Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm
Biographic Data
| ID | 81509 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiebelhaus-Brahm |
| SIGNATURE | WIEBELHAUS-BRAHM E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7710-8501 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Comparative Insights on Social Media as an Atrocity Prevention Tool: Policy Implications
The implementation of truth commission recommendations: Exploring the ‘beyond words’ database for Latin America
We know little about the processes surrounding the formulation and implementation of truth commission recommendations (TCRs). This article introduces the Beyond Words database, which systematically identifies and tracks the formulation and implementation processes behind 960 recommendations from 13 truth commissions established across Latin America between 1983 and 2012. The database offers information on factors shaping TCR formulation, identifi…
North-South research collaboration during complex global emergencies: Qualitative knowledge production and sharing during Covid-19
Large multinational teams of academics and activist-practitioners that span the Global North-South divide have become common in qualitative research because of the reliance of field of peace and conflict studies on 'local' knowledge and expertise. Complex global emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, present the opportunity to (re)shape and (re)consider these endeavors in key some ways. This article focuses on the involvement of South-based …
The evolution of funding for the International Criminal Court: Budgets, donors and gender justice
In this article, we introduce a new dataset on financial support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and examine how this support has changed over its two decades of existence. We first consider how the ICC’s overall budget has changed over time. Then, we explore the evolution of support from individual donor governments. In addition, given former Prosecutor Bensouda’s emphasis on the effective investigation and prosecution of sexual and g…
Exploring Truth Commission Recommendations in a Comparative Perspective: Beyond Words Vol. I
Based on fieldwork that is unprecedented in scope, this two-volume project provides the first systematic study of the formulation and implementation of the recommendations of 13 Latin American truth commissions. Beyond Words Vol. I examines the variations in truth commission recommendations across 13 Latin American cases. Insights are provided regarding how the internal dynamics of truth commissions, as well as the political, social and economic …
Examining compliance with domestic human rights bodies: The case of truth commission recommendations
Human rights compliance research neglects recommendations from national human rights institutions and other domestic bodies. In particular, the implementation of recommendations issued by temporary truth commissions remains underexplored. We use data from Skaar et al. (2022a Skaar, E., Wiebelhaus-Brahm, E., & Garcia-Godos, J. (2022a). Exploring truth commission recommendations in a comparative perspective: Beyond Words. Intersentia. [Google Schol…
Syrian diaspora mobilization for prospective transitional justice in the absence of transition
Mobilization for transitional justice typically “deals with the past,” focusing on retrospective attempts to deal with injustices. Little attention has been afforded to such mobilization when prospects for transition and justice are remote. The Syrian diaspora persistently mobilizes for what we call prospective transitional justice despite unfavorable circumstances. This article asks why. First, they have a sense of moral obligation to do so. Sec…
Explaining the timeliness of implementation of truth commission recommendations
Truth commissions are widely seen as important peacebuilding tools partially because they issue recommendations that seek to prompt further justice initiatives to address past abuses and promote institutional reforms that encourage non-repetition. Yet, despite growing interest in truth commissions among academics, policymakers, and activists, little attention has been paid to the recommendations that they outline in their final reports. In this a…
Competition for control of the state and the transitional justice agenda among Tunisian civil society organisations
This article examines how Tunisian CSOs positioned themselves vis-à-vis the State and each other on transitional justice (TJ) since 2011. CSOs are divided over religion, their status under Ben Ali, TJ preferences, geographical location, and their access to and willingness to engage international experts and donors. In a country with a strong State, rather than ‘letting the state off the hook’, CSOs engage in creative protagonism to pressure the S…
Temporal Patterns in Latin American Truth Commission Recommendation Formulation and Implementation
Remarkably little attention has focused on the formulation and implementation of truth commission ( tc ) recommendations. We use Skaar et al.’s original data on approximately 1000 recommendations produced by 13 truth commissions established in 11 Latin American countries between 1983 and 2014 to examine how recommendations and government responses to them have evolved over nearly 40 years. Truth commissions appear to be regularly influenced by ma…
The concept of resilience and the evaluation of hybrid courts
In this article, I explore the concept of resilience and its relevance for evaluating hybrid court design and the impact of hybrid courts in societies that have experienced periods of mass violence or repression. I begin by tracing the evolution of the concept of resilience from the fields of materials science and ecology to human responses to natural and human-made disasters. Then, I examine the implications of how one defines the concept for th…
Syrian diaspora mobilization: Vertical Coordination, Patronage Relations, and the Challenges of Fragmentation in the Pursuit of Transitional Justice
The 2011 Syrian uprising saw the rise of several Syrian diaspora organizations seeking transitional justice (TJ). In this article, we ask why these organizations have been unable to present a coherent and unified TJ agenda. We show how a sequence of mechanisms (transnational brokerage, vertical coordination, and patronage relations) have led to fragmentation in the pursuit of justice. The analysis is divided into two sections. First, we discuss t…
The Ministerialization of Transitional Justice
The impact of criminal prosecutions during intrastate conflict
The International Criminal Court's interventions have prompted debate about the wisdom of criminally prosecuting combatants while attempting to build peace in conflict-ridden societies. Previous research fails to distinguish between different types of trials. Using a large-N dataset of three types of criminal trials undertaken during internal conflict - domestic security trials of rebels, domestic human rights trials of state agents, and internat…
External Transitional Justice Funding: Introducing a New Dataset
The international community has long played an important role in transitional justice (TJ) processes around the world, including the funding of TJ initiatives. Early TJ processes in Southern Europe
Early” Transitional Justice in the Arab World: Lessons Learned
When tentative political liberalization began to occur in some parts of the Middle East after 2010, there was a significant body of transitional justice experience globally upon which to draw. Often overlooked has been the earlier transitional justice experience of other countries of the Middle East. This article critically examines the experiences of Iraq, Algeria and Morocco and outlines what other societies in the region should reasonably expe…
Exploring Variation In Diasporas’ Engagement With Transitional Justice Processes
Despite the fact that displacement is often a result of civil war and government repression, diasporas have received comparatively little attention from transitional justice scholars. In particular, the agency of diasporas in building pressure for and articulating a vision of transitional justice has been underexplored. Diaspora populations often seek to influence opinion about justice issues in their home countries. They also seek to shape the f…
Timing, Sequencing, and Transitional Justice Impact: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Latin America
Goals and processes: The Arab world and the transitional justice impact literature
This article uses the cases of Iraq, Algeria and Morocco to highlight some of the limitations of the transitional justice impact literature, which often assumes direct, linear relationships exist between transitional justice mechanisms and a variety of outcomes. In several respects, these countries' experiences differ from the expectations of recent studies. Although not equally flawed, in each case, transitional justice has been used to legitimi…
Bridge to Human Development or Vehicle of Inequality? Transitional Justice and Economic Structures
There has been much theorizing, but little empirical exploration, of the relationship between transitional justice (TJ) and economic structures. In this article, we articulate three models implicit in present studies: TJ as a roadblock to economic growth; TJ as a bridge to human development; and TJ as a vehicle of inequality. We then perform a plausibility probe of these models using a new cross-national dataset of human rights prosecutions, trut…
Drivers of Justice after Violent Conflict: An Introduction
Provides an introduction to a special issue that seeks to provide a better understanding of the political, judicial and social forces driving the establishment and operation of transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms after violent conflict
The Drivers of Transitional Justice: An Analytical Framework for Assessing the Role of Actors
The transitional justice (TJ) field has gone through phases in which the role of actors and their environments – or structure and agency, more broadly viewed – have been alternatively emphasised. This article privileges agency as the focal point of analysis. The main task is to conceptualise ways in which actors promote, or obstruct, transitional justice. Taking time and context into consideration, we construct a multi-level framework to explore …
Taking Stock: Transitional Justice and Market Effects in Latin America
The relationship between transitional justice and economic development has recently attracted the attention of academics and policymakers. An emerging literature highlights the tension between the forward-looking economic goals of growth, development, and investment and backward-looking trials and truth commissions. Current research focuses on the impact transitional justice choices may have on a state's ability to compete for international assis…
Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies: The Impact on Human Rights and Democracy
Despite the increasing frequency of truth commissions, there has been little agreement as to their long-term impact on a state's political and social development. This book uses a multi-method approach to examine the impact of truth commissions on subsequent human rights protection and democratic practice. Providing the first cross-national analysis of the impact of truth commissions and presenting detailed analytical case studies on South Africa…
A Volunteer's Perspective on the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Diaspora Project
The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (LTRC), in its attempt to investigate human rights violations that occurred during Liberia's 14-year civil conflict, is the first truth commission to systematically engage a diaspora community. The LTRC Diaspora Project was an innovative effort and will likely serve as a model for future truth commissions. As such, it is timely to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the Diaspora Project. This …
Uncovering the Truth: Examining Truth Commission Success and Impact
While there is growing interest in examining what long-term impact truth commissions have on society, our understanding has been hampered by a number of empirical problems. Specifically, most studies focus on a small biased subsample of cases, rely on anecdotal evidence and normative conviction, and fail to follow the truth commission's legacy beyond its immediate reception. What is more, although a range of purposes have been put forward for tru…
The Turn to Truth: Trends in Truth Commission Experimentation
Interest in cross-national comparison of transitional justice mechanisms has grown recently, as has the study of truth commissions in particular. However, as is true of many emerging areas of research, progress has been hampered by significant gaps in data and by a lack of consensus as to what constitutes the universe of cases. To address this problem, this article introduces the most comprehensive truth commission database we know to be in exist…
When Truth Commissions Improve Human Rights
Most studies of truth commissions assert their positive role in improving human rights. A first wave of research made these claims based on qualitative analysis of a single truth commission or a small number of cases. Thirty years of experience with truth commissions and dozens of examples allow cross-national statistical studies to assess these findings. Two recent studies undertake that project. Their findings, which are summarized in this arti…
Syrian diaspora mobilization: Vertical Coordination, Patronage Relations, and the Challenges of Fragmentation in the Pursuit of Transitional Justice
The 2011 Syrian uprising saw the rise of several Syrian diaspora organizations seeking transitional justice (TJ). In this article, we ask why these organizations have been unable to present a coherent and unified TJ agenda. We show how a sequence of mechanisms (transnational brokerage, vertical coordination, and patronage relations) have led to fragmentation in the pursuit of justice. The analysis is divided into two sections. First, we discuss t…
Exploring Variation In Diasporas’ Engagement With Transitional Justice Processes
Despite the fact that displacement is often a result of civil war and government repression, diasporas have received comparatively little attention from transitional justice scholars. In particular, the agency of diasporas in building pressure for and articulating a vision of transitional justice has been underexplored. Diaspora populations often seek to influence opinion about justice issues in their home countries. They also seek to shape the f…
Timing, Sequencing, and Transitional Justice Impact: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Latin America
The impact of criminal prosecutions during intrastate conflict
The International Criminal Court's interventions have prompted debate about the wisdom of criminally prosecuting combatants while attempting to build peace in conflict-ridden societies. Previous research fails to distinguish between different types of trials. Using a large-N dataset of three types of criminal trials undertaken during internal conflict - domestic security trials of rebels, domestic human rights trials of state agents, and internat…
Bridge to Human Development or Vehicle of Inequality? Transitional Justice and Economic Structures
There has been much theorizing, but little empirical exploration, of the relationship between transitional justice (TJ) and economic structures. In this article, we articulate three models implicit in present studies: TJ as a roadblock to economic growth; TJ as a bridge to human development; and TJ as a vehicle of inequality. We then perform a plausibility probe of these models using a new cross-national dataset of human rights prosecutions, trut…
The Drivers of Transitional Justice: An Analytical Framework for Assessing the Role of Actors
The transitional justice (TJ) field has gone through phases in which the role of actors and their environments – or structure and agency, more broadly viewed – have been alternatively emphasised. This article privileges agency as the focal point of analysis. The main task is to conceptualise ways in which actors promote, or obstruct, transitional justice. Taking time and context into consideration, we construct a multi-level framework to explore …
Syrian diaspora mobilization for prospective transitional justice in the absence of transition
Mobilization for transitional justice typically “deals with the past,” focusing on retrospective attempts to deal with injustices. Little attention has been afforded to such mobilization when prospects for transition and justice are remote. The Syrian diaspora persistently mobilizes for what we call prospective transitional justice despite unfavorable circumstances. This article asks why. First, they have a sense of moral obligation to do so. Sec…
The implementation of truth commission recommendations: Exploring the ‘beyond words’ database for Latin America
We know little about the processes surrounding the formulation and implementation of truth commission recommendations (TCRs). This article introduces the Beyond Words database, which systematically identifies and tracks the formulation and implementation processes behind 960 recommendations from 13 truth commissions established across Latin America between 1983 and 2012. The database offers information on factors shaping TCR formulation, identifi…
Examining compliance with domestic human rights bodies: The case of truth commission recommendations
Human rights compliance research neglects recommendations from national human rights institutions and other domestic bodies. In particular, the implementation of recommendations issued by temporary truth commissions remains underexplored. We use data from Skaar et al. (2022a Skaar, E., Wiebelhaus-Brahm, E., & Garcia-Godos, J. (2022a). Exploring truth commission recommendations in a comparative perspective: Beyond Words. Intersentia. [Google Schol…
Temporal Patterns in Latin American Truth Commission Recommendation Formulation and Implementation
Remarkably little attention has focused on the formulation and implementation of truth commission ( tc ) recommendations. We use Skaar et al.’s original data on approximately 1000 recommendations produced by 13 truth commissions established in 11 Latin American countries between 1983 and 2014 to examine how recommendations and government responses to them have evolved over nearly 40 years. Truth commissions appear to be regularly influenced by ma…
External Transitional Justice Funding: Introducing a New Dataset
The international community has long played an important role in transitional justice (TJ) processes around the world, including the funding of TJ initiatives. Early TJ processes in Southern Europe
Taking Stock: Transitional Justice and Market Effects in Latin America
The relationship between transitional justice and economic development has recently attracted the attention of academics and policymakers. An emerging literature highlights the tension between the forward-looking economic goals of growth, development, and investment and backward-looking trials and truth commissions. Current research focuses on the impact transitional justice choices may have on a state's ability to compete for international assis…
The evolution of funding for the International Criminal Court: Budgets, donors and gender justice
In this article, we introduce a new dataset on financial support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and examine how this support has changed over its two decades of existence. We first consider how the ICC’s overall budget has changed over time. Then, we explore the evolution of support from individual donor governments. In addition, given former Prosecutor Bensouda’s emphasis on the effective investigation and prosecution of sexual and g…
Explaining the timeliness of implementation of truth commission recommendations
Truth commissions are widely seen as important peacebuilding tools partially because they issue recommendations that seek to prompt further justice initiatives to address past abuses and promote institutional reforms that encourage non-repetition. Yet, despite growing interest in truth commissions among academics, policymakers, and activists, little attention has been paid to the recommendations that they outline in their final reports. In this a…
The Ministerialization of Transitional Justice
Early” Transitional Justice in the Arab World: Lessons Learned
When tentative political liberalization began to occur in some parts of the Middle East after 2010, there was a significant body of transitional justice experience globally upon which to draw. Often overlooked has been the earlier transitional justice experience of other countries of the Middle East. This article critically examines the experiences of Iraq, Algeria and Morocco and outlines what other societies in the region should reasonably expe…
Goals and processes: The Arab world and the transitional justice impact literature
This article uses the cases of Iraq, Algeria and Morocco to highlight some of the limitations of the transitional justice impact literature, which often assumes direct, linear relationships exist between transitional justice mechanisms and a variety of outcomes. In several respects, these countries' experiences differ from the expectations of recent studies. Although not equally flawed, in each case, transitional justice has been used to legitimi…
Drivers of Justice after Violent Conflict: An Introduction
Provides an introduction to a special issue that seeks to provide a better understanding of the political, judicial and social forces driving the establishment and operation of transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms after violent conflict
A Volunteer's Perspective on the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Diaspora Project
The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (LTRC), in its attempt to investigate human rights violations that occurred during Liberia's 14-year civil conflict, is the first truth commission to systematically engage a diaspora community. The LTRC Diaspora Project was an innovative effort and will likely serve as a model for future truth commissions. As such, it is timely to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the Diaspora Project. This …
Uncovering the Truth: Examining Truth Commission Success and Impact
While there is growing interest in examining what long-term impact truth commissions have on society, our understanding has been hampered by a number of empirical problems. Specifically, most studies focus on a small biased subsample of cases, rely on anecdotal evidence and normative conviction, and fail to follow the truth commission's legacy beyond its immediate reception. What is more, although a range of purposes have been put forward for tru…
Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies: The Impact on Human Rights and Democracy
Despite the increasing frequency of truth commissions, there has been little agreement as to their long-term impact on a state's political and social development. This book uses a multi-method approach to examine the impact of truth commissions on subsequent human rights protection and democratic practice. Providing the first cross-national analysis of the impact of truth commissions and presenting detailed analytical case studies on South Africa…
A Volunteer's Perspective on the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Diaspora Project
The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (LTRC), in its attempt to investigate human rights violations that occurred during Liberia's 14-year civil conflict, is the first truth commission to systematically engage a diaspora community. The LTRC Diaspora Project was an innovative effort and will likely serve as a model for future truth commissions. As such, it is timely to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the Diaspora Project. This …
When Truth Commissions Improve Human Rights
Most studies of truth commissions assert their positive role in improving human rights. A first wave of research made these claims based on qualitative analysis of a single truth commission or a small number of cases. Thirty years of experience with truth commissions and dozens of examples allow cross-national statistical studies to assess these findings. Two recent studies undertake that project. Their findings, which are summarized in this arti…
The Turn to Truth: Trends in Truth Commission Experimentation
Interest in cross-national comparison of transitional justice mechanisms has grown recently, as has the study of truth commissions in particular. However, as is true of many emerging areas of research, progress has been hampered by significant gaps in data and by a lack of consensus as to what constitutes the universe of cases. To address this problem, this article introduces the most comprehensive truth commission database we know to be in exist…
Taking Stock: Transitional Justice and Market Effects in Latin America
The relationship between transitional justice and economic development has recently attracted the attention of academics and policymakers. An emerging literature highlights the tension between the forward-looking economic goals of growth, development, and investment and backward-looking trials and truth commissions. Current research focuses on the impact transitional justice choices may have on a state's ability to compete for international assis…
Drivers of Justice after Violent Conflict: An Introduction
Provides an introduction to a special issue that seeks to provide a better understanding of the political, judicial and social forces driving the establishment and operation of transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms after violent conflict
The Drivers of Transitional Justice: An Analytical Framework for Assessing the Role of Actors
The transitional justice (TJ) field has gone through phases in which the role of actors and their environments – or structure and agency, more broadly viewed – have been alternatively emphasised. This article privileges agency as the focal point of analysis. The main task is to conceptualise ways in which actors promote, or obstruct, transitional justice. Taking time and context into consideration, we construct a multi-level framework to explore …
Bridge to Human Development or Vehicle of Inequality? Transitional Justice and Economic Structures
There has been much theorizing, but little empirical exploration, of the relationship between transitional justice (TJ) and economic structures. In this article, we articulate three models implicit in present studies: TJ as a roadblock to economic growth; TJ as a bridge to human development; and TJ as a vehicle of inequality. We then perform a plausibility probe of these models using a new cross-national dataset of human rights prosecutions, trut…
Timing, Sequencing, and Transitional Justice Impact: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Latin America
Goals and processes: The Arab world and the transitional justice impact literature
This article uses the cases of Iraq, Algeria and Morocco to highlight some of the limitations of the transitional justice impact literature, which often assumes direct, linear relationships exist between transitional justice mechanisms and a variety of outcomes. In several respects, these countries' experiences differ from the expectations of recent studies. Although not equally flawed, in each case, transitional justice has been used to legitimi…
External Transitional Justice Funding: Introducing a New Dataset
The international community has long played an important role in transitional justice (TJ) processes around the world, including the funding of TJ initiatives. Early TJ processes in Southern Europe
Early” Transitional Justice in the Arab World: Lessons Learned
When tentative political liberalization began to occur in some parts of the Middle East after 2010, there was a significant body of transitional justice experience globally upon which to draw. Often overlooked has been the earlier transitional justice experience of other countries of the Middle East. This article critically examines the experiences of Iraq, Algeria and Morocco and outlines what other societies in the region should reasonably expe…
Exploring Variation In Diasporas’ Engagement With Transitional Justice Processes
Despite the fact that displacement is often a result of civil war and government repression, diasporas have received comparatively little attention from transitional justice scholars. In particular, the agency of diasporas in building pressure for and articulating a vision of transitional justice has been underexplored. Diaspora populations often seek to influence opinion about justice issues in their home countries. They also seek to shape the f…
The Ministerialization of Transitional Justice
The impact of criminal prosecutions during intrastate conflict
The International Criminal Court's interventions have prompted debate about the wisdom of criminally prosecuting combatants while attempting to build peace in conflict-ridden societies. Previous research fails to distinguish between different types of trials. Using a large-N dataset of three types of criminal trials undertaken during internal conflict - domestic security trials of rebels, domestic human rights trials of state agents, and internat…
Syrian diaspora mobilization: Vertical Coordination, Patronage Relations, and the Challenges of Fragmentation in the Pursuit of Transitional Justice
The 2011 Syrian uprising saw the rise of several Syrian diaspora organizations seeking transitional justice (TJ). In this article, we ask why these organizations have been unable to present a coherent and unified TJ agenda. We show how a sequence of mechanisms (transnational brokerage, vertical coordination, and patronage relations) have led to fragmentation in the pursuit of justice. The analysis is divided into two sections. First, we discuss t…
The concept of resilience and the evaluation of hybrid courts
In this article, I explore the concept of resilience and its relevance for evaluating hybrid court design and the impact of hybrid courts in societies that have experienced periods of mass violence or repression. I begin by tracing the evolution of the concept of resilience from the fields of materials science and ecology to human responses to natural and human-made disasters. Then, I examine the implications of how one defines the concept for th…
Competition for control of the state and the transitional justice agenda among Tunisian civil society organisations
This article examines how Tunisian CSOs positioned themselves vis-à-vis the State and each other on transitional justice (TJ) since 2011. CSOs are divided over religion, their status under Ben Ali, TJ preferences, geographical location, and their access to and willingness to engage international experts and donors. In a country with a strong State, rather than ‘letting the state off the hook’, CSOs engage in creative protagonism to pressure the S…
Temporal Patterns in Latin American Truth Commission Recommendation Formulation and Implementation
Remarkably little attention has focused on the formulation and implementation of truth commission ( tc ) recommendations. We use Skaar et al.’s original data on approximately 1000 recommendations produced by 13 truth commissions established in 11 Latin American countries between 1983 and 2014 to examine how recommendations and government responses to them have evolved over nearly 40 years. Truth commissions appear to be regularly influenced by ma…
Exploring Truth Commission Recommendations in a Comparative Perspective: Beyond Words Vol. I
Based on fieldwork that is unprecedented in scope, this two-volume project provides the first systematic study of the formulation and implementation of the recommendations of 13 Latin American truth commissions. Beyond Words Vol. I examines the variations in truth commission recommendations across 13 Latin American cases. Insights are provided regarding how the internal dynamics of truth commissions, as well as the political, social and economic …
Examining compliance with domestic human rights bodies: The case of truth commission recommendations
Human rights compliance research neglects recommendations from national human rights institutions and other domestic bodies. In particular, the implementation of recommendations issued by temporary truth commissions remains underexplored. We use data from Skaar et al. (2022a Skaar, E., Wiebelhaus-Brahm, E., & Garcia-Godos, J. (2022a). Exploring truth commission recommendations in a comparative perspective: Beyond Words. Intersentia. [Google Schol…
Syrian diaspora mobilization for prospective transitional justice in the absence of transition
Mobilization for transitional justice typically “deals with the past,” focusing on retrospective attempts to deal with injustices. Little attention has been afforded to such mobilization when prospects for transition and justice are remote. The Syrian diaspora persistently mobilizes for what we call prospective transitional justice despite unfavorable circumstances. This article asks why. First, they have a sense of moral obligation to do so. Sec…
Explaining the timeliness of implementation of truth commission recommendations
Truth commissions are widely seen as important peacebuilding tools partially because they issue recommendations that seek to prompt further justice initiatives to address past abuses and promote institutional reforms that encourage non-repetition. Yet, despite growing interest in truth commissions among academics, policymakers, and activists, little attention has been paid to the recommendations that they outline in their final reports. In this a…
The evolution of funding for the International Criminal Court: Budgets, donors and gender justice
In this article, we introduce a new dataset on financial support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and examine how this support has changed over its two decades of existence. We first consider how the ICC’s overall budget has changed over time. Then, we explore the evolution of support from individual donor governments. In addition, given former Prosecutor Bensouda’s emphasis on the effective investigation and prosecution of sexual and g…
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