Competing Memories

Competing Memories

Truth and Reconciliation in Sierra Leone and Peru

Friedman, Rebekka (King's College London)

Cambridge University Press

08/2017

214

Dura

Inglês

9781107185692

15 a 20 dias

A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings.
1. Justice and reconciliation in enduring conflicts; 2. Contextual variances, transitional justice and peace-building: a historical overview; 3. Procedural reconciliation; 4. Underdevelopment, peace-building, and marginilization: the establishment of a restorative agenda in Sierra Leone; 5. Localism and pragmatic solidarity in Sierra Leone; 6. The shining path and political violence: the establishment of a punitive human rights based approach; 7. Memory activism and the politics of the past; 8. Conclusions: context, transformation, and holism in transitional justice.