In 2010, Jamaican police and military forces entered the West Kingston community of Tivoli
Gardens to apprehend Christopher “Dudus” Coke, who had been ordered for extradition to …

Departing from a consideration of Jacob Dlamini's book, Native Nostalgia, this essay
critically reviews the conceptual terrain implied by “nostalgia,” re-situating it in relation to …

Since the 2000s, Tanzania has witnessed the return in the public sphere of a reconfigured
version of Ujamaa as a set of moral principles embodied in the figure of the first president of …

One of the most remarkable recent trends in the field of transitional justice is undoubtedly the
rise of 'truth commissions'. With this trend, history moves centre stage in the ethico-political …

Following unprecedented violence in 2007/8, Kenya introduced two classic transitional
justice mechanisms: a truth commission and international criminal proceedings. Both are …

Whether or not wrongdoers show remorse and how they show remorse are matters that
attract great interest both in law and in popular culture. In capital trials in the United States, it …

This article examines the complex, inherently political, and often contradictory processes of
truth-finding, history-telling, and formation of collective memory through transitional justice. It …

Abstract Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is tasked with facing the
hundred-year history of Indian Residential Schools. The South African Truth and …

A fine-grained ethnography exploring the sociopolitical power of Kurdish women's voices in
contemporary Turkey.“Raise your voice!” and “Speak up!” are familiar refrains that assume …

Issues of transitional justice are central to countries moving away from identity-based
conflict. Research tends to focus on the most well-known forms of transitional justice, like …