide an overview of the processes and practices of transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Michael R. Anderson,Sumit Guha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110302846

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Changing Concepts of Rights and Justice in South Asia by Michael R. Anderson,Sumit Guha Pdf

This volume explores the relations between custom, law, and social change. International contributors discuss past beliefs and practices, as well as present day controversies, focusing particularly on the moral justification of religious laws and current social problems in India and Sri Lanka.

Author : Annie R. Bird
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190266523

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US Foreign Policy on Transitional Justice by Annie R. Bird Pdf

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been a key driver of transitional justice. It has provided crucial political backing, as well as technical and financial assistance for trials, truth commissions, and other measures aimed at helping societies address serious human rights violations. Surprisingly, however, scholars have not analyzed closely the role of the US in transitional justice. This book offers the first systematic and cross-cutting account of US foreign policy on transitional justice. It explores the development of US foreign policy on the field from World War I to the present, and provides an in-depth examination of US involvement in measures in Cambodia, Liberia, and Colombia. Annie Bird supports her findings with nearly 200 interviews with key US and foreign government officials, staff of transitional justice measures, and country experts. By "opening the black box" of US foreign policy, the book shows how the diverse and evolving interests of presidential administrations, Congress, the State Department, and other agencies play a major role in shaping US involvement in transitional justice. The book argues that, despite multiple influences, US foreign policy on transitional justice is characterized by a distinctive approach that is symbolic, retributive, and strategic. As the book concludes, this approach has influenced the field as a whole, including the establishment, design, and implementation of transitional justice measures.