Table of Contents Show Once upon a time, not that long ago, we had a pretty good explanation for why judicial review exists. It is the account generally associated
with the Carolene Products footnote[1]—not necessarily the specific language of the footnote, but the understanding of judicial review reflected in the footnote. [...]
AbstractJoyful Revolution honours Mary Rabagliati’s life and legacy in human rights advocacy against poverty. Rabagliati was a pioneer, an inspiration and a role model for
Diana Skelton, the author of this beautiful biography of activism and solidarity. [...]
AbstractThis article explores how the families of the disappeared in Nepal, in the absence of any substantive state-led transitional justice process, have mobilized to created
victim groups to drive local political and social engagements with violations of the decade long internal conflict. [...]
AbstractThis article explores what it means to be victim-centered in a transitional justice (TJ) consultation process through the case study of the state-commissioned process
in Sri Lanka in 2016. The author who was a member of the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms (CTF) uses an insider perspective and the CTF reports [...]
AbstractThis article seeks to understand how the concept of ambiguous loss can help explain why and how the issue of missing persons becomes a tool of politics, in terms of
being instrumentalized to advance particular political agendas. Ambiguous loss is constructed relationally within the social systems that family members of the missing [...]
Social Sciences, Vol. 15, Pages 98: Perpetrators of the Criminal Victimisation of Children: A Longitudinal Study Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci15020098 Authors: Jake
Najman Gail M. Williams Alexandra M. Clavarino James G. Scott Tara R. McGee [...]
ABSTRACTThis Note from the Field critically examines Syria’s Decree No. 20 of 2025, which established the National Commission for Transitional Justice. While presented as
a milestone toward accountability, the Decree narrows transitional justice to violations committed by the former regime, thereby excluding the crimes of other actors. [...]
