Peace versus Justice? The Dilemmas of Transitional Justice in Africa

Sriram, Chandra Lekha Pillay Suren

Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk

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ISBN

9781847010216

Publisert

2010

Utgiver

James Currey

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651 gr

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240 mm

Bredde

170 mm

Aldersnivå

P, 06

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Product language

Engelsk

Format

Product format

Heftet

Antall sider

387

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Sriram, Chandra Lekha

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Sriram, Chandra Lekha

Villa-Vicencio Charles

Ntsebeza, Dumisa

Scanlon Helen

Hirsch, John

Ageymang Attafuah, Kenneth

Chiedu Moghalu, Kingsley

Kukah, Mathew

Affa'a Mindzie, Mireille

Peace versus Justice? The Dilemmas of Transitional Justice in Africa

Sriram, Chandra Lekha Pillay Suren

Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk

Sriram, Chandra Lekha Pillay Suren

Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk

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An insightful volume.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE

Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award, 2011

Excellent and well-timed. It covers key and sensitive issues about African transitional justice. It is recommended reading for policy makers, scholars, human rights activists, practitioners and those with a general interest in transitional justice.

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW

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The volume offers a unique insider analysis by practitioners who have participated in developing or implementing the justice mechanisms discussed. [It] offers a comprehensive look at transitional justice mechanisms in the African context and provides adequate background as well as critical analyses that could be informative to both the general public and experts alike.

AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY

Offers fresh insights on the so-called 'justice versus peace' dilemma, examining the challenges and prospects for promoting both peace and accountability, specifically in African countries affected by conflict or political violence. WINNER: 2011 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award The chapters in this volume consider a wide range of approaches to accountability and peacebuilding. These include not only domestic courts and tribunals, hybrid tribunals, or the International Criminal Court, but also truth commissions and informal or non-state justice and conflict resolution processes. Taken together, they demonstrate the wealth of experiences and experimentation in transitional justice processes on the continent. CHANDRA LEKHA SRIRAM is Professor of Human Rights at the School of Law, University of East London, United Kingdom. She is also the Chair of the International Studies Association Human Rights Section and consults on issues of governance and conflict prevention for the United Nations Development Programme. SUREN PILLAY is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and a Senior Research Specialistin the Democracy and Governance programme of the Human Sciences Research Council. Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana & Namibia): University of KwaZulu-Natal Press

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Introduction: Transitional Justice & Peacebuilding - Chandra Lekha Sriram Part I: Peace & Justice in Africa Peace & the Politics of Justice in Africa - Yasmin Sooka Inclusive Justice: The Limitations of Trial Justice & Truth Commissions - Charles Villa-Vicencio Prosecute or Pardon? Between Truth Commissions & War Crimes Trials - Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu Gender & Truth & Reconciliation Commissions: Comparative Reflections - Sheila Meintjes Transitional Justice, Democratisation & the Rule of Law - Mireille Affa'a Mindzie Part II: Truth & Reconciliation Processes Peace versus Justice: Truth & Reconciliation Commissions & War Crimes Tribunals in Africa - Alex Boraine Reflecting on the Sierra Leone Truth & Reconciliation: A Peacebuilding Perspective - Thelma Ekiyor Peace versus Justice? A View from Nigeria - Mathew Kukah A Path to Peace: Ghana & the National Reconciliation Commission - Kenneth Ageymang Attafuah Peace & Justice: Mozambique & Sierra Leone Compared - John Hirsch Part III: War Crimes Tribunals Sierra Leone's 'not so' Special Court - Abdul Tejan-Cole Charles Taylor & the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Politics, Interests & Agendas - Abdul Rahman Lamin The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Reconciling the Acquitted - Wambui Mwangi Part IV: Indigenous Justice The Politics of Peace, Justice & Healing in Post-war Mozambique 'Practices of Rapture' by Magamba Spirits & Healers in Gorongosa - Victor Igreja Indigenous Justice or Political Instrument? The Modern Gacaca Courts of Rwanda - Helen Scanlon Indigenous Justice or Political Instrument? The Modern Gacaca Courts of Rwanda - Nompumelelo Motlafi Part V The International Criminal Court: Problems & Prospects The International Criminal Court Africa Experiment: The Central African Republic, Darfur, Northern Uganda & the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Chandra Lekha Sriram The International Criminal Court in Darfur - Dumisa Ntsebeza Conclusion - Suren Pillay

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