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This book examines the Brazilian scenario following the authoritarian regime (1964-1985) and in the midst of the reconstruction of democracy. Based on accountability and redress for victims of past human rights abuses, this book assesses the mechanisms most commonly associated with Transitional Justice, such as amnesties versus criminal prosecutions, non-judicial truth-seeking commissions to expose human rights violations, and reparations for victims. A comprehensive analysis of how these pillars have (or have not) been implemented throughout the last few decades in Brazil is carried out. The book offers a holistic approach to Transitional Justice, covering not only the governmental measures seeking reconciliation and accountability, but also the role of civil society organizations in the search for truth, justice, and memory. In addition, it proposes a discussion about the violations of the human rights of indigenous people during the dictatorship (1964-1985); it investigates the role of gender in Brazilian Transitional Justice measures, and initiatives towards visibility, recognition and transformation, as well as the role played by complicit corporations and private actors. In summary, this book elucidates the social dynamics operating in the specific historical context of post-authoritarian Brazil and attempts to create an accurate and clearly defined timeline of Transitional Justice in Brazil.

The article attempts to describe Taiwan's progress and a difficult position in practicing transitional justice during its democratic process. The first section reviews Taiwan's democratic progress and the impact on the implementation of transitional justice caused by a regime transition type. The second section describes Taiwan's authoritarian rule period, from February 28 Incident to the White Terror's political types of political cases. The third section analyses the reasons for Taiwan's unfinished transitional justice. The article claims that during Taiwan's political engineering of transitional justice, compensation for the victims was almost the only act of it and at the same time lacking legal or moral prosecution of the inflictors and the truth discovery. Taiwan has never had an opportunity to reflect on the damage caused by the system of the authoritarian rule, so that many inflictors or cooperators of the system have continued to serve in the democratized government in key positions, which has resulted in the prevailing phenomenon of impunity. Such a handling mode to compensate the victims, not willing to investigate the inflictors and seeking the historical truth, cannot solve the crime left by the authoritarian era alone, but it can also bring about a serious crisis of democratic governance in Taiwan.

This article argues that transitional justice (TJ) has recently been standardised: There is now a two-tiered global standard of TJ which structures policy responses and academic thinking. TJ comprises criminal justice, truth-telling, reparation and institutional reform – four core elements in a 'comprehensive' approach. The standard involves specifications for design, procedure and performance and draws on a selection of seemingly unambiguous international legal norms. Paradoxically, it claims to eschew a one-size-fits-all formula, while promoting uniformity in diverse contexts. It is moreover unclear whether its implementation generates beneficial effects in society. Building on existing research on international standardisation as an international political and sociological phenomenon, the article analyses the recently developed TJ standard and presents the first account of the process of TJ standardisation. It demonstrates how processes of 'generification' and 'localisation' make practices transferable and establish the means to facilitate their replication in and across different contexts and settings. These processes are illustrated drawing on existing scholarship from around the world that highlights the acceptance and contestation of and resistance to the standard. After analysing these processes, the article discusses the implications of TJ standardisation for societies, scholarship and global governance.

This book goes further than providing a legal analysis of the effectiveness of transitional justice and presents a wider perspective. It is a critical appraisal of the different dimensions of the process of transitional justice that affects the imagery and constructions of past experiences and perceptions of conflict. Examining hidden histories of atrocities, public trials and memorialization, processes and rituals, artistic expressions and contradictory perceptions of past conflicts, the book constructs what transitional justice and the imagery involved can mean for a better understanding of.

How will a unified Korea respond to the Kim regime's crimes against humanity? Will North and South Korea be able to reconcile their differences after being divided for so long? Will China, the US, Japan, Russia, and U.N. drive the process? This book examines the challenges associated with Korean unification and human rights accountability

Victim participation in a politicised process : the Karama victims' association and the search for justice in transitional Tunisia / Simon Robins and Houcine Bouchiba -- Breaking the racial taboo : black Tunisian activism as transitional justice / Housa Mzioudet -- From the streets up : youth leadership of informal processes to transitional justice in Tunisia / Lawrence Robinson -- Transitional justice, contentious politics, and the struggle for the right to work / Saerom Han -- Making and remaking the past in post-revolutionary Tunisia : the uses of history in Transitional Justice Information Classification : General / Simon Robins, Kora Andrieu, Ahmed Aloui, Wahid Ferchichi and Hajer Ben Hamza -- The politics of technical assistance : international involvement in Tunisia's transitional justice process / Alicia Pastor y Camarasa -- Overlooking women's lived realities : How Tunisia's Truth & Dignity Commission dealt with the hijab ban / Tine Destrooper and Safa Belghith -- The private sector and the anticorruption discourse in the Tunisian transition : Carthage was not destroyed / Taygeti Michalakea -- Transitional Justice in Tunisia and colonial legacy / Elham Kazemi -- Reparations in post-revolution Tunisia : at the intersection of innovation and politicisation / Simeon Gready -- Conclusions : learning from the Tunisian experience / Simon Robins and Tine Destrooper.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Transitional Justice. Deadline: June 1, 2023