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oapen-20.500.12657-636392023-06-22T04:45:15Z Chapter 2 Overcoming the Justice Impasse in Syria Herremans, Brigitte Bellintani, Veronica Justice Impasse, Syria, Civil War, International Justice, NGOs, victims bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTJ Peace studies & conflict resolution bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWX Other warfare & defence issues::JWXK War crimes bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFE Violence in society bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNF Criminal law & procedure bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKV Crime & criminology This chapter discusses what transitional justice can be in a non-transitioning context of internationalised civil war, such as Syria since 2011. It argues that the transitional justice paradigm and its toolkit has allowed Syrian and international justice actors to counter the pervasive defeatism about the pursuit of justice for Syrians. Even when the international justice architecture is impaired, justice actors can still develop concrete initiatives to overcome the accountability gap and make a tangible difference for victims. Drawing on reports by NGOs and interviews with individuals involved in the pursuit of accountability and justice, it describes the evolution of the initial transitional justice efforts and examines the intentions of justice actors who embraced the ‘toolkit’ as a means of closing the accountability gap, achieve recognition, and disrupt violent state practices. The chapter illustrates why justice actors are using the paradigm of transitional justice in cases where the state is not transitional. 2023-06-21T09:57:21Z 2023-06-21T09:57:21Z 2023 chapter 9781032266176 9781032266152 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63639 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781003289104_10.4324_9781003289104-3.pdf Taylor & Francis Transitional Justice in Aparadigmatic Contexts Routledge 10.4324/9781003289104-3 10.4324/9781003289104-3 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 6f09c5fc-0082-4107-964e-9b192b952e2a 32a1d663-5833-4d1b-b1e6-4e191fb5c230 9781032266176 9781032266152 Routledge 17 Universiteit Gent Ghent University open access
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This chapter discusses what transitional justice can be in a non-transitioning context of internationalised civil war, such as Syria since 2011. It argues that the transitional justice paradigm and its toolkit has allowed Syrian and international justice actors to counter the pervasive defeatism about the pursuit of justice for Syrians. Even when the international justice architecture is impaired, justice actors can still develop concrete initiatives to overcome the accountability gap and make a tangible difference for victims. Drawing on reports by NGOs and interviews with individuals involved in the pursuit of accountability and justice, it describes the evolution of the initial transitional justice efforts and examines the intentions of justice actors who embraced the ‘toolkit’ as a means of closing the accountability gap, achieve recognition, and disrupt violent state practices. The chapter illustrates why justice actors are using the paradigm of transitional justice in cases where the state is not transitional.
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