Abstract How do we repair and reconcile a society broken multiple times by years of political violence and cyclic mass atrocity events? Reconciliation processes in post-conflict societies tend to favour
Key determinants of peace in post-conflict Burundi that also formed the basis of strenuous negotiations in Arusha are the ethnic quota system, power sharing, security sector reform, and transitional justice.
South Sudan in the process of formulating its commission for truth, reconciliation and healing
This article examines the input into the transitional justice discourse by civil society as a litigation actor in postcolonial Africa
This study lists the main reasons for why the colonial-era crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo were not investigated. The discussion looks at gaps in the legal framework, the configuration of the judiciary, and an informal agreement between the DRC and the Belgian governments.
This article is a valuable contribution to ending impunity for crimes committed in the DRC between March 1993 and June 2003, in that it proposes an alternative approach to justice, based on restorative values and principles.
Analysing transitional justice processes in African societies where power-sharing was used as a tool to end protracted civil wars.
