This is an evaluation of the Released Prisoners' Project (RPP) in Rwanda, a project that was financed and facilitated by the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA). The ...

Paper prepared for the seminar "After War: Reconciliation and Democratization in Divided Societies - Lessons learned", Solstrand 27-29 March 2000

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.

Truth and reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC deliver? ed. Audrey R. Chapman and Hugo van d

What are the links between various transitional justice mechanisms and the degree of violence and reconciliation in the post-war or post-authoritarian period?

The study was carried out in association with Nordic Consulting Group (NCG). The evaluation examines the contribution made by Norwegian bilateral assistance ...

The seminar examined the short-term and long-term effects on reconciliation and democratication of policy measures that typically follow cessation of ...