Managing Testimony and Administrating Victims - Colombia's Transitional Scenario under the Justice and Peace Act

This book analyzes the implementation of Law 975 in Colombia, known as the Justice and Peace Law, and proposes a critical view of the transitional scenario in Colombia from 2005 onwards. The author analyzes three aspects of the law: 1) The process of negotiation with paramilitary groups; 2) The constitution of the Group Memoria Histórica (Historic Memory) in Colombia and 3) The process of a 2007 law that was finally not passed. The book contains interviews with key actors in the justice and peace process in Colombia. The author analyses the contradictions, tensions, ambiguities and paradoxes that define the practices of such actors. This book highlights that a critical view of this kind of transitional scenario is indispensable to determine steps towards a just and peaceful society.

List of contents

1. The Origins of Victimization and the Administration of War in Colombia .- 2. Justice and Peace in times of Impunity and War .- 3. Voice, Testimony, Truth, and Memory .- 4. Maintaining Exclusion .- 5. Conclusion.

About the author

Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Andes, Colombia. He holds an MA in Social Anthropology and a PhD in Social Sciences. His research focuses on the intersections of body, suffering, and political violence. Aranguren is author of Cuerpos al límite: tortura, subjetividad y memoria en Colombia ( 2016) and Las inscripciones de la guerra en el cuerpo de los jóvenes combatientes (2011). 

Summary

This book analyzes the implementation of Law 975 in Colombia, known as the Justice and Peace Law, and proposes a critical view of the transitional scenario in Colombia from 2005 onwards. The author analyzes three aspects of the law: 1) The process of negotiation with paramilitary groups; 2) The constitution of the Group Memoria Histórica (Historic Memory) in Colombia and 3) The process of a 2007 law that was finally not passed. The book contains interviews with key actors in the justice and peace process in Colombia. The author analyses the contradictions, tensions, ambiguities and paradoxes that define the practices of such actors. This book highlights that a critical view of this kind of transitional scenario is indispensable to determine steps towards a just and peaceful society.

Product details

• Authors: Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319458946
• ISBN: 978-3-31-945894-6
• No. of pages: 130
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 218 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Illustrations: XV, 130 p.
• Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice; Memory Politics and Transitional Justice
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; C, Peace, Conflict Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Politics & government, Political Science and International Studies, Peace studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Latin America—Politics and government, South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin America, Latin American Politics, International humanitarian law, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Public international law: humanitarian law, Colombia;Justice;Peace;Conflict;Testimony;Victims