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. [...]
Around the world, democratic institutions and human rights norms face intense strain from a resurgence of authoritarianism and the rise of far-right extremism. In many countries,
elected autocrats and extremist movements are eroding the checks and balances of liberal democracy, reviving exclusionary nationalism and attacking the dignity of [...]
ABSTRACT∞In Syria, the struggle for justice is not confined to courtrooms or political resolutions. It is already being forged through art, memory and the defiance of survivors
and families of the disappeared. From origami birds hung in Damascus to sculptures destroyed at the United Nations, Syrian artists and activists have transformed [...]
After Authoritarianism: Transitional Justice and Democratic Stability, Monika Nalepa. Cambridge University Press, September 2022, 300pp. ISBN: 9781316513439 – hardcover (£48).Informers
Up Close: Stories from Communist Prague, Mark A. Drumbl and Barbora Holá. Oxford University Press, April 2024, 270pp. [...]
AbstractThis study examines how victims of political violence in 1950s South Korea approach agonistic reconciliation, focusing on three key concepts: the plurality of narratives,
inclusive institutions, and relational changes. Based on the testimonials of 13 victims, it reveals that participants perceive the process of establishing historical [...]
AbstractThis article explores how Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders have politicized the issue of missing persons from the Cyprus conflict to further their respective
agendas. Using transitional justice literature and drawing on interviews with relatives of the missing, it shows how Greek Cypriot leaders emphasized the 1974 Greek [...]
AbstractThis article sits at the intersection of two debates in the field of transitional justice. The first concerns the extent to which and how children and young people
should participate in transitional justice mechanisms, particularly truth commissions. [...]
ABSTRACTBangladesh remains an understudied case in the field of transitional justice, particularly regarding the gender dimension of postconflict justice measures. In this
article, I examine the postconflict treatment of Birangonas – women who survived sexual violence during the 1971 war in Bangladesh – through a critical feminist [...]
ABSTRACTThis article traces the role of Global South states in designing and implementing transitional justice. It draws on the cases of Sierra Leone and Colombia to highlight
the positive contributions that states can make to transitional justice by driving, facilitating and/or protecting transitional justice measures. [...]
