Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa The Role of Civil Society /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Brankovic, Jasmina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), van der Merwe, Hugo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Springer Series in Transitional Justice
• Θέματα: Political science.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Political Science.; Criminal Justice.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This volume documents and analyses the strategies used by African civil society organisations to lobby for and enact transitional justice measures in their countries. The book offers local practitioners and African scholars space to reflect on the development and effectiveness of strategies in promo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword. The Long Arc of Transitional Justice
• Editors' Preface.-Introduction. The Role of Civil Society in African Transitional Justice: Comparing Theory and Practice
• Chapter 1. Locating Civil Society in Kenya's Transitional Justice Agenda: A Reflection on the Experience of the Kenya Transitional Justice Network
• Chapter 2. Transitional Justice in Liberia: The Interface between Civil Society and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Chapter 3. Taking Transitional Justice to the People: Challenges for Civil Society in Zimbabwe
• Chapter 4. Persistent Injuries, the Law and Politics: The South African Victims' Support Group Khulumani and Its Struggle for Redress
• Chapter 5. Cooperation and Conflict: Civil Society Resistance and Engagement with Transitional Justice in Burundi
• Chapter 6. Madly Off in All Directions: Civil Society and the Use of Customary Justice as Transitional Justice in Uganda
• Chapter 7. Civil Society Engagement with Communities: Tradition, Authority and Transitional Justice in Rural African Communities
• Chapter 8. Navigating the Storm: Civil Society and Ambiguous Transitions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia
• Conclusion. The Role of Civil Society in Shaping Transitional Justice in Africa.