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

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

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

This panel will address the question of the prosecution of political leaders in the Arab region, with a focus on four countries whose leaders were ousted during the Arab Spring uprisings: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen.

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 chapter traces 30 years of transitional justice development following civil-military rule (1973–85) in Uruguay. The 1985 amnesty ...

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 ...

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

Political scientist exploring intersections between law and politics in Latin America

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?

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

This brief assesses the impact of transitional justice mechanisms on peace and democracy. Based on four case studies from Africa and Latin America, ...

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

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.

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 ...

Peru: changing contexts for transitional justice Camila Gianella After Violence: Transitional Justi

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.