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The Nordic Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: A new TRC model for resolving historic and ongoing violations of indigenous rights

Elin Skaar (2024)

Ray Aldred, John Klaasen, and Line M. Skum: Cultivating Transformative Reconciliation (ReconTrans Volume II). PICKWICK Publications

A book chapter by Elin Skaar, a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), where she heads the research cluster on Rights and Legal Institutions and is Coordinator for the Transitional justice Unit. The indigenous Sami and the Kven (a cross-border minority group) in the Nordic countries have long discussed the possibilty, and desirability, […]

Judicial activism in Paraguay: a reactive form of compensatory justice

Andrea Castagnola, Gabriela Bonzi, Shirley Franco and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán (2024)

Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective

A publication by Andrea Castagnola and her colleagues. The article examines the role of constitutional justice in countries with low judicial independence, focusing on Paraguay as a case study. Scholars typically expect courts in such environments to exhibit weak and deferential behavior due to close ties with ruling elites or fear of retaliation. However, Paraguay’s […]