How do societies come to terms with the aftermath of genocide and mass violence, and how might the international community contribute to this process? Recently, transitional justice mechanisms such as tribunals and truth commissions have emerged as a favored means of redress. Transitional Justice, the first edited collection in anthropology focused directly on this issue, argues that, however well-intentioned, transitional justice needs to more deeply grapple with the complexities of global and transnational involvements and the local on-the-ground realities with which they intersect.Contributors consider what justice means and how it is negotiated in different localities where transitional justice efforts are underway after genocide and mass atrocity.
They address a variety of mechanisms, among them, a memorial site in Bali, truth commissions in Argentina and Chile, First Nations treaty negotiations in Canada, violent youth groups in northern Nigeria, the murder of young women in post-conflict Guatemala, and the gacaca courts in Rwanda.
| ISBN: | 9780813550688 |
| Publication date: | 23rd February 2011 |
| Author: | Alexander Laban Hinton |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights Series |
| Genres: |
Violence and abuse in society Human rights, civil rights Legal systems: courts and procedures |
How do societies come to terms with the aftermath of genocide and mass violence, and how might the international community contribute to this process? Recently, transitional justice mechanisms such as tribunals and truth commissions have emerged as a favored means of redress. Transitional Justice, the first edited collection in anthropology focused directly on this issue, argues that, however well-intentioned, transitional justice needs to more deeply grapple with the complexities of global and transnational involvements and the local on-the-ground realities with which they intersect.Contributors consider what justice means and how it is negotiated in different localities where transitional justice efforts are underway after genocide and mass atrocity.
Transitional Justice features in the following genres: Violence and abuse in society, Human rights, civil rights, Legal systems: courts and procedures
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Transitional Justice was written by Alexander Laban Hinton and published by Rutgers University Press
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