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This book provides an in-depth analysis of transitional justice process in Nepal. Drawing on interviews with a diverse range of stakeholders, including victims, ex-combatants, community members, human rights advocates and journalists, it reveals the differing viewpoints TJ and other post-conflict issues in Nepal.
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Yvette Selim is a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include transitional justice, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, human rights, health, and development.
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This book provides an in-depth analysis of transitional justice process in Nepal. Drawing on interviews with a diverse range of stakeholders, including victims, ex-combatants, community members, human rights advocates and journalists, it reveals the differing viewpoints TJ and other post-conflict issues in Nepal.
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Transitional justice has been a growth area of peace research in recent years, but few studies are as original or as engagingly written as this. The case study of Nepal, valuable in itself, stimulates fresh perpsectives on TJ not only in the Asia Pacific region but more broadly and importantly, points the way to understanding approaches to more flexible and context sensitive models of TJ in general.
Tom Woodhouse, Emeritus Professor, Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford, UK.
In this brilliant analysis of transitional justice processes in Nepal, Yvette Selim challenges scholars and practitioners to rethink conventional assumptions regarding the meaning of victimhood and the role of truth commissions in framing the politics of post-conflict reconciliation. Based on meticulous research, Selim offers a gripping account that explains how transitional justice practices are influenced by complex relationships among those designated as official victims, ex-combatants, peace committees, NGOs, international organizations, and local political actors. This book is a must read for those interested in truth commissions, the politics of post-conflict reconciliation, and the theory and practice of transitional justice.
Bronwyn Leebaw, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Global Studies, University of California, Riverside, US.
