Roads to ReconciliationElin Skaar, Siri Gloppen, Astri Suhrke Lexington Books, 2005 - 318 pages The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of democratization, in which more countries are emerging from deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the question of how societies with a grievous past face issues of accountability and reconciliation. How do societies deal with a past characterized by gross human rights violations? What kinds of processes--judicial as well as non-judicial--are most likely to generate a sense of reconciliation? Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides a systematic and comparative analysis of reconciliation processes in various societies that in recent years have made a transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, or from war to relative peace. Revisiting case studies from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia through a lens of comparative analysis, shedding new light on how societies have dealt with their violent pasts, Roads to Reconciliation is essential reading for both scholars and practitioners concerned with human rights, transitional justice, or peace building. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Roads to Reconciliation A Conceptual Framework | 17 |
Roads to Reconciliation | 51 |
The UN | 53 |
The Second Generation UNBased Tribunals A Diversity of Mixed Jurisdictions | 55 |
Healing and Social Reintegration in Mozambique and Angola | 83 |
Rwanda An Atypical Transition | 101 |
The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission | 129 |
Europe and Asia | 185 |
Reconciliation in BosniaHerzegovina | 187 |
The Limits of Reconciliation in Cambodias Communes | 201 |
Nahe Biti Grassroots Reconciliation in East Timor | 225 |
Reflections | 247 |
Justice and Reconciliation | 249 |
Coming to Terms with Irreconcilable Truths | 271 |
RuleBased Reconciliation | 287 |
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Roads to Reconciliation Elin Skaar,Siri Gloppen,Astri Suhrke, Senior researcher Limited preview - 2005 |
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