In the Shadow of Transitional Justice - Cross-national Perspectives on the Transformative Potential of Remembrance

This book bridges two different research fields and the current debates within them: calls to make the doctrine and practice of justice more transformative, and studies that look closely at meaningful silences to make sense of what nations leave out when they remember their pasts.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Spotlights and shadows: Revisiting the scope of transitional justice
Guy Elcheroth and Neloufer De Mel
Part I: Commemoration as Celebration
2 Celebrating the end of apartheid
Tim Murithi
3 Commemorating genocide in Rwanda
Erin Jessee
4 Victory celebration and the unmaking of diversity in post-war Sri Lanka
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Part II: Forgotten Issues
5 Social justice and the persistence of racialized segregation
Kevin Durrheim and Amy Jo Murray
6 Intergenerational justice
Esther Surenthiraraj
7 Non-citizens' rights: Xenophobia, nationalism and struggle post transition
Philippa Kerr and John Dixon
Part III: Forgotten Actors
8 Diaspora communities in transitional justice: A hidden presence
Stephan Parmentier, Mina Rauschenbach and Laura Hein
9 Rural women and their access to the law: Gendering the promise of postwar justice
Neloufer De Mel and Danushka Medawatte
10 Former combatants: Assessing their reintegration ten years after the end of war
Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek and Viyanga Gunasekera
Part IV: Forgotten Resources
11 Constructive resistance and the importance of not knowing in transitional justice
Briony Jones
12 Inclusive narratives of suffering
Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Michelle Sinayobye Twali and Sumedha Jayakody
13 How crowds transfom identities
Yasemin Gülsüm Acar and Stephen Reicher
14 Collective resilience
Sandra Penic, John Drury and Zacharia Bady
Conclusion
15 On the futures of reckoning with the past
Neloufer De Mel and Guy Elcheroth

Summary

This book bridges two different research fields and the current debates within them: calls to make the doctrine and practice of justice more transformative, and studies that look closely at meaningful silences to make sense of what nations leave out when they remember their pasts.

Product details

• Assisted by: Neloufer De Mel (Editor), Guy Elcheroth (Editor), Elcheroth Guy (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032128351
• ISBN: 978-1-032-12835-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 420 g
• Series: Europa Perspectives in Transitional Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Criminal law: procedure and offences