This research project seeks to explore the relationship between legal pluralism – the multiple norms, institutions, practices and beliefs ...

When societies go from military dictatorship to democracy or from internal armed conflict to peace, one of the toughest choices facing the government in the new order is how to deal with past violence. Great hopes have been pinned on transitional justice mechanisms, but the anticipated positive effects of transitional justice mechanisms on the process of restoring peace or (re)constructing democracy may be too high.

This is the first book to comprehensively and systematically trace the trajectory from impunity towards accountability for past human rights ...

This report assesses the aid that was given in support of transitional justice processes in Rwanda and Guatemala between 1995 and 2005. The ...

After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy examines the effects of transitional justice on the development of peace and democracy. ...

This research project, funded by the Latin America Programme of the Norwegian Research Council, has had several objectives: First, the project ...

Political scientist exploring intersections between law and politics in Latin America

The field of transitional justice has recently seen a surge of interest in the issues of effectiveness and impact. This book examines the effects ...

There has been much debate on whether Afghanistan's informal justice practices should be integrated in the country's official justice system. Who should decide such an issue? Local activists claiming that these practices violate human rights, international researchers arguing that they are an undeniable part of Afghan 'reality' or military actors claiming that informal justice is necessary to win the war against the insurgents?

Although transitional justice (TJ) has been an area of significant donor engagement for more than a decade, little is known about the scope, ...

Reconciliation is one of the most contested concepts in the scholarly debate on transitional justice, and arguably also the most difficult to ...

Addressing human rights violations of the past through transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms is a persistent demand in many countries emerging ...

Short-term consultancy to 1) appraise proposal for Norwegian support to the justice sector in Ethiopia 2) conduct feasibility study on proposed ...

With the support of NATO and the US, Afghan warlords are regaining strength. -The international community has chosen a dangerous path, warns researcher Akbar Sarwari.

Elin Skaar's new book analyses the connections between transitional justice and judicial politics. She explores the role of courts in shaping options and trajectories of post-transitional justice - and concretely the chances of criminal prosecutions for past crimes in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

This article explores Western attempts to strengthen mechanisms of informal justice in Afghanistan. It traces the origins and evolvement of ...

How do transitional justice mechanisms contribute to peace and democracy after authoritarian rule or violent conflict has ended? This chapter ...

Transitional justice mechanisms such as criminal trials and truth commissions have increasingly been adopted in the aftermath of violent conflict, ...

This project is a study of the foreign aid that was channelled to transitional justice processes in Rwanda and Guatemala from 1995 to 2005. ...

After almost 25 years of war, the formal justice sector in Afghanistan is dysfunctional, and comprehensive reform of both laws and institutions ...