The justice cascade refers to a new global trend of holding political leaders criminally
accountable for past human rights violations through domestic and international …

Transitional justice encompasses a variety of measures devised to overcome legacies of
gross human rights violations and other historical injustices. The spread of international …

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international human rights--
international human rights law, why international human rights have increasingly risen to …

Repression is the act of subduing someone by institutional or physical force. Political
violence is a particular form of repression involving the use of physical force to achieve …

Why do governments abuse human rights, and what can be done to deter and reverse
abusive practices? This article examines the emerging social science on these two …

Transitional justice is a burgeoning field of scholarly inquiry. Yet while the transitional justice
literature is replete with claims about the benefits of criminal trials, too often these claims …

As Michel Foucault has famously stated,'knowledge is not made for understanding; it is
made for cutting'. In this spirit, the Edkins–Vaughan-Williams Interventions series solicits …

Does the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pursuit of justice facilitate peace or prolong
conflict? This paper addresses the “peace versus justice” debate by examining the ICC's …

ABSTRACT The International Criminal Court (icc) aims to promote not only justice, but also
peace. It has been widely criticised for doing neither, yet it has to contend with some severe …

Memories of old conflicts often shape domestic politics long after these conflicts end.
Contemporary debates about past civil wars and/or repressive regimes in different parts of …