Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preconditions for Success (Memory Politics and Transitional Justice)

Acknowledgements
About the Book/Conference
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Changing the Context: Can Conditions Be Created That Are More Conducive to Transitional Justice Success?
	What Is Transitional Justice?
	Transitional Justice Mechanisms
	Context, Conditions, and Challenges
	Methodology
	Authors
	Chapters
	Bibliography
Chapter 2: Tractionless Transitional Justice in Uganda: The Potential for Thin Sympathetic Interventions as Ameliorating Factor
	Thin Sympathetic Engagement
	Ameliorating Factors
	History of Conflict and Division in Uganda
	Transitional Justice Efforts in Uganda
	Nascent Thin Sympathy in Uganda
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
		Interviews by Author
Chapter 3: The Role of Democratic Uncertainty in the Interplay Between Transitional Justice and Democratisation
	Uncertainty in the Democratisation Literature
	Differing Interpretations of Uncertainty
	Flaws in Existing Interpretations
	Rehabilitating Democratic Uncertainty
	Democratic Uncertainty as an Ameliorating Factor
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 4: The Importance of Modifying the Context Before Introducing Amnesty and Prosecutions: The Case of Lebanon
	Lebanon and Transitional Justice After the Civil War
	Lebanon: Challenging Context and Necessary Ameliorating Factors
		The Importance of a Balanced Law as an Ameliorating Factor
		The Importance of Reforming The National Courts
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 5: Victims of Language: Language as a Pre-condition of Transitional Justice in Colombia’s Peace Agreement
	Introduction
	Data and Methodology
	The Mentions of Victims During the Negotiations
	The Victims’ Moment
	The Language of the Comprehensive System of Transitional Justice
	Expanding the Description of “Victims”
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
Chapter 6: Transitional Justice in the Wake of Resource Wars
	DR Congo
	Sierra Leone
	Truths and Economies
	Disarmament, Microcredit and Truth-Telling
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 7: “Some Reasons Are Obvious, Some Are Not.” The Gambian Experience with Transitional Justice
	Background: When Jammeh Lost His Marbles
	Conditions for Justice in the Gambia
		A ‘Clean’ Transition
		The “Right” People in Place
		Commitment to and Appetite for Justice
		Victims Beyond the Gambia
		A Convenient “Bad Guy”
	Challenges and Conditions
		Judicial (In)Capacity
		Intersection with Other Priorities
	Sequencing Justice and Accountability
	“Show Me the Money”
	From Truth to Justice? Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission
	Conclusion—Preparing the Ground
	Bibliography
		Interviews and Consultations by the Author
Chapter 8: Institutional Trustworthiness, Transformative Judicial Education and Transitional Justice: A Palestinian Experience
	Trust, Distrust, Institutional Trustworthiness and Transitional Justice
	The Importance of Judicial Institutional Trustworthiness in Transitional Justice
	The Future Is Built on Remnants of the Past: Judicial Education as an Ameliorating Factor
	Building Institutional Trustworthiness Through Judicial Education: The Karamah/Palestine Model
	Karamah’s Pedagogy: Dignity as Threshold Concept
	Dignity as Integrity: Shared Political Values
	Dignity as Benevolence: Professional Identity
	Sustainability of Judicial Education
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
		Interviews by Houda Rouhana (Karamah staff member)
Chapter 9: Moving Forward: The Possibilities That Obtain from Ameliorating the Context to Create Conditions for Success
	Ameliorating Factors
	Attitudinal Change
		Changing Hearts and Minds
		Democratic Uncertainty
	Institutional Change
		The Language Used in Peace Agreements and the Law Itself
		Judicial Education and Reform
		Economic Dimensions: Assets, Income, Trade
	Moving Forward
	Bibliography
Index