Roads To Reconciliation

by Skaar, Elin; Gloppen, Siri; Suhrke, Astri; Adelman, Howard; Bringa, Tone; Etcheson, Craig; Honwana, Alcinda; Nesiah, Vasuki; Othman, Mohamed; Reyntjens, Filip; Schabas, William; Shraga, Daphna; Soares, Dionisio Babo; Vandeginste, Stef; Zamora, Rubén I.

• ISBN13: 9780739109045
• ISBN10: 0739109049
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-23
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. The global media brings the height of the conflicts to an international audience, but as the wars end and tensions resolve the media turns away, neglecting the often painful and slow process of reconciliation. In this volume, experts with both practical and policy experience in international conflict explore how societies confront and negotiate a repressive past characterized by gross human-rights violations. Grounding readers in theoretical approaches, the book explores contemporary experiences of reconciliation in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Part I: Starting Points
1 Introduction	3	(14)
Elin Skaar, Siri Gloppen, and Astri Suhrke
2 Roads to Reconciliation: A Conceptual Framework	17	(38)
Siri Gloppen
Part II: Roads to Reconciliation
The UN
3 The Second Generation UN-Based Tribunals: A Diversity of Mixed Jurisdictions	55	(28)
Daphna Shraga
Africa
4 Healing and Social Reintegration in Mozambique and Angola	83	(18)
Alcinda Honwana
5 Rwanda: An Atypical Transition	101	(28)
Filip Reyntjens and Stef Vandeginste
6 The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission	129	(28)
William A. Schabas
Latin America
7 Argentina: Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation	157	(20)
Elfin Skaar
8 Truth for Reconciliation: The Salvadoran Experiences of 1979 and 1992	177	(10)
Rubén I. Zamora
Europe and Asia
9 Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina	187	(14)
Tone Bringa
10 The Limits of Reconciliation in Cambodia's Communes	201	(24)
Craig Etcheson
11 Nahe Biti: Grassroots Reconciliation in East Timor	225	(24)
Dioni'sio Babo-Soares
Part III: Reflections
12 Justice and Reconciliation	249	(22)
Mohamed Othman
13 Coming to Terms with Irreconcilable Truths	271	(16)
Vasuki Nesiah
14 Rule-Based Reconciliation	287	(22)
Howard Adelman
Index	309	(6)
About the Contributors	315