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Criminal tribunals, truth commissions, reparations, apologies and memorializations are the characteristic instruments in the transitional justice toolkit that can help societies transition from authoritarianism to democracy, from civil war to peace, and from state-sponsored extralegal violence to a rights-respecting rule of law. Over the last several decades, their growing use has established transitional justice as a body of both theory and practice whose guiding norms and structures encompasses the range of institutional mechanisms by which societies address the wrongs committed by past regimes in order to lay the foundation for more legitimate political and legal order. In Transitional Justice a group of leading scholars in philosophy, law, and political science settles some of the key theoretical debates over the meaning of transitional justice while opening up new ones. By engaging both theorists and empirical social scientists in debates over central categories of analysis in the study of transitional justice, it also illuminates the challenges of making strong empirical claims about the impact of transitional institutions.

Criminal tribunals, truth commissions, reparations, apologies and memorializations are the characteristic instruments in the transitional justice toolkit that can help societies transition from authoritarianism to democracy, from civil war to peace, and from state-sponsored extralegal violence to a rights-respecting rule of law. Over the last several decades, their growing use has established transitional justice as a body of both theory and practice whose guiding norms and structures encompasses the range of institutional mechanisms by which societies address the wrongs committed by past regi.

pt. I. Is it always necessary to account for past wrongs -- pt. II. Punishing after war -- pt. III. Transitional justice as a vehicle of structural and instiutional change -- pt. IV. Transitional justice and political reconciliation -- pt. V. Transitional justice and the arts -- pt. VI. Defining the parameters of transitional justice -- pt. VII. Case studies.

Das Völkerrecht fordert, dass ehemals repressive Staaten ihre gewaltvollen Vergangenheiten aufklären müssen und verpflichtet diese darüber hinaus dazu, den Opfern von schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen Wiedergutmachung zukommen zu lassen. Tatsächlich ist eine Vielzahl von Postkonfliktstaaten in Mittel- und Osteuropa, in Afrika, Asien, Lateinamerika und mit Marokko und Tunesien nun auch in der Region des Maghreb und des Nahen Ostens dieser Verpflichtung der transitionalen Gerechtigkeit auch wirklich nachgekommen. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass auf der Ebene der internationalen Politik effektive Durchsetzungsmechanismen fehlen, die souveräne Staaten zur Durchführung von Transitional-Justice-Prozessen zwingen könnten, ist das ein eher unerwarteter Befund. Wie lässt sich dieses erstaunliche Phänomen erklären? Fatima Kastner unternimmt erstmals den Versuch, die Globalisierung von Transitional Justice aus einer Perspektive der historischen Soziologie der Weltgesellschaft zu erklären. Sie beschreibt die Herausbildung dieses neuartigen Konfliktbewältigungsmodells als eine direkte Folge der Wirkmacht weltkultureller Struktur- und Deutungsmuster und rekonstruiert die sozialhistorischen Ausgangsbedingungen und weltgesellschaftlichen Dynamiken, die zur globalen Ausbreitung von Normen, Standards und Institutionen von Transitional Justice geführt haben. Am Beispiel des Transitionsprozesses in Marokko wird die lokale Wirkweise des globalen Rechtsregimes von Transitional Justice herausgearbeitet und seine weltgesellschaftliche Funktion deutlich gemacht. Transitional Justice ist zu einem globalen Handlungsmodell der Übergangsgerechtigkeit in der Weltgesellschaft geworden. Kastner beschreibt eindrücklich die sozialstrukturellen Ursprünge und ideengeschichtlichen Entwicklungslinien, die transitionale Gerechtigkeit von der normativen Ausnahme zur weltpolitischen Regel werden ließ. Fatima Kastner, Dr. phil., Rechtssoziologin; seit 2004 Lehrbeauftragte an der Universität Hamburg; bis 2013 Wissenschaftlerin am Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung; seit 2010 Mitglied des Instituts für Weltgesellschaft, Universität Bielefeld. 2012 wurde ihr der renommierte Adam Podgórecki-Preis durch das Research Committee on Sociology of Law der International Sociological Association verliehen und seit 2014 ist sie als Science Ambassador der Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities an der Berlin-Brangendburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften tätig.

Resistance and transitional justice / Briony Jones and Julie Bernath -- Resistance to transitional justice in the context of political violence in Cote d'Ivoire / Adou Djane dit Fatogoma -- Seeking a "just justice" : discursive strategies of resistance in Cote d'Ivoire / Briony Jones -- Between resistance to and compliance with transitional justice : the case of political decision-makers in Burundi / Sandra Rubli -- Civil society organisations and transitional justice in Burundi : when making is resisting / Gerard Birantamije -- Resisting and negotiating victim subjectivities in civil party participation at the extraordinary chambers in the Courts of Cambodia / Julie Bernath -- Multivocal resistance to transitional justice in post-genocide Cambodia / Kosal Path -- Concluding reflections / Briony Jones and Julie Bernath.

"This book explores the challenges of transitional justice in West Africa, specifically how countries in the region have dealt with transitional justice problems in the last thirty years (1990-2020), and how they have managed the process. Using comparative, historical and legal analyses it examines the politics of justice after violent conflicts in West Africa, the major transitional justice mechanisms established in the region, and how countries have used these institutions to address injustice and the pains of war in some West African countries. The book examines how transitional justice mechanisms have contributed to victims' rights, reconciliation and peace in transitional societies, and whether transitional justice mechanisms deployed in West Africa were suitable or ill-fitted, and the politics of deploying them. The book is addressed to a wide audience: policy makers, graduate and post-graduate students of transitional justice, conflict resolution, peace studies, conflict transformation, international criminal law, law and similar courses. This book will be of great value to academics and researchers, as well as lecturers in tertiary institutions offering relevant courses; legal practitioners; peace practitioners/NGOs and those working in the field of transitional justice and human rights"--

Between 1980 and 2000, Peru suffered an armed conflict, massive human rights violations, and the destruction of its democracy. Since then, peace and a return to democracy have allowed it to embark on transitional justice. This has meant a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, prosecutions, and reparations. It has also meant controversy over the rights of those accused of terrorism and the legacies of military impunity. This book examines Peru's struggle to restore human rights accountability and the political factors that have shaped its fate.

Based on original empirical research, this book explores retributive and gender justice, the potentials and limits of agency, and the correlation of transitional justice and social change through case studies of current dynamics in post-violence countries such Rwanda, South Africa, Cambodia, East Timor, Columbia, Chile and Germany.

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.