Volume 11 : 1
Editorial: Critical Issues in Transitional Justice – A Sisyphean Exercise
Examining the Criticisms Levelled against Transitional Justice: Towards an Understanding of the State of the Field
After Things Fall Apart: Challenges for Transitional Justice Futures
Failing Victims? The Limits of Transitional Justice in Addressing the Needs of Victims of Violations
Reparations in Transitional Justice: Justice or Political Compromise?
Rethinking Post-Truth Commissions: Empowering Local Capacities to Shape the Post-Truth Commission Discourse
The Socialisation of Transitional Justice: Expanding Justice Theories within the Field
Localised Justice and Structural Transformation: How New Approaches to Transitional Justice Pull in Different Directions
The Enduring Colonial Legacies of Land Dispossessions and the Evolving Property Rights Legal Discourses: Whither Transitional Justice?
Editorial: Critical Issues in Transitional Justice – A Sisyphean Exercise
Examining the Criticisms Levelled against Transitional Justice: Towards an Understanding of the State of the Field
After Things Fall Apart: Challenges for Transitional Justice Futures
Failing Victims? The Limits of Transitional Justice in Addressing the Needs of Victims of Violations
Reparations in Transitional Justice: Justice or Political Compromise?
Rethinking Post-Truth Commissions: Empowering Local Capacities to Shape the Post-Truth Commission Discourse
The Socialisation of Transitional Justice: Expanding Justice Theories within the Field
Localised Justice and Structural Transformation: How New Approaches to Transitional Justice Pull in Different Directions
The Enduring Colonial Legacies of Land Dispossessions and the Evolving Property Rights Legal Discourses: Whither Transitional Justice?
Year
2017
Volume
11
Number
1
Page
7
Language
English
Court
Reference
J. SARKIN en T. DAVI, “Examining the Criticisms Levelled against Transitional Justice: Towards an Understanding of the State of the Field”, HRILD 2017, nr. 1, 7-22
Recapitulation
Transitional justice (TJ) is a relatively new field of study. Since at least the late 1980s and early 1990s it has established itself both academically and as an area of practice. It is, however, much older in origin, as is explored in the article. That and many other issues in the field are contested. This article therefore examines some of the criticisms and disputes within TJ. It argues that almost every aspect and every component of every TJ mechanism in every place has been the subject of criticism and differences of opinion to varying degrees. The article focuses on general issues relating to TJ, such as what it is and where it comes from, and provides a general overview of some of the issues relating to TJ processes and mechanisms. The article draws upon a number of country-specific examples; however, the aim is not to respond to the question of how TJ has unfolded in the many nations around the world where it has occurred. Instead, general critiques are surveyed to determine what these criticisms are.
