Essays about: "transitional justice and reconciliation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 essays containing the words transitional justice and reconciliation.

  1. 11. The Right to Know: A case study of the truth-seeking process of missing and forcibly disappeared person’s contribution to reconciliation in Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ulrikke Dyrholm; [2019]
    Keywords : Transitional justice; unofficial truth-seeking; thin reconciliation; Lebanon; missing and forcibly disappeared persons.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : When the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990, the government estimated 17,415 persons missing or forcibly disappeared, of which most fates remain unknown. This thesis examines the truth-seeking process of the missing and forcibly disappeared people and its contribution to the reconciliation process in the context of Lebanon. READ MORE

  3. 12. Do You Swear to Tell the Whole Truths? Tunisia and the Truth and Dignity Commission.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Elvire Michel; [2019]
    Keywords : Truth and Dignity Commission TDC ; transitional justice TJ ; truth commission TC ; parrhesia; right to the truth; reconciliation; transition; memory; healing; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Tunisia is where all hope and rebellion started. After the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in 2010, the Jasmine Revolution spread to other Arab countries leading to the famous Arab Spring. Tunisia is depicted as the model of democratic transition in the Arab region and in the West. READ MORE

  4. 13. Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Post-Conflict Societies: The Role of Traditional Forms of Justice in Post-Civil War Sierra Leone.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Pauline Dupuis; [2018]
    Keywords : Peacebuilding; Transitional Justice; Traditional Justice; Post-Conflict; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sierra Leone; Special Court for Sierra Leone; Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Fambul Tok; Postcolonial Theories of Law; Legal Pluralism; Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The prevalence of violent conflicts over the last few decades has left numerous countries in the need of thorough rebuilding; from Afghanistan to Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Somalia or Rwanda. In order to assist in the recovery of these post-conflict societies, various peacebuilding strategies and transitional justice mechanisms have been implemented by a range of different actors. READ MORE

  5. 14. Transitional Accountability Only for Some? : Accountability Measures Against Paramilitary Groups

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Ana Paula Penalva Torres; [2017]
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    Abstract : Accountability processes in the aftermath of a conflict are complicated policies that seek to serve justice by prosecuting wrongdoers, repairing victims by acknowledging their suffering, and restore social tissue damaged by the war. Despite growing trends in research investigating transitional justice policies and their effects upon societal reconciliation, and the role of stakeholders on their design, little is known about accountability measures for paramilitary groups. READ MORE

  6. 15. Deconstruction of the UN Discourse on Transitional Justice : An Understanding of Justice and Reconciliation through Derrida’s Concepts

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Lebedeva; [2016]
    Keywords : authority; accountability; conceptual constructions; deconstruction; Derrida; droit; forgiveness; human rights violations; justice; reconciliation; rule of law; transitional justice;

    Abstract : The present thesis seeks to problematize the UN discourse within transitional justice. Many scholars have pointed out that the discourse has been normalised and that is why it is in need for deconstruction. The study aims to critically analyse how justice and reconciliation are understood in the field. READ MORE