Transition Without Transformation

The Legacy of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement

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ID12915329
AuthorsGene Carolan (0000-0002-9681-2358, Technological University Dublin, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume14
Issue2
Pages340-359
Publication date2020-03-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Transitional Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1752-7716 • E-ISSN: 1752-7724
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ijtj/ijaa010
OpenAlexW3035752769
LanguageEN
References cited6

In recent years, the transitional justice framework has expanded to include a broader notion of transformative justice, which strives for socio-political reform in addition to legal accountability. Over the course of two civil wars, Sudan has grappled with various attempts at transition and transformation with mixed results. Though the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement brought an end to decades of North–South conflict, South Sudan’s subsequent descent into civil war has been characterised by a flawed transition and a lack of any immediate transformative potential. This paper analyses the Comprehensive Peace Agreement’s transitional mechanisms. In doing so, it explores how certain mechanisms frame the ‘meta-conflict’ about what the conflict is about, and how this can cut off a range of conflict resolution opportunities. It concludes by considering the legacy of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in contemporary Sudan and South Sudan, and how it might inform the prospective transitions in both countries

Accountability · Agreement · Conflict resolution · Conflict transformation · Economic Justice · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Transformative learning · Transition (genetics · Transitional justice · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Public Administration

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