Rethinking transitions
Subtitle: equality and social justice in societies emerging from conflict
By: edited by Gaby Oré Aguilar and Felipe Gómez Isa
Series: Series on Transitional Justice -- 6; Series on transitional justice -- v. 6.
Publisher: Intersentia; Intersentia Uitgevers N.V.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781780680033
Subjects: Human rights; Transitional justice; Reconciliation
Description: Transitional justice initiatives have long been criticized for an allegedly narrow focus on gross and consistent violations of fundamental civil and political rights and not enough attention to abuse of economic, social and cultural rights. But the problem is not whether but how to apply truth, justice, reparations and institutional reform to fundamental - and often ancestral - inequalities in each transitional society. This volume contributes thoughtful and rigorous research to that fundamental question. It constitutes a challenge to the way transitional justice is executed in our time, but also a tribute to the power of the idea that there are indeed concrete and practical means to realize the idea of justice in societies emerging from conflict.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Addressing horizontal inequalities in post-conflict reconstruction / Graham K. Brown, Corinne Caumartin, Arnim Langer and Frances Stewart; title: A critique of rights in transitional justice : the African experience / Makau Mutua; title: Gender equality and women's human rights in conflict situations : evolving perspectives / Sunila Abeysekera; title: Women in the Sri Lankan peace process : included but unequal / Kumudini Samuel; title: Horizontal inequalities in post-conflict reconstruction : Guatemala and Nepal / Graham K. Brown and Corinne Caumartin; title: Asserting women's economic and social rights in transitions / Gaby Oré Aguilar; title: Exploitation of natural resources in conflict situations : the Colombian case / Giulia Tamayo; title: Indigenous peoples and peace agreements : tranforming relationships or empty rhetoric? / Jérémie Gilbert; title: Gender in post-conflict reconstruction processes in Africa / Itziar Ruiz-Giménez Arrieta; title: Repairing historical injustices : indigenous peoples in post-conflict scenarios / Felipe Gómez Isa; title: Privatising the use of force : accountability and implications for local communities / José L. Gómez del Prado.