Transitional justice : global mechanisms and local realities after genocide and mass violence
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Transitional justice : global mechanisms and local realities after genocide and mass violence
（Genocide, political violence, human rights series）
Rutgers University Press, 2011, c2010
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"The origins of this project date back to a 2007 symposium, "Local Justice: Global Mechanisms and Local Meanings in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity," held at Rutgers University-Newark" -- p. ix
"A version of (In)Justice: truth, reconciliation, and revenge in Rwanda's Gacaca by Jennie E. Burnet was previously published as The injustice of local justice: truth, reconciliation, and revenge in Rwanda in Genocide studies and prevention 3, no. 2 (2008): 173-193" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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How do societies come to terms with the aftermath of genocide and mass violence, and how might the international community contribute to this process? Recently, transitional justice mechanisms such as tribunals and truth commissions have emerged as a favored means of redress. Transitional Justice, the first edited collection in anthropology focused directly on this issue, argues that, however well-intentioned, transitional justice needs to more deeply grapple with the complexities of global and transnational involvements and the local on-the-ground realities with which they intersect.Contributors consider what justice means and how it is negotiated in different localities where transitional justice efforts are underway after genocide and mass atrocity. They address a variety of mechanisms, among them, a memorial site in Bali, truth commissions in Argentina and Chile, First Nations treaty negotiations in Canada, violent youth groups in northern Nigeria, the murder of young women in post-conflict Guatemala, and the gacaca courts in Rwanda.
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