Stabilising the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa
Stabilising the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa

Author: Victor Gervais

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-08-28

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 3030252299

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This book examines the changing dynamics of stabilisation efforts in the Middle East and North Africa. Written by recognised scholars and practitioners in the field, this volume provides a rich overview of the broader spectrum of stabilisation. The topics range from a comprehensive set of lessons learned in Afghanistan and Iraq to transitional justice and reconciliation efforts in Tunisia and international attempts to protect the region’s cultural heritage. Ultimately, this edited collection presents a comprehensive look at the attempts to increase stability in the MENA region.

New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice
New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice

Author: Arnaud Kurze

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0253039932

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Since the 1980s, transitional justice mechanisms have been increasingly applied to account for mass atrocities and grave human rights violations throughout the world. Over time, post-conflict justice practices have expanded across continents and state borders and have fueled the creation of new ideas that go beyond traditional notions of amnesty, retribution, and reconciliation. Gathering work from contributors in international law, political science, sociology, and history, New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice addresses issues of space and time in transitional justice studies. It explains new trends in responses to post-conflict and post-authoritarian nations and offers original empirical research to help define the field for the future.

Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring
Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring

Author: Kirsten J. Fisher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-03-24

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1135984816

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This book presents a varied and critical picture of how the Arab Spring demands a re-examination and re-conceptualization of issues of transitional justice. It demonstrates how unique features of this wave of revolutions and popular protests that have swept the Arab world since December 2010 give rise to distinctive concerns and problems relative to transitional justice. The contributors explore how these issues in turn add fresh perspective and nuance to the field more generally. In so doing, it explores fundamental questions of social justice, reconstruction and healing in the context of the Arab Spring. Including the perspectives of academics and practitioners, Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring will be of considerable interest to those working on the politics of the Middle East, normative political theory, transitional justice, international law, international relations and human rights.

Transitional Justice in the Twenty-First Century
Transitional Justice in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-09-14

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1139458655

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Dealing with the aftermath of civil conflict or the fall of a repressive government continues to trouble countries throughout the world. Whereas much of the 1990s was occupied with debates concerning the relative merits of criminal prosecutions and truth commissions, by the end of the decade a consensus emerged that this either/or approach was inappropriate and unnecessary. A second generation of transitional justice experiences have stressed both truth and justice and recognize that a single method may inadequately serve societies rebuilding after conflict or dictatorship. Based on studies in ten countries, this book analyzes how some combine multiple institutions, others experiment with community-level initiatives that draw on traditional law and culture, whilst others combine internal actions with transnational or international ones. The authors argue that transitional justice efforts must also consider the challenges to legitimacy and local ownership emerging after external military intervention or occupation.

Transitional Justice in Balance
Transitional Justice in Balance

Author: Tricia D. Olsen

Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781601270535

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In the first project of its kind to compare multiple mechanisms and combinations of mechanisms across regions, countries, and time, Transitional Justice in Balance: Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy systematically analyzes the claims made in the literature using a vast array of data, which the authors have assembled in the Transitional Justice Data Base.

Transitional Justice, Culture, and Society
Transitional Justice, Culture, and Society

Author: Clara Ramirez-Barat

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780911400021

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"Transitional justice processes have a fundamental public dimension: their impact depends in part on the social support they receive. Beyond outreach programs, other initiatives, such as media and cultural interventions, can strengthen--or in some cases undermine--the public resonance of transitional justice. How can media and art be used to engage society in discussions around accountability? How do media influence social perceptions and attitudes toward the legacy of the past? To what extent is social engagement in the public sphere necessary to advance the political transformation that transitional justice measures hope to promote? Examining the roles that culture and society play in transitional justice contexts, this volume focuses on the ways in which communicative practices can raise public awareness of and reflection upon the legacies of mass abuse." -- Publisher's description.

Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice
Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice

Author: Hugo Van der Merwe

Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1601270364

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In Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice, fourteen leading researchers study seventy countries that have suffered from autocratic rule, genocide, and protracted internal conflict.

Transitional Justice
Transitional Justice

Author: Neil J. Kritz

Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9781878379436

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Traditional Justice and Reconciliation After Violent Conflict
Traditional Justice and Reconciliation After Violent Conflict

Author: Lucien Huyse

Publisher: International IDEA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789185724284

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This book presents the findings of a major comparative study examining the role played by traditional justice mechanisms in dealing with the legacy of violent conflict in Africa. It focuses on case studies of five countries -- Rwanda, Mozambique, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Burundi - that are used as the basis for outlining conclusions and options for future policy development in the related areas of post-conflict reconstruction, democracy building and development. "Traditional Justice & Reconciliation After Violent Conflict" suggests that in some circumstances traditional mechanisms can effectively complement conventional judicial systems and represent a real potential for promoting justice, reconciliation and a culture of democracy. At the same time it cautions against unrealistic expectations of traditional structures and offers a sober, evidence-based assessment of both the strengths and the weaknesses of traditional conflict management mechanisms within the broader framework of post-conflict social reconstruction efforts. The book is intended to serve both as a general knowledge resource and as a practitioner's guide for national bodies seeking to employ traditional justice mechanisms, as well as external agencies aiming to support such processes.

Political Change in the Middle East and North Africa
Political Change in the Middle East and North Africa

Author: Inmaculada Szmolka

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2017-06-29

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 1474415296

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Taking a comparative approach, this book considers the ways in which political regimes have changed since the Arab Spring. It addresses a series of questions about political change in the context of the revolutions, upheavals and protests that have taken place in North Africa and the Arab Middle East since December 2010, and looks at the various processes have been underway in the region: democratisation (Tunisia), failed democratic transitions (Egypt, Libya and Yemen), political liberalisation (Morocco) and increased authoritarianism (Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria). In other countries, in contrast to these changes, the authoritarian regimes remain intact (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Arab United Emirates.