At the start of the twenty-first century the story of Africa's engagement with international law
was one of marked commitment and meaningful contributions. Africa pioneered new areas …

Scholars have argued for understanding the post-war as a liminal condition in which the war
appears to be over, but where the legacies of war remain contested in everyday spaces and …

This article examines how civil society organisations are able to shape the politics of
knowledge production of truth commissions (TCs). The article argues that their capacity …

This chapter focuses on the question of interpretation and how qualitative research methods
can be used to add value to socio-legal research specifically in the field of transitional …

This dissertation examines how the wartime experiences of civic leaders affect post-conflict
democratization. Although international donors funnel millions of dollars in aid to local civil …

Truth commissions curate ubiquitous truths about atrocities and represent an official
intervention that reorders known, intimate, and embodied violence through the officialising …

Building a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the limits of transitional justice
theory in historically understudied regions, this innovative book proposes a new concept of …

There is a significant and compelling body of work on transitional justice that encourages
scholars, practitioners and policymakers to rethink the field's assumptions about how best to …

Twenty years ago, Silver and Dowley called for the disaggregation of survey responses,
showing there were vast and statistically significant differences between ethnic majorities …

This dissertation analyzes the institutional frameworks that allowed for alternative sites of
socialization outside of the parameters of the Franco regime, 1939–1975. This time period …