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This book explores the practical and theoretical opportunities as well as the challenges raised by the expansion of transitional justice into new and 'aparadigmatic' cases.
List of contents
Introduction: Transitional Justice in Aparadigmatic Contexts Tine Destrooper, Line Engbo Gissel and Kerstin Bree Carlson 1. Diasporic and Domestic: Leveraging Criminal Accountability for Transitional Justice in the Middle East Noha Aboueldahab 2. Overcoming the Justice Impasse in Syria Brigitte Herremans and Veronica Bellintani 3. Imagining Transitional Justice in Turkey’s Ongoing Kurdish Conflict Nisan Alıcı 4. Transitional Justice in Afghanistan: A Hegemonic Power Discourse Huma Saeed 5. Unable to See the Forest for the Trees: Transitional Justice and the United States of America Brianne McGonigle Leyh 6. Transitional Justice in the North Atlantic: The Greenland Reconciliation Commission and the Role of Political Authority Line Engbo Gissel 7. Transitional Justice and the British Military in Iraq Thomas Obel Hanssen 8. Divergent Ambitions: Bracketing the Disruptive Potential of Transitional Justice in Belgium Tine Destrooper 9. Transitional Justice for European Terror Actors: Disrupting Europe’s Security/Rights Terror Law Impasse Kerstin Bree Carlson 10. Addressing the Legacies of the Past: Historical Commissions in Consolidated Democracies Cira Pallí-Asperó 11. Theorising Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflict Stephen Winter Concluding Remarks Tine Destrooper and Par Engstrom
About the author
Tine Destrooper is Associate Professor at the Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium.
Line Engbo Gissel is Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Denmark.
Kerstin Bree Carlson is Associate Professor at Roskilde University and The American University of Paris.
Summary
This book explores the practical and theoretical opportunities as well as the challenges raised by the expansion of transitional justice into new and ‘aparadigmatic’ cases.
