Transitional Justice in Peacebuilding Actor-Contingent and Malleable Justice Contemporary Security Studies Series
Auteur : Ostowar Djeyhoun
This book explores the role of actors in determining transitional justice in peacebuilding contexts.
In recent decades, transitional justice mechanisms and processes have been introduced to a variety of settings, becoming widely regarded as essential elements in the ?peacebuilding toolbox?. While it has increasingly been suggested that transitional justice is imposed by neo-imperial actors with little regard for the needs and cultures of local populations, evidence suggests that dismissing these policies as neo-imperial or neo-liberal impositions would result in grossly overlooking their dynamics, which involve a whole range of relevant actors operating at multiple levels. This book interrogates this theme through empirical analysis of three sites of peacebuilding that have seen extensive international involvement: Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan. It proposes a novel framework for analysing and approaching transitional justice in peacebuilding that disaggregates three broad sets of actors operating at different levels in relevant processes: external actors (international and regional levels), transitional justice promoters (local, national, international and transnational levels), and transitional regimes (national and local levels). The book argues that transitional justice in peacebuilding must be conceived of as actor-contingent and malleable due to the significance of agency and (inter)actions of key categories of actors throughout peacebuilding transition.
This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of transitional justice, peacebuilding, law, and International Relations.
1. Introduction: Liberal Peace and Justice? 2. An Actor-Centred Analytical Framework 3. Kosovo: Multilayered Accountability 4. Parallel Justice for East Timor 5. The Near-Absence of Justice in Afghanistan 6.Conclusion: Actor-Contingent and Malleable Justice
Djeyhoun Ostowar is a diplomat at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has a PhD in War Studies from King's College London, UK.
Date de parution : 05-2022
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Date de parution : 11-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Transitional Justice in Peacebuilding :
Mots-clés :
Transitional Justice; East Timor; Transitional Regime; liberal peacebuilding; Key External Actors; external actors; East Timorese; Afghanistan; Transitional Justice Measures; Kosovo; Transitional Justice Policies; Peacebuilding Contexts; malleable justice; External Imposition; actor-centred framework; KLA Member; Liberal peace; Civil Society; Kosovo Albanian Delegation; Peacebuilding transition; NATO Bombing; Transitional justice mechanisms; Kosovo Albanian; Actor-centred analytical framework; Ad Hoc Human Rights Court; International Humanitarian Law; War Crimes Cases; Loya Jirga; Crimes Process; ICTY’s Indictment; NATO Military Intervention; Bonn Agreement; NATO Force