1. Introduction Paul Gready; Part I. Theories and Contexts: 2. From transitional to transformative justice: a new agenda for practice Simon Robins; 3. Predicaments of transformative justice in neoliberal and state-centric world order Richard Falk; 4. Rights and transformation Malcolm Langford; Part II. Building Bridges: 5. Measures of non-repetition in transitional justice: the missing link? Naomi Roht-Arriaza; 6. Between transition and transformation: legal empowerment as collective reparation Lars Waldorf; 7. Transformative gender justice? Fionnuala Ni Aolain; 8. Memory and democracy: towards a transformative relationship Elizabeth Jelin; Part III. New(er) Directions: 9. Connecting the egregious and the everyday: addressing impunity for sexual violence in Sri Lanka Chulani Kodikara; 10. Participation and transformative justice: reflections on the Brazilian experience Laura Trajber Waisbich and Vera Schattan P. Coelho; 11. The restitutional assemblage: the art of transformative justice at the Parramatta Girls Home, Australia Anna Reading; 12. Indivisibility as a way of life: transformation in micro-processes of peace in northern Uganda Pamina Firchow and Roger MacGinty; 13. HIJOS: breaking social silence with another kind of justice Marina Sitrin; 14. Conclusion: towards transformative justice.
Builds on micro-level critiques of transitional justice to debate a more comprehensive alternative at the level of theory and practice.
Paul Gready is Professor of Applied Human Rights and Director of the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York, and co-editor of the Journal of Human Rights Practice. His research interests include human rights practice, transitional justice, human rights and development, culture and human rights, and human rights cities. He is the author of The Era of Transitional Justice: The Aftermath of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and Beyond (2010). Simon Robins is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York. He is a humanitarian practitioner and researcher with an interest in humanitarian protection, human rights and transitional justice. He is the author of Families of the Missing: A Test for Contemporary Approaches to Transitional Justice (2013).
'Transitional justice arrived in the 1990s with great promise, but
the results achieved to date have generally been modest at best.
This excellent and cutting-edge volume convincingly argues for a
more deeply transformative approach, and the various contributions
are consistently critical, constructive, and thought-provoking. It
is the rare volume that combines deep critique with serious
engagement with practice.' Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy
Professor of Law, New York University, UN Special Rapporteur on
Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
'This exciting and important volume explores the potential of
transformative justice to radically reform transitional justice in
ways that are at once imaginative, ambitious and emancipatory. It
deserves to be widely read.' Andrea Cornwall, Head of the School of
Global Studies, University of Sussex
'An important shift is underway in the theory and normative
practices associated with post-conflict justice, partly in response
to the global expansion of neoliberalism and its impact on
conflict-affected societies. This very interesting collection is
probably the first volume to explore the tensions and dilemmas that
are both driving and impeding the expansion of thinking about
justice and associated practices into more transformative
frameworks in everyday, rather than solely national or global,
contexts.' Oliver Richmond, Associate Dean for
Internationalisation, University of Manchester
'This is a courageous and forward thinking book. In this collection
of essays, Gready and Robins with their well-respected colleagues,
have tackled the question of the definition of transitional
justice; its limitations, goals, and future. By its focus on
transitional justice as transformational justice with attention to
local agency, process, pluralism, power, and structures of
exclusion, the authors challenge the status quo and raise important
questions about the understandings of justice and how meaningful
change can occur. This book is an important step forward in the
development of what is still a nascent field.' Harvey Weinstein,
University of California, Berkeley; Co-Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of
the International Journal of Transitional Justice
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