A no-excuse approach to transitional justice: Reparations as tools of extraordinary justice.
by Gray, David C.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) 87 Washington University Law Review. (forthcoming) It is sometimes the case that a debate goes off the rails so early that riders assume the rough country around them is the natural backdrop for their travels. That is certainly true in the debate over reparations in transitions...
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The role of traditional justice in Uganda, given Rwanda’s experience of gacaca.
by Fiechter, Jean-Rodolphe W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) ExpressO. On 24 July 2009, the Rwandan government announced “that it will stop taking new gacaca cases as of 31 July 2009 and that it intends to wind down gacaca operations within five months†. While the Rwandan experiment with modernized traditional justice,...
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International idealism meets domestic-criminal-procedure realism.
by Burke-White, William W
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Scholarship at Penn Law. Paper 272. Though international criminal justice has developed into a flourishing judicial system over the last two decades, scholars have neglected institutional design and procedure questions. International criminal-procedure scholarship has developed...
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Restoration but also more justice.
by Bibas, Stephanos
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Scholarship at Penn Law. Paper 262. The problem, though, is restorative justice’s megalomaniacal ambition to sweep away the traditional goals and processes of criminal justice instead of merely supplementing them. To restorative justice advocates, retribution for...
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Restorative justice in education.
by Dickson, Stella
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Community Based Learning and Research. Fort Lewis College. The purpose of this project was to examine the juvenile justice system in the state of Colorado and to explore the application of restorative justice in the educational system. Durango High School (DHS) was the primary...
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Hybridity, holism, and “traditional” justice: The case of the Gacaca courts in post-genocide Rwanda.
by Clark, Phil
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) George Washington International Law Review. 39:765-837. This article clarifies the genesis and operation of the Rwandan system of gacaca, which is also embedded within a hybrid structure or responding to mass crimes, situating it within the broader realm of transitional justice....
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A victim’s voice: Victim impact statements in Victoria.
by Victims Support Agency
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Melbourne: Department of Justice. VIS legislation has been in operation since 1994 and it is timely to consider whether the legislative aims are being realised. The Attorney-General, the Honourable Rob Hulls MP, directed the Victims Support Agency (VSA), Department of Justice...
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Returning to the practices of our ancestors? Reconsidering Indigenous justice and the emergence of restorative justice.
by Richards, Kelly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) In, Margerie Segrave, ed., Critical Criminology Conference. Conference proceedings Australian and New Zealand Criminology Conference. School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University. pp.182-193. Restorative practices have often been considered both as emerging from the...
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Integrating restorative approaches in victim’s compensation and assistance.
by Kirchengast, Tyrone
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) In, Margerie Segrave, ed., Critical Criminology Conference. Conference proceedings Australian and New Zealand Criminology Conference. School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University. pp. 122-131. This paper provides a critical assessment of the legislation establishing...
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School-based programs to reduce bullying and victimization.
by Farrington, David P
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Campbell Systematic Reviews. Oslo: Campbell Colaboration. This report presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of programs designed to reduce school bullying perpetration and victimization (i.e. being bullied). The authors indicate the pitfalls of...
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Restorative justice: Restores power to communities.
by Earle, Ronnie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) Tikkun. 24(5): 18-19,75-78. Ronnie Earle reflects on the book “Dreams from the Monster Factor” and his own related...
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Responding to intercommunal conflict – what can restorative justice offer?
by Verity, Fiona
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Community Development Journal. 43(4):470-482. Restorative justice as popularly conceived is intertwined with ‘community’. Building trust within ‘communities’, restoring damaged social and interpersonal relations, widening the ways in which conflict and...
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Reparations, justice theories and Stolen Generations.
by Buti, Antonio
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) University of Western Australia Law Review. 34:168-189. Reparation measures for historical injustices have generated debate and criticism. This article explores the theoretical underpinnings for the awarding of reparations particularly in relation to the ‘Stolen...
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Reparations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and reparative justice theory.
by McCarthy, Conor
June 4, 2015
Source: (2009) The International Journal of Transitional Justice. 3:250-271. Modern theories of ‘reparative justice’ have substantial ambitions for the project of criminal justice and, in particular, the relationship between victims and a criminal justice system. These theories...
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The Nairobi Declaration: Redefining reparations for women victims of sexual violence.
by Couillard, Valérie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) International Journal of Transitional Justice. 1:444-453. This paper explores the contribution of the ‘Nairobi Declaration on the Right of Women and Girls to a Remedy and Reparation’ to the problem of delivering justice through reparation programmes for women...
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