The cultural context of restorative justice: Journeys though our cultural forests to a well-spring of healing.
by Hamlin, Jack B.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. Published onlien DOI 10.1007/s11196-012-9295-4 In the field of Conflict Transformation, Restorative Justice (RJ) is often perceived as a transformative process focused on healing relationships after a specific harm. The parties...
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Finding justice amidst the rubble: Restorative interventions in post-war contexts.
by Stauffer, Carl
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Unpublished paper In its best form, Transitional Justice should be restorative in nature. The field of Restorative Justice as an academic discipline and as a global practice movement is relatively young (early 1970s) with its contemporary origins rooted in experiments in...
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Closing Guantanamo Bay Detention Center: A restorative option?
by Stauffer, Carl
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Unpublished paper The Guantanamo Bay Detention Center represents a grave clash of justices. In real time, the post-violence transitional politics of accountability, protection, vindication and healing are untidy at best and deeply conflictual at worst. After the exposure of...
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Community reconciliation: Reconstructing self & others in harmony. A reintegration training package for ex-combatants & the war-affected.
by Stauffer, Carl
June 4, 2015
Source: (-0001) Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. The training manual you have in your hands is intended to be an innovative tool for both facilitators and participants, who are interested in the re-integration process of persons affected by war violence – whether...
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“Narrating the spirit of justice”
by Stauffer, Carl
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Chapter published in South African Law Journal: Acta Juridica , Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Juta Press Ltd. This paper argues that dichotomous thinking of this kind imposes artificial categorisations on the realities of human existence, inter-relationship, and...
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Reconciliation: Reweaving a social fabric that heals.
by Stauffer, Carl
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) A Matter of Spirit, a newsletter of the Inter-community Peace and Justice Center, No. 92, Fall, . In the market place of ideas, the concepts and language of reconciliation have become quite popularized and at the same time diluted. Coming out of the turmoil of the South African...
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Peace building through restorative dialogue and consensus building after the TEPCO Fukushima 1st nuclear reactor disaster.
by Ishihara, Akiko
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics. 22(3):111-117. Firstly, in the areas affected by the Earthquake and on 11 March 2011 and the following nuclear disaster, numerous conflicts and the destruction of many human relationships have taken place. Any large-scale...
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An evaluation of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) through the lens of restorative justice and the theory of recognition.
by Petoukhov, Konstantin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Master of Arts Thesis. Department of Sociology. University of Manitoba. Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established as one of the responses seeking to address the harm done by the Indian residential school system. While the main goals of the TRC...
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New wars, new justice? Truth and reconciliation commissions as an essential aspect of the transitional justice framework in the case of the new wars in Sierra Leone and northern Uganda.
by van Hooff, Suzanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) MSc. Thesis. Political Science Department. University of Amsterdam. In researching this question, I will approach truth- and reconciliation commissions not necessarily as a transitional justice mechanism in competition with more conventional legalmechanisms. Instead, I will look...
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“Even should the heavens fall?â€Timing and sequencing of transitional justice, a gap in the Rome Statute? Or, towards a flexible transitional justice scheme for the 21st century.
by van Hooff, Suzanne
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) LL.M. Thsis. Public International Law. University of Amsterdam. In this thesis I will make the argument that in order to establish and maintain a sustainable peace and justice it is essential to carefully time and sequence transitional justice mechanisms. I will make the case...
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La vÃctima en la justicia restaurativa: Reflexiones desde una perspectiva psico-social.
by BolÃvar, Daniela
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) In I. Olaizola and P. Francés (eds.). Justicia Restaurativa y Mediación. Ediciones Universidad Pública de Navarra, El presente capÃtulo es un texto introductorio sobre la vÃctima en la justicia restaurativa. Como tal, este artÃculo no busca abordar todos los...
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Restorative justice and the active victim: exploring the concept of empowerment.
by Aertsen, Ivo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) Temida. 14(1):5-19. This paper departs from the observation that the victim image leading public discourse has transformed in recent years: increasingly victims reject the traditional victim label implying helplessness and dependency to adopt the image of the emancipated victim...
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Rebalancing criminal justice” Potentials and pitfalls for neighourhood justice panes.
by Clamp, Kerry Leigh
June 4, 2015
Source: (2011) British Journal of Community Justice. 9(1/2):21-35. The coalition government have pledged a commitment to a shift from ‘Big Government’ that presumes to know best, to the ‘Big Society’ that trusts in people for ideas and innovation to mend Britain’s...
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More than words: Restorative justice concepts in transitional justice settings.
by Clamp, Kerry Leigh
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) International Criminal Law Review 12 (2012):339–360. Th is article considers the applicability of restorative justice literature in the transitional justice arena. Th e authors argue that while restorative justice is applied to a wide range of confl icts, the established...
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The influence of legal culture, local history and context on restorative justice adoption and integration: The Czech experience.
by Clamp, Kerry Leigh
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Nottingham Law Journal. 21:107-120. The paper begins by providing a brief overview of the history of the Czech Republic — Communism, legal culture during that period and the issues raised by the transition. The study of historical events is an important element of any...
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