Essays about: "transitional justice reparations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words transitional justice reparations.

  1. 1. ACHIEVING GENDER-JUST PROGRAMMES: A CASE STUDY ON SOUTH AFRICA’S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Laura-Lee Gillion; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to research how transitional justice programmes have to this day inadequately addressed gender-based violence by specifically examining the overall framework of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in its goal towards reconciliation as a case study. To gain a thorough analysis on how its framework impacted its inclusion of women’s experiences of conflict and how it could have worked towards having a more transformative effect on the lives of black women in South Africa. READ MORE

  2. 2. Transformative Gender Justice : Constructions of Justice, Violence, and Reparations for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Northeastern Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Grayden Mills Tilley Prince; [2023]
    Keywords : Transformative Justice; Violence; Reparations; CRSV; Nigeria; GBV; Sexual Violence; Agency; Power; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Alongside global acknowledgements of the gendered nature of conflict, the academic field of transitional justice is shifting towards the newly emerging concept of transformative justice. Within this, reparations are particularly seen as the most agent-centric tool for structural transformation. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Search for Missing Persons in Colombia : Its Contributions to the Transitional Justice Objectives of the 2016 Peace Accord

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Irene Pérez-Sala Alonso; [2023]
    Keywords : Search for Missing Persons; Colombian Conflict; 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement;

    Abstract : This research project aims to analyse the current administrative/humanitarian model of the search for missing persons in the context of the Colombian conflict and to assess how it contributes to the transitional context in Colombia post-2016 Peace Agreement. Specifically, its contribution to truth, justice, reparations, and participation will be discussed. READ MORE

  4. 4. Documentary as a Medium to Advance a Public Apology to Comfort Women in a Transitional Justice Context

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Jenny Wang; [2023]
    Keywords : comfort women; cultural trauma; transitional justice reparations; communication for social change; carrier groups; documentary;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the documentary film The Apology (as a medium) and its filmmaker (as a carrier group) functions as connection points between cultural trauma and transitional justice reparations driving social change. Earlier approaches to bringing justice to comfort women have been based on legal frameworks which this thesis considers restrictive and instead examines justice and reparations from a victim-centred perspective. READ MORE

  5. 5. Assessing the Impact of Gender Sensitive Truth Commissions : Comparative analysis of South Africa and Sierra Leone

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

    Author : Masumi Honda; [2019]
    Keywords : transitional justice; truth commission; gender; women s security;

    Abstract : Much has been studied about the impact of transitional justice mechanisms as well as gendered impactof armed conflict. However, less is known about the gendered impact of transitional justice, includingtruth commissions. READ MORE