Women and Transitional Justice [electronic resource] : Progress and Persistent Challenges in Retributive and Restorative Processes /
Alam, M.author.
How can transitional justice institutions provide due diligence to the lived experiences of women during war and violent political upheaval? How can transitional justice provide redress to women for harms suffered? How can transitional justice help transform unequal gender relations post-conflict? These are some of the difficult but urgent questions addressed in this unique study. Providing a compelling case for greater sensitivity towards the needs of women and increased efforts to promote women's participation in transitional justice initiatives, Alam presents theoretical and conceptual analysis alongside revealing case studies from Kenya and Bangladesh. The study offers descriptive, normative, and prescriptive value intended to improve the practice of transitional justice institutions and elevate the status of women in conflict-affected societies. This is a timely resource especially in light of the forthcoming 15th anniversary of UNSCR1325, and will appeal to a wide range of scholars and practitioners in Security, Peace, and Conflict Studies, International Law, and Gender Studies.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why this focus and why now?; An outline of the book; Key findings; 1 Defining Key Terms and Concepts; Transitional justice: redress through restoration and/or retribution; Conflict resolution: conflict, peace, security, and violence; Gender mainstreaming, gender balance, gender analysis, and gender justice; Sexual violence and gender-based violence; 2 Landscaping Feminist Scholarship on Transitional Justice; Feminist international scholarship
Feminist scholarship and transitional justice in late 20th centuryFeminist scholarship and transitional justice in the 21st century; 3 Retributive Approaches to Transitional Justice: A Feminist Analysis of How International Law Shapes National and International Prosecutions; Tracing gender and rape in international human rights and criminal law; International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia; The Rome Statute; Patriarchy in international criminal and human rights law
4 The International Crimes Tribunal for Bangladesh: A Delayed, Politicized, and Self-Limiting Experiment in Transitional JusticeThe birth of Bangladesh: a bloody, costly, and messy nine-month labor; Beerangana, Muktijoddha, and Razakar: the roles and experiences of women in the Bangladesh Liberation War; The story of one survivor: Ferdousi Priyobhashinee; Forty years delayed: The International Crimes Tribunal and the illusion of justice; 5 Restorative Approaches to Transitional Justice: A Feminist Analysis of Alternatives to Criminal Prosecution; Reparations as redistribution?
Truth-telling as recognition?6 The Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya: A Well-Intentioned "Gender Policy" Threatened by Structural, Cultural, and Political Challenges; The broad and ambitious mandate of the TJRC; Gender dimensions of the TJRC's design and implementation; Recommendations of the TJRC provided to the Government of Kenya and the shortcomings in achieving gender justice; Conclusion; Some final thoughts on Bangladesh and Kenya; Promoting the presence, participation, and representation of women in transitional justice
A call for more thoughtful, applied feminist scholarship on transitional justiceReferences; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How can transitional justice institutions provide due diligence to the lived experiences of women during war and violent political upheaval? How can transitional justice provide redress to women for harms suffered? How can transitional justice help transform unequal gender relations post-conflict? These are some of the difficult but urgent questions addressed in this unique study. Providing a compelling case for greater sensitivity towards the needs of women and increased efforts to promote women's participation in transitional justice initiatives, Alam presents theoretical and conceptual analysis alongside revealing case studies from Kenya and Bangladesh. The study offers descriptive, normative, and prescriptive value intended to improve the practice of transitional justice institutions and elevate the status of women in conflict-affected societies. This is a timely resource especially in light of the forthcoming 15th anniversary of UNSCR1325, and will appeal to a wide range of scholars and practitioners in Security, Peace, and Conflict Studies, International Law, and Gender Studies.
Criminology.
Sociology.
Political science.
Peace.
International relations.
International organization.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Gender Studies.
Political Science.
Conflict Studies.
International Relations.
International Organization.