Transitional Justice in the Age of Social Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12915271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Vinck (0000-0002-2137-1578, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 105-112 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Transitional Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-7716 • E-ISSN: 1752-7724 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ijtj/ijy034 |
| OpenAlex | W2911876075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
At 9:00 a.m. EST on Saturday, 17 November 2018, news of the surrender of Alfred Yékatom by the authorities of the Central African Republic (CAR) to the International Criminal Court (ICC) began to emerge on Twitter. Yékatom, a warlord turned deputy of the CAR National Assembly, is the first person to face prosecution in the investigation of alleged crimes by the Séléka, an alliance of mostly Muslim militias, and by the largely Christian militia alliance Anti-Balaka. Since 2012, the conflict between the two alliances and related sectarian violence have resulted in thousands of deaths and left hundreds of thousands displaced.1 Yékatom is suspected of commanding around 3,000 combatants within the Anti-Balaka movement and is allegedly responsible for serious violations of international law, including crimes against humanity and war crimes against the civil population, especially Muslims.2 The first tweet, posted before any official statement by the CAR authorities or the ICC, was followed by hundreds of tweets in the following two weeks. Most simply relayed and reposted news media reports and official statements. Others debated the importance of the transfer or its contribution to fighting impunity, or argued about the low level of responsibility of Yékatom compared to others who remain largely immune from prosecution. Others discussed the links between the ICC prosecution and the work of the newly created Special Criminal Court (Cour Pénale Spéciale, or CPS), a hybrid tribunal integrated into the CAR justice system
Alliance · Crimes against humanity · Criminology · Economic Justice · Human rights · Impunity · International law · Political science · Population · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Surrender · Tribunal · War crime · European and International Law Studies · International Law and Human Rights · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |