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The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of democratization, in which more countries are emerging from deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the question of how societies with a grievous past face issues of accountability and reconciliation. How do societies deal with a past characterized by gross human rights violations? What kinds of processes-judicial as well as non-judicial-are most likely to generate a sense of reconciliation? Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides a systematic and comparative analysis of reconciliation processes in various societies that in recent years have made a transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, or from war to relative peace. Revisiting case studies from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia through a lens of comparative analysis, shedding new light on how societies have dealt with their violent pasts, Roads to Reconciliation is essential reading for both scholars and practitioners concerned with human rights, transitional justice, or peace building.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Part I: Starting Points
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Roads to Reconciliation: A Conceptual Framework
Part 4 Part II: Roads to Reconciliation
Part 5 The UN
Chapter 6 The Second Generation UN-based tribunals: A Diversity of Mixed Jurisdictions
Part 7 Africa
Chapter 8 Healing and Social Reintegration in Mozambique and Angola
Chapter 9 Rwanda: An Atypical Transition
Chapter 10 The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Part 11 Latin America
Chapter 12 Argentina: Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation
Chapter 13 The Salvadorian Truth Commissions of 1979 and 1992
Part 14 Europe and Asia
Chapter 15 Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chapter 16 The Limits of Reconciliation in Cambodia's Communes
Chapter 17 Nahe Biti: Grassroots Reconciliation in East Timor
Part 18 Part III: Reflections
Chapter 19 Justice and Reconciliation
Chapter 20 Coming to Terms with Irreconcilable Truths
Chapter 21 Rule-Based Reconciliation

Product details

Published Mar 22 2005
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 326
ISBN 9798216288336
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Elin Skaar

Anthology Editor

Siri Gloppen

Anthology Editor

Astri Suhrke

Contributor

Howard Adelman

Contributor

Tone Bringa

Contributor

Craig Etcheson

Contributor

Alcinda Honwana

Contributor

Vasuki Nesiah

Contributor

Mohamed Othman

Contributor

Filip Reyntjens

Contributor

William Schabas

Contributor

Daphna Shraga

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