From the Ground Up

What Does the Evidence Tell Us About Local Experiences of Transitional Justice

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ID5801974
AuthorsAnna Macdonald (0000-0001-8873-003X, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume1
Issue3
Pages72-121
Publication date2015-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransitional justice review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1929-1973 • E-ISSN: 1929-1973
PublisherUniversity of Western Ontario, Western Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5206/tjr.2015.1.3.4
OpenAlexW2033114662
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited4

Since the early 1990s, transitional justice has established itself as a field of study and practice. Proponents make normative links between transitional justice processes-for example, criminal trials, truth commissions and reparations-and broader societal and systemic outcomes, such as healing, reconciliation, peace and democracy. There is, however, a paucity of evidence on the actual effects and experiences of transitional justice interventions in war affected and fragile places. This paper uses a bibliographic search methodology to pull together the extant evidence on local experiences of transitional justice interventions and finds that local perceptions and experiences of these processes are complex and do not conform with widely-held normative assertions about what transitional justice "ought" to accomplish. The implications for the transitional justice field are examined and recommendations for future research are proposed

Common ground · Transitional justice · Cambodian History and Society · International Law and Human Rights · Political Conflict and Governance

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