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This book examines the hypothesis that transitional justice interventions that strive to address historical injustices perpetrated by violence, conflict and entrenched by socio-political impunity, can initiate preventive measures against electoral violence through redress, accountability and institutional reforms.
List of contents
Introduction
Elias O. Opongo and Tim Murithi
1 Election Financing and Violence: Implication for Transitional Justice in Nigeria, Kenya and Sierra Leone
Elias O. Opongo
2 Media and Electoral Violence in Kenya and Nigeria: Holding Journalists Accountable in Transitional Justice Processes
Joseph Olusegun Adebayo
3 Electoral Systems, Election Outcomes and Legal Frameworks: A Challenge to Transitional Justice Process in South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda
C.A. Mumma-Martinon
4 Youth and Electoral Violence in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Establishing Political Accountability in Transitional Justice contexts
Patrick Hajayandi
5 Women in Politics: Gender, Security and Transitional Justice in Electoral Processes in Africa
Lanoi Maloiy
6 Electoral Observation and Transitional Justice in Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Zimbabwe and Angola
Clever Chikwanda
7 The International Criminal Court and Electoral Justice in Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire
Elias O. Opongo
8 Transitional Justice and the Mitigation of Electoral Violence through Amani Mashinani Model in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Susan Mbula Kilonzo
9 Electoral Processes as Platforms for Transitional Justice: Rethinking Governance Systems in Africa
Tim Murithi
Conclusion: Elections, Transitional Justice and the Way Forward
Tim Murithi and Elias O. Opongo
Index
Summary
This book examines the hypothesis that transitional justice interventions that strive to address historical injustices perpetrated by violence, conflict and entrenched by socio-political impunity, can initiate preventive measures against electoral violence through redress, accountability and institutional reforms.
