Due Process and Accountability Under Transitional Justice

Evidence from Mosul, Iraq

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6285322
AutoresVera Mironova (Non-Resident Fellow, Middle East Institute, Washington DC, USA), Sam Whitt (0000-0002-4856-5225, Department of Political Science, One University Parkway, High Point University, NC, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen66
Número9
Páginas1650-1675
Fecha de publicación2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00220027221093401
OpenAlexW4283276646
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas53

Do citizens care about due process rights when holding insurgent groups accountable for violence? We examine public perceptions of justice and fairness in judicial proceedings brought against suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militants and their supporters in Mosul, Iraq. We conducted a survey of Mosul residents and people in ISIS-affiliated displacement camps outside Mosul to evaluate public support for detainee due process rights. Using a trial and punishment survey experiment, we find that Mosul residents, while favoring capital punishment for ISIS involvement, are also sensitive to procedural due process rights of the accused. People with self-reported ISIS affiliations, in contrast, are more concerned with substantive due process, and do not see capital punishment outcomes as fair, regardless of procedural considerations. Although rebel group sympathizers and opponents have clashing perspectives on what constitutes equitable punishment for participation in insurgency, both recognize the importance of due process rights to long-term peace and security

Accountability · Criminology · Economic Justice · Geography · Human rights · Insurgency · Islam · Political science · Politics · Punishment (psychology · Sharia · Sociology · Transitional justice · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence