Strengths And Weaknesses Of Transitional Justice

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There is little doubt that the process of transitional justice is a long and complex process of political, social and economic changes - especially considering the fact that it usually occurs in post-conflict societies and thus in nations that are still in a process of being shaped. Today’s theory on transitional justice emerged from historic tribunals, such as the Nurnberg trials after WWII, and truth and/or reconciliation commissions, for example the Gacaca courts after the Rwandan genocide or the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Even though some of these institutions pioneered some 70 years ago, very little research has been done on their operation modes and their actual outcomes - most studies tend to focus on how methods should operate in lieu of devoting their analysis to how they really operated.

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