Essays about: "transitional justice and reconciliation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words transitional justice and reconciliation.

1. 16. Transnational Truth? Telling The Truth From Abroad : Diasporas Engagement in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

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

   Author : Joanna Castro Echeverri; [2016]
   Keywords : Diasporas; War Trauma; Displacement; Migration; Transitional Justice; Truth Commissions; Victims; Refugees;

   Abstract : Diasporas have been regarded as either peace-makers or peace-wreckers in relation to their homeland conflicts. During the last decade there has been growing attention to the economic remittances migrants send home an the positive impact it can make in the post-conflict reconstruction phase. READ MORE

3. 17. A Tool of Healing or a Tool for Funding? Discourses in Intervention in Post-Conflict Liberia

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

   Author : Christel Nellemann; [2014]
   Keywords : post-conflict; Liberia; non-governmental organization; intervention; discourse; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The present paradigm on transitional justice dictates that diverse interventions are needed in the aftermath of conflict. The West African country Liberia suffered from 14 years of civil war that ended in 2003 and is now the location for several interventions run by local NGO’s funded from abroad. READ MORE

4. 18. Reconciliation Through Truth? - A Comparison of the Judicial Approach of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Amnesty Principle of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : David Mosler; [2011]
   Keywords : Reconciliation; Truth; Justice; Fractured Societies; South Africa; Truth and Reconciliation Commission; TRC; International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; ICTY;

   Abstract : Throughout the past three decades the world has witnessed an increased transition of states from autocratic systems to liberal democracies. During such transitions the reconciliation of societies fractured by previous human atrocities is an integral part for success. READ MORE

5. 19. Preventing Future Human Rights Violations - Truth Commissions or Tribunals?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Josefine Isaksson; [2009]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the past few decades the ways of addressing past atrocities in states on the verge of transition from abusive regimes to human rights abiding democracies have developed into an area of international law commonly known as 'Transitional Justice'. The focus lies on facilitating the transition through different measures with the purpose of addressing the past and seeking reparation for the victims. READ MORE

6. 20. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal : Searching for Justice and Truth in Cambodia

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Fredrik Persson; [2009]
   Keywords : Cambodia; Khmer Rouge; reconciliation; transitional justice; tribunal; hybrid court; genocide; international law; UN;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze the relationship between the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia and the national reconciliation process. A qualitative method involving secondary source analysis as well as field study interviews is being used. READ MORE