TY  - JOUR
AB  - Transitional Justice is a long-term process which seeks to address severe human rights abuses of the past through measures such as trials, commissions of inquiry, memorials, apologies, reforms of the legal or security sector, school textbook reforms, and reconciliation projects. These measures are usually applied by governments, but can also be initiated by civil society groups, such as victim groups, or the international community, for example the European Union or the UNHCR. Transitional justice measures are seen as catalysts for coming to terms with the past and establishing new, stable, and often democratic societies. As such, the measures are linked to the performance and efficacy of democratic institutions in the context of their accountability and responsiveness, transparency, and level of citizen participation. Thus, transitional justice is a process that aims to reconcile divided and conflict-torn societies by re-establishing (democratic) institutions. These measures can be catalysts to leverage institutional performance.
DA  - 2013-10-26
DO  - 10.4119/ijcv-3026
LA  - eng
IS  - 2
M2  - 298
PY  - 2013-10-26
SN  - 1864-1385
SP  - 298-313
T2  - International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV)
TI  - Transitional Justice and the Quality of Democracy
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4119/ijcv-3026
Y2  - 2024-11-22T18:54:24
ER  -