The fall of dictatorial regimes and the eruption of destructive civil conflicts around the world
have led to calls for holding individuals accountable for human rights atrocities. This book …

Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) have in increasing numbers injected unexpected
voices into international discourse about numerous problems of global scope. Especially …

Bartering away justice for political results, albeit in the pursuit of peace is the goal of most
political leaders who seek to end conflicts or facilitate transitions to non-tyrannical regimes …

As the United Nations passes its fiftieth anniversary, it has undergone a sea change in its
approach toward peacekeeping. Originally a stopgap measure to preserve a cease-fire …

Responses to collective violence lurch among rhetorics of history (truth) theology
(forgiveness) justice (punishment, compensation, deterrence) therapy (healing), art …

Implementing International Humanitarian Law examines the international humanitarian law
rules and their application by the ad hoc tribunals with regard to the substantive laws of the …

Truth, Denial and Transition: Northern Ireland and the Contested Past makes a unique and
timely contribution to the transitional justice field. In contrast to the focus on truth and those …

This thesis uses mass graves as a lens through which to examine how people in
contemporary Cambodia use the Khmer Rouge period (1975–1979) to reconstitute and re …

This article assesses the utility of victim participation in the trials before the Extraordinary
Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, in fostering reconciliation and realizing restorative …

This chapter draws largely from research on the judicial purges of former East German
officials in unified Germany after 1990, which highlight particularly well how inappropriate …