The Dynamics of Transitional Justice draws on the case of East Timor in order to reassess how transitional justice mechanisms actually play out at the local level. Transitional justice mechanisms – including trials and truth commissions – have become firmly entrenched as part of the United Nations `tool-kit´ for successful post-conflict recovery. It is now commonly assumed that by establishing individual accountability for human rights violations, and initiating truth-seeking and reconciliation programs, individuals and societies will be assisted to `come to terms´ with the violent past and states will make the `transition´ to peaceful, stable liberal democracies. Set against the backdrop of East Timor´s referendum and the widespread violence of 1999, this book interrogates the gap between the official claims made for transitional justice and local expectations. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including extensive in-depth interviews with victims/survivors, community leaders and other actors, it produces a nuanced and critical account of the complex interplay between internationally-sponsored trials and truth commissions, national justice agendas and local priorities. The Dynamics of Transitional Justice fills a significant gap in the existing social science literature on transitional justice, and offers new insights for researchers and practitioners alike.
Introduction: The Global Celebration of Transitional Justice and the East Timor Reality; Chapter One: Interrogating `Transition´ and `Justice´; Chapter Two: Stability versus Retributive Justice: Unpacking the UN´s East Timor `Success Story´; Chapter Three: The Serious Crimes Process and the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation: Justice Possibilities and Impossibilities; Chapter Four: National Unity, Collective Struggle and the Future: the East Timorese Leadership´s Narratives of Justice and Nation-Building; Chapter Five: Local Narratives of (In)Justice: Recognition, Retribution and Economic Assistance; Chapter Six: Local Memory Practices and the Emerging Politics of Victims´ Rights; Chapter Seven: Rethinking Transitional Justice; Bibliography
The Dynamics of Transitional Justice draws on the case of East Timor in order to reassess how internationally-sponsored transitional justice mechanisms actually play out at the local level.
Über den Autor
Lia Kent is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of International, Political and Strategic Studies at the Australian National University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: The Global Celebration of Transitional Justice and the East Timor Reality; Chapter One: Interrogating `Transition¿ and `Justice¿; Chapter Two: Stability versus Retributive Justice: Unpacking the UN¿s East Timor `Success Story¿; Chapter Three: The Serious Crimes Process and the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation: Justice Possibilities and Impossibilities; Chapter Four: National Unity, Collective Struggle and the Future: the East Timorese Leadership¿s Narratives of Justice and Nation-Building; Chapter Five: Local Narratives of (In)Justice: Recognition, Retribution and Economic Assistance; Chapter Six: Local Memory Practices and the Emerging Politics of Victims¿ Rights; Chapter Seven: Rethinking Transitional Justice; Bibliography
Klappentext
The Dynamics of Transitional Justice draws on the case of East Timor in order to reassess how internationally-sponsored transitional justice mechanisms actually play out at the local level.
