Critical Engagement with Transitional Justice: Perspectives from Africa and Latin America

Colombia and South Africa experienced two of the longest civil conflicts since the Second World War. Both underwent intensive, tenuous and difficult negotiations in order to end their respective conflicts peacefully. What does it mean in such contexts to bring about “transitional justice?” What values and interests tend to drive transitional justice processes, and what aspects of justice tend to be overlooked? How can societies address key forms of injustice that formal transitional justice processes downplay or omit?

• IPC
• International Policy Center
• DEI
• transitional justice
• LACS
• Donia Human Rights Center
• Center for Latin America and Caribbean Studies
• DHRC
• African Studies Center
• ASC
• Democracy and Debate