Identities In Transition: Challenges For Transitional Justice In Divided Societies

In many societies, histories of exclusion, racism, and nationalist violence often create divisions so deep that finding a way to deal with the atrocities of the past seems nearly impossible. These societies face difficult practical questions about how to devise new state and civil society institutions that will respond to massive or systematic violations of human rights, recognize victims, and prevent the recurrence of abuse. Identities in Transition: Challenges for Transitional Justice in Divided Societies brings together a rich group of international researchers and practitioners who, for the first time, examine transitional justice through an "identity" lens. They tackle ways that transitional justice can act as a means of political learning across communities; foster citizenship, trust, and recognition; and break down harmful myths and stereotypes, as steps toward meeting the difficult challenges for transitional justice in divided societies. 9781107616202 1107616204 392 Law NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=vTQ3ngEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Paige Arthur
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Jan 02, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 392 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1107616204
• • ISBN-13: 9781107616202