There is a growing body of comparative research that seeks to produce empirical evidence
and, thereby, contribute to policy debates on the relative merits of truth commissions …

Truth telling has come to play a pivotal role in postconflict reconciliation processes around
the world. A common claim is that truth telling is healing and will lead to reconciliation. The …

More than twenty years after the fall of communism, many countries in Central and Eastern
Europe are still seeking truth and justice for the repression suffered under communist rule …

Diverse in many respects, one unifying element of research on transitional justice (TJ)
concerns the fact that predicted outcomes of these processes are normatively appealing; …

No systematic study has examined the effect of post-conflict justice on the duration of peace
on a global basis. This paper attempts to fill that void by building on a newly constructed …

State repression is a common tool used by autocrats, and to understand how the
implementation of repression unfolds, I develop a theory with two key features. First …

Written by a distinguished scholar, this book explores themes of culture, identity, and power
as they relate to conceptions of practice in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Among the …

Why are certain responses to past human rights violations considered instances of
transitional justice while others are disregarded? This study interrogates the history of the …

After atrocities, disappearances, and other human rights violations, the dictatorship in
Authoritania falls, and a new democratic regime takes power, changing the country's name …

In an era of democratic backsliding, scholars and policymakers wonder if failure to reckon
with former authoritarian elites and their collaborators plays a role. Yet without adequate …